Zelenskyy Pays Surprise Visit to Kherson

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Zelenskyy Visits Liberated City of Kherson Amid Reports of Atrocities “We are, step by step, coming to all of our country,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told an emotional crowd Monday. “I am happy we are in Kherson.” But plenty of work remains in the liberated southern port. While the city’s infrastructure got off relatively lightly, residents who survived the Russian occupation are sure to bear scars. Last night Zelenskyy said 400 potential Russian war crimes had already been documented there, with police stations apparently being transformed into torture chambers. Meanwhile, the Kremlin dismissed reports that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had been hospitalized in Bali as “the height of fakery.” (Sources: [NYT](, [NDTV](, [AP]() Terror Attack Suspects Arrested Over Istanbul Blast That Killed at Least Six Turkish police detained 22 suspects, including the woman who’s thought to have planted the bomb, over Sunday’s blast that also injured 81 people, two of them critically. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the order for the attack on the busy pedestrian street was given in Kohani, the Syrian stronghold of the Kurdish YPG militia — a group with [links to Sweden]( that Turkey views as terrorists. While no one’s claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack, Kurdish groups carried out several bombings in the Turkish capital between 2015 and 2017. “There was black smoke,” said eyewitness Cemal Denizci. “The noise was so strong, almost deafening.” (Sources: [BBC](, [Reuters]() ‘Three Strikes, You’re Out’ GOP Gingerly Eyes Post-Trump Future While the precise scale of Republican midterm disappointment is yet to be determined — despite failing to flip the Senate they’ll likely win a narrow House majority — many party insiders are blaming former President Donald Trump and his volatile gang of candidates. “It’s basically the third election in a row that Donald Trump has cost us the race,” said outgoing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, “And it’s like, you know — three strikes, you’re out.” Right now, the clearest challenger is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a new national poll putting him 7 points ahead of Trump in a potential presidential primary. (Sources: [WaPo](, [Politico](, [NY Post]() ‘Low Expectations’ Biden Meets Xi for the First Time Since Becoming President The leaders of the world’s two most powerful nations are holding their first face-to-face meeting since President Joe Biden was elected. The U.S. leader seemed to think the talks, taking place in Bali ahead of the G-20 summit, might herald a thawing in relations. “I know him well, he knows me,” Biden said. “We’ve just got to figure out where the red lines are and what are the most important things to each of us, going into the next two years.” China’s perspective, however, is that the U.S. needs to budge on a number of issues, most notably Taiwan. (Sources: [Al Jazeera](, [WaPo]() Briefly Here are some things you should know about today: Breaking ground. Natasa Pirc Musar, a human rights lawyer with links to Melania Trump, has been elected Slovenia’s first female president. (Source: [DW]() Guilty as charged. Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos de Souza has been found guilty of ordering the murder of her preacher husband. They were famous for having 55 children, many of them adopted. (Source: [The Guardian]() Not happy. Tens of thousands took to the streets of Mexico City to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s planned electoral reforms. (Source: [Reuters]() Manhunt. Three were killed and two wounded in a shooting at the University of Virginia. The suspect remains at large. (Source: [AP]() [Strut Your Stuff…Before They’re Gone]( [Cariuma]( The shoe with the 77,000-person waitlist is back! 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But then he was contacted by an FBI agent who was watching the same address. “Your client is not who you think they are,” the agent said. “These are bad people.” Turns out McKeever had been unwittingly embroiled in an Iranian government attempt to kidnap prominent Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad. McKeever is one of many PIs being used to wage “low-cost, low-risk state-sponsored terrorism in the 21st century,” said terrorism scholar Bruce Hoffman. (Source: [NYT]() Wild Night Out Student Coming Home at 3 AM Spots Cracks in Building, Saves Lives When Thibault Lemay got back to his apartment in Lille, France, he could tell something was very wrong with the four-story building. “We realized that the building had moved because we could no longer open the door at the top and we heard rubble falling,” Lemay said. “Very quickly we took the decision to notify the emergency services.” Most residents were evacuated before the building [collapsed Saturday](, although authorities recovered one body Sunday. “I am still shaking, because if this gentleman hadn’t come home at 3 a.m. and contacted us, we wouldn’t have had this reaction,” said Lille Mayor Martine Aubry. (Source: [AP]() Sod Off! Australian Octopuses Throw Stuff at Each Other You can’t really blame them. Most octopus species are sedentary, but the gloomy octopuses in Jervis Bay live cheek by jowl, so it’s hardly surprising that they occasionally throw silt at their neighbors (or that these neighbors duck to avoid the barrage). Video footage also captured them hurling shells and algae but this seemed to be more about clearing away debris than teaching the cephalopod next door a lesson. Behavioral ecologist David Scheel hasn’t worked out why they do it, but he thinks it “might help these animals deal with the fact that there are so many octopuses around.” (Source: [Nature](; Image source: P. Godfrey-Smith et al./PLOS ONE) Final Destination Man Who Lived in Paris Airport for 18 Years Dies There His story inspired the 2004 Tom Hanks film The Terminal and at one point he was courted by the global media. In 1988, after being expelled from several European countries, Iran’s Mehran Karimi Nasseri, aka “[Sir Alfred](,” decided to call Charles de Gaulle airport home. Surrounded by luggage carts containing his worldly positions, he lived on a bench in Terminal 1 until 2006 when he was hospitalized for an illness. Once recovered, Nasseri moved into a hostel — France had granted him asylum in 1999 — before returning to the airport several weeks ago. He died of cardiac arrest, carrying thousands of euros. (Sources: [BBC](, [Greek Reporter]() Agony and Ecstasy England Lose Women’s Rugby World Cup, Win Men’s Cricket English sports fans were treated to quite the emotional roller coaster. On Saturday their women’s rugby team took a 14-0 lead against New Zealand’s Black Ferns, before Lydia Thompson’s red card allowed the host nation back into the match. The Kiwis eventually emerged victorious 34-31 in front of 42,579 fans — a record for a women’s rugby match. Fans got their chance for redemption Sunday when their men’s cricket team took on Pakistan in the T20 World Cup final at Australia’s sold-out Melbourne Cricket Ground. England managed to overcome Pakistan’s modest total of 137/8 with a full over to spare. (Sources: [CNN](, [The Telegraph](, [ESPN Cricinfo]() COMMUNITY What else are you curious about? Share your questions or thoughts with us at OzyCommunity@Ozy.com ABOUT OZY OZY is a diverse, global and forward-looking media and entertainment company focused on “the New and the Next.” OZY creates space for fresh perspectives, and offers new takes on everything from news and culture to technology, business, learning and entertainment. [www.ozy.com]( / #OZY Curiosity. Enthusiasm. Action. That’s OZY! [TV]( | [PODCASTS]( | [NEWS]( | [FESTIVALS]( A Modern Media Company OZY Media, 800 West El Camino Mountain View, California 94040 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy](