A British shipment of nearly 100 tonnes of aid has left Cyprus bound for a new temporary pier in Gaza to address the severe humanitarian crisis facing over 2 million people in the region. The shipment included 8,400 shelter coverage kits, and the pier is expected to allow the delivery of 90 truckloads of international aid per day, with a potential increase to 150 truckloads once fully operational.
UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, left Cyprus after meeting with the leaders, including Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, with no progress made. Tatar rejected Holguin’s proposal for a meeting with her and President Nikos Christodoulides, citing the Turkish Cypriot side’s position on sovereign equality and equal international status. Holguin will report to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who will decide the next steps in the peace talks. Christodoulides’ failure to persuade Tatar to agree to a meeting raises questions about the purpose of the failed initiative and the blame game surrounding the deadlock.
El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, bringing the government’s total bitcoin portfolio to nearly 4 million at current prices.
Fact: Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people.
– Many provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire after 2025 unless Congress extends them.
– Fully extending the TCJA tax breaks could add an estimated .6 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
– The federal budget deficit could complicate proposals from former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
The change to the capital gains inclusion rate has created distress among those approaching retirement, particularly business owners, who now face a much higher tax bill than they had planned.
The EURUSD pair reached a monthly high near 1.0870 as the US Consumer Price Index eased and Retail Sales remained stagnant in April.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump have accepted CNN’s invitation to face off in the first 2024 debate on June 27.
Cyprus is facing a shortage of injectable diabetes medications due to increased use for weight loss, overwhelming pharmaceutical production capacity. The Health Insurance Organisation is seeking alternative sources to provide medications for diabetic patients. The Cyprus Patients’ Federation urges doctors to prescribe responsibly and for the public to prioritize these medications for those with genuine medical needs. Dr. Konstantinos Tsioutis emphasizes the importance of these medications for managing diabetes and expresses concern over critical global shortages caused by unnecessary prescriptions. Tsioutis calls for collaboration to ensure medications are only given to patients with valid medical justifications until the global supply chain improves.
U.S. President Joe Biden is willing to debate Republican rival Donald Trump twice before the Nov. 5 election, with terms including two televised debates in June and September. Biden’s campaign proposed direct negotiations between the two campaigns for the debates, showing a willingness to take risks to improve his poll numbers. Biden also rejected traditional debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates and wants the debates to start sooner without any third-party candidates or in-person audience.