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Charges in Colorado Attack |
A suspect arrested following a Sunday attack in Boulder, Colorado, will face federal hate crime charges, officials announced yesterday. The attack—carried out with Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower—left 12 people injured. The suspect was also charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, allegedly targeted a local “Run for Their Lives” event, a weekly demonstration held in cities around the world to advocate for the release of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. According to accounts, he threw two homemade firebombs into the crowd before approaching with a weed sprayer filled with flammable gas. Officials said Soliman, living in the US illegally on an expired visa since early 2023, confessed to deliberately targeting the event in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
The attack comes about two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were shot and killed following an event in DC (see previous write-up). |
South Korea Snap Election |
South Korea will hold a snap presidential election today, following the ousting of President Yoon Suk Yeol after his brief martial law declaration in December. Yoon’s decree, which suspended parliament and targeted opposition lawmakers, led to a standoff at the National Assembly, mass protests, and his removal from office in April (see timeline).
More than 44 million people are eligible to vote, with the main contenders being liberal Lee Jae-myung, a former human rights lawyer and leader of the Democratic Party, and conservative Kim Moon-soo of the ruling People Power Party. Lee, who narrowly lost to Yoon in 2022, currently leads in polls, boosted by his role in resisting the martial law order and advocating stronger democratic safeguards. Top priorities include restoring public trust in a divided country, managing relations with North Korea and China, and navigating US tariffs, which could impact South Korean exports with rates up to 25% if a temporary pause expires July 9.
The winner will take office immediately, skipping the usual transition period, and serve a single five-year term. |
A cloud of Saharan dust—roughly the size of the continental US—is expected to reach the US Gulf Coast midweek after traveling more than 5,000 miles across the Atlantic from North Africa.
The event is considered the biggest of its kind this year and marks the start of the annual dust plume season, a natural phenomenon in which wind and tropical waves blow dry, dusty air from the Sahara Desert westward across the Atlantic Ocean between April and October. The massive dust cloud, known as the Saharan Air Layer, hangs between 5,000 and 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface and can suppress storm and hurricane formation by making the air less moist. See an overview here (w/video).
The dust has reached the Caribbean and Puerto Rico so far. It is expected to thin by the time it reaches Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, though affected areas will see reduced visibility, hazy orange or reddish skies, and diminished air quality (see map). The plume's US arrival is expected to last into the weekend. |
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