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🥇🥈🥉 DAILY MEDAL COUNT: Here are the top 10 countries with most medals, Wednesday.

https://www.voanews.com/z/6923

📷 Smoke in the colors of the French flag are set off Friday in Paris, France, at the start of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

https://www.voanews.com/a/flooding-rains-threaten-to-dampen-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony/7714213.html

'Sabotage' hits French trains hours before Olympics

https://www.voanews.com/a/french-train-lines-hit-by-malicious-acts-ahead-of-olympics-rail-company-says/7713748.html

In a rare Oval Office address to the nation explaining why he stepped down from the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden said it's time for "fresh voices, yes, younger voices" in politics.

"I revere this office," Biden said. "But I love my country more."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG7pDfBxzVI

House, Senate Democrats unite behind Harris while Republicans fire critiques

https://www.voanews.com/a/house-senate-democrats-unite-behind-harris-while-republicans-fire-critiques-/7710132.html

Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally

https://www.voanews.com/a/secret-service-director-steps-down-after-assassination-attempt-against-ex-president-trump-at-rally/7709565.html
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US prosecutors appeal dismissal of Trump classified documents case

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-prosecutors-appeal-dismissal-of-trump-classified-documents-case/7702462.html

Introducing himself to the nation after being tapped as Donald Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance used his Wednesday night address to the Republican National Convention to share the story of his hardscrabble upbringing and make the case that his party best understands the challenges facing struggling Americans.

https://www.voanews.com/a/jd-vance-will-introduce-himself-to-the-nation-at-the-rnc-as-trump-s-running-mate/7702880.html

How did breakdancing, a 1970s and '80s street dance created by Black and Latino kids in the Bronx, explode into a global phenomenon and win a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics? And what does it mean for a subculture to go mainstream? In this documentary, B-boys and B-girls grapple with the changing nature of "breaking."

WATCH https://youtu.be/v3_mQClIE2E?si=T9Av4 #voanews

Rights groups: Iran sentences woman labor activist to death

https://www.voanews.com/a/rights-groups-iran-sentences-woman-labor-activist-to-death/7685502.html

UN human rights office: Israeli airstrikes in Gaza may have violated ‘laws of war’

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-human-rights-office-israeli-airstrikes-in-gaza-may-have-violated-laws-of-war-/7661768.html
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China is erasing Uyghur culture by changing village names, rights group says

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-is-erasing-uyghur-culture-by-changing-village-names-rights-group-says/7661730.html
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Congressman Michael McCaul and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Tuesday in Dharamshala, India to visit the Tibetan parliament and meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

https://youtu.be/x5W4_K2Halg?si=3vc6hsUMWPALp5V7
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Putin's visit puts Vietnam in ‘difficult position’ with ‘no breakthrough,’ experts say

https://www.voanews.com/a/putin-s-visit-puts-vietnam-in-difficult-position-with-no-breakthrough-experts-say/7661584.html
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Biden offers citizenship path to spouses of Americans

https://youtu.be/DIF2WqsCMFA?si=2b6Y1zbgVFu2ogzD #voanews

📷: Firefighters work against the advancing Post Fire in Gorman, California, June 16, 2024. (AP)

https://www.voanews.com/a/wildfire-north-of-los-angeles-spreads-to-over-40-square-kilometers/7658179.html

Pope Francis joined the outreach session of the G7 leaders' summit in Borgo Egnazia Friday, in the southern Italian region of Puglia, to lead discussions on artificial intelligence.

https://youtu.be/R5z2KleozQw?si=shNaBBfQyNPEsyTW #voanews

During the G7 summit in Italy, U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sign a landmark U.S.-Ukraine security deal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iel_6B2-KI

🗳️ The first half of the biggest election year in human history has yielded mixed results for global democracy. Some countries shifted toward one-party autocracy as incumbents consolidated their power.

Others staged a semblance of elections with predetermined outcomes. And still others demonstrated the unexpected resilience of popular will in the face of external pressure.

👉How the world is voting in 2024 https://www.voanews.com/a/how-the-world-is-voting-in-2024/7652046.html #voanews

Uyghur soccer player’s goal boosts China's World Cup hopes, plus the world’s largest solar power farm connects to the grid in Xinjiang.

https://youtube.com/shorts/J6e4J6iIkjk?si=PgfPFpW7BYbzAeCk #voanews