Quick Glance: Cheney: The DOJ would be "hard-pressed not to prosecute" Trump in the face of "mounting evidence"
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) returns after a break during a House Jan. 6 committee hearing to focus on former President Trump's activities during the insurgency on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) rejected Thursday fears that prosecuting former President Trump would make him a martyr among his supporters.
- Cheney said that with accumulating evidence against the former president, the DOJ would be hard pressed not to prosecute.
- Criminal investigation Prosecution in a criminal court Ministry of Justice Riot at the Capitol on January 6th House committee meeting on January 6th Republicans who support Liz Cheney Trump Wyoming
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Quick Glance: While being sworn in to parliament, an Australian senator refers to the Queen as a coloniser.
- An indigenous Australian senator referred to the Queen as a "coloniser" as she was sworn into parliament.
- Lidia Thorpe, a Greens senator, raised her fist as she entered Parliament House in Canberra on Monday to take the oath of loyalty.
- After Senate President Sue Lines instructed Thorpe to say the oath as printed on the card, she did so, but afterwards tweeted, "Sovereignty never ceded."
- Thorpe, a DjabWurrung-Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman, aroused outrage in June when she claimed she was just in parliament to infiltrate.
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Quick Glance: Russia and Ukraine reach grain agreement
- Ukraine and Russia sealed a breakthrough agreement on Friday to alleviate a worldwide food crisis caused by stalled Black Sea grain imports, bringing months of negotiations to a close and sending wheat prices plunging to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion.
- Erdogan, a crucial negotiator with solid relations in both Moscow and Kiev, said the agreement will "hopefully revive the path to peace."
- Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the burden for executing the agreement would belong to the UN, which, along with Turkey, is a co-guarantor.
- According to a US official, the agreement is "well-structured" enough to oversee Russian compliance.
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Quick Glance: 2022 Emmy Nominations: See the Complete List
- They're all expected to be dominant forces in their respective categories, but they'll face competition; Netflix's Squid Game is likely to be the most watched show in the drama category, while Ted Lasso will face its sunny American cousin Abbott Elementary, and The White Lotus will face the solemn limited series Dopesick.
- Drama Series Supporting Actor
- Creating a Comedy Series
- Supporting Actress in a TV Series or Film
Quick Glance: Novak Djokovic defeats Nick Kyrgios to win Wimbledon 2022.
- Djokovic lost the opening set to the fiery Australian, but recovered to win his 21st major victory, moving ahead of Roger Federer and one behind Rafael Nadal in the overall Grand Slam singles titles competition.
- "My first image of tennis was grass and Wimbledon."
- It is expected to be Djokovic's sole Grand Slam triumph in 2022, with Nadal winning Roland Garros and the Australian Open, and the 2019 US Open's prohibition on unvaccinated players implying the world No.3 will not compete.
- Meanwhile, Djokovic is now only one Wimbledon title behind Federer's eight.
Quick Glance: Proud Boys is designated as a terrorist organization by New Zealand.
- NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON (AP) — The government of New Zealand has proclaimed that the American far-right groups The Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organizations.
- New Zealand officials claimed in a 29-page explanation of the Proud Boys label published Thursday that the group's involvement in the deadly attack on the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, amounted to an act of terrorism.
- NEWS WRAP: A second Proud Boys member has pled guilty to conspiracy in connection with the Capitol attack.
- In their case against The Base, New Zealand officials stated that one of the group's primary goals was to "train a cadre of extremists capable of accelerationist violence."
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