{"id":72653,"date":"2024-06-14T04:49:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T04:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/friday-briefing-13\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T04:49:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T04:49:08","slug":"friday-briefing-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/friday-briefing-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/13\/multimedia\/14ambriefing-europe-nl-g7\/14ambriefing-asia-nl-g7-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Friday Briefing\" title=\"Friday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7d823139\">G7 leaders agreed to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the G7 summit in Italy, the member countries agreed on a plan to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/world\/europe\/g7-ukraine-loan-russian-assets.html\" title=\"\">give Ukraine a $50 billion loan<\/a> to help it buy weapons and begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure. The new loan comes at a crucial moment in the war, when Russia has the momentum on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The loan is expected to be repaid using interest earned on nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, which are mostly in European banks. In our Opinion section, Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury secretary, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/opinion\/janet-yellen-ukraine-russia-g7.html\" title=\"\">explained how the loan will work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden also signed a 10-year security pact with Ukraine\u2019s government, to show a long-term U.S. commitment to the country. It\u2019s designed to be a bridge to Ukraine\u2019s membership in NATO. Japan signed a 10-year security agreement with Ukraine as well, which included a pledge of $4.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Separately, NATO\u2019s defense chiefs gathered yesterday in Brussels to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/13\/world\/g7-summit-italy\/nato-defense-chiefs-pledge-more-aid-for-ukraine-and-carve-out-an-exception-for-hungary?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">pledge additional weapons<\/a> to Kyiv. They also met to prepare long-term military commitments to be announced next month at a summit in Washington. One boost for Ukraine: an agreement that Hungary would not contribute to the military alliance\u2019s war effort \u2014 but also would not block it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Biden\u2019s angle:<\/strong> The security agreement is the president\u2019s latest effort to persuade allies that the U.S. will continue backing Ukraine even if Donald Trump wins the presidency this fall. But the agreement could prove fleeting \u2014 it contains a provision that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/world\/europe\/g7-biden-ukraine-agreements.html\" title=\"\">allows either side to terminate it<\/a> with six months\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">More on the G7:<\/strong> Most leaders arrived at the summit beleaguered, embattled or endangered. Many of them are facing elections that may weaken their positions. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/world\/europe\/g7-leaders-weakened.html\" title=\"\">Read more about the summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7a7a2f36\">U.S. Supreme Court upheld abortion pill access<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Supreme Court upheld <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-abortion-pill-mifepristone-ruling.html\" title=\"\">broad access to mifepristone, a widely available abortion pill<\/a>, rejecting a bid by anti-abortion organizations and doctors to unravel a U.S. regulator\u2019s approval of the drug. The unanimous decision was a major loss for the anti-abortion movement, which is aggressively seeking an end to all abortion in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ruling means that access to medication abortion \u2014 by far the most common method used in the U.S. \u2014 will continue for now. But it does not change the fact that medication abortion remains restricted in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/us\/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html\" title=\"\">14 states with near-total bans on abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The numbers:<\/strong> More than 171,000 people traveled out of their states to get an abortion in 2023. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/13\/us\/abortion-state-laws-ban-travel.html\" title=\"\">This map shows where they went<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">More Supreme Court news: <\/strong>Justice Clarence Thomas <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/us\/politics\/justice-clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-trips.html\" title=\"\">never disclosed three trips<\/a> he took aboard the private jet of the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to documents released by the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Scientists have struggled for decades to explain racial disparities in reproductive health in the U.S. Hair relaxers, which are widely used by Black women, may offer an answer: They contain many substances that are prohibited in other countries and have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/magazine\/hair-relaxers-cancer-risk.html\" title=\"\">linked to reproductive disorders and cancers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Akira Endo, whose research paved the way for drugs that lower \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/12\/world\/asia\/akira-endo-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 90<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3fd7a528\">An ode to barbecuing and fatherhood<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gabriel Sanchez, a photo editor at The Times, watched his father work the fires at a storied Texas barbecue smokehouse. Sometimes, his dad\u2019s nose was near-frostbitten after hours working in a subzero icebox. Or his hands were tinged by the flames, his clothes blackened with soot. When Gabriel grew up, his dad taught him how to barbecue, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI realized my dad was never just teaching me about barbecue \u2014 he was showing me what it takes to be a good father,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/11\/dining\/fathers-day-texas-bbq.html\" title=\"\">Gabriel writes in an essay<\/a>. \u201cTo learn how to cook barbecue is to learn how to accept failure as an opportunity for growth. And it goes without saying that the most essential ingredient for raising kids is patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/14\/briefing\/ukraine-loan-mifepristone-supreme-court.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G7 leaders agreed to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan At the G7 summit in Italy, the member countries agreed on a plan to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan to help it buy weapons and begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure. The new loan comes at a crucial moment in the war, when Russia has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/13\/multimedia\/14ambriefing-europe-nl-g7\/14ambriefing-asia-nl-g7-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,10057],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72655,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72653\/revisions\/72655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}