Eye Opener: Deadly shooting at high school graduation ceremony

One person was killed at a high school graduation ceremony in California. Plus, a tech CEO is arrested for allegedly selling American equipment to Iran and laundering millions of dollars. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.

Indonesia to ‘Refocus’ Free Meal Budget on More Remote Areas, Official Says

JAKARTA, June 4 (Reuters) – The Indonesian agency overseeing President ⁠Prabowo ⁠Subianto’s flagship free meals programme ⁠will “refocus” its budget by cutting back on new kitchens and ​targeting recipients in more remote areas, its new chief said on Thursday. Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, the ‌new chief of the National Nutrition ‌Agency, was speaking a day after …

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Gunmen Abduct Seven Students in Northwest Nigeria, Police Say

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, ⁠June ⁠4 (Reuters) – Gunmen have ⁠abducted at least seven students of ​a polytechnic in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, ‌police said on Thursday, ‌the latest incident highlighting insecurity ⁠in ⁠the region. • The attack occurred in the early hours ​of June 3 when suspected bandits stormed off-campus student accommodation on the outskirts …

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Brazil Could Buy Another 20 Gripen Jets, Sweden Says

STOCKHOLM, June 4 (Reuters) – ⁠Brazil ⁠has expressed ⁠an interest in potentially ​buying 20 additional Gripen model ‌E and F ‌fighter jets ⁠from ⁠Sweden’s Saab, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson ​said on Thursday. The aircraft would be manufactured in Brazil, ​Jonson told a joint press ⁠conference ⁠in Stockholm with ⁠his ​Brazilian counterpart, Defense Minister Jose …

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