 The European Commission on Friday recommended that Ukraine receives "candidate status," starting a process that could eventually allow the country to join the European Union. Ursula von der Leyen, the Commission's President, said Ukraine would need to implement a number of reforms in order to join the bloc, which could take several years. More: - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's attack on his country amounted to an attack on all of Europe, as he held a joint press conference in Kyiv with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
- Macron said that the possible granting of EU candidate status to Ukraine is a result of Russia's invasion. "Ukraine normally should not be a candidate," he said following his visit to Kyiv, "We're doing it because of the war and because we think it's good. It's a sign of hope, it's a message for Ukraine to say that they are in the European family."
Zoom Out: - Ukraine will need to comply with the Copenhagen Criteria, a set of rules that candidate countries have to meet before negotiations start.
- Candidate countries need to show they have a functioning free-market economy, institutions that are fit to uphold European values — such as human rights and the EU's interpretation of the rule of law —, and an inclusive democracy.
- There are concerns that Ukraine is a long way from meeting the Copenhagen Criteria. Ukraine ranks 122 out of 180 in Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index. For comparison, Russia ranks 136.
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 Julian Assange's extradition to the U.S. was approved by the UK government. WikiLeaks, the organization that Assange co-founded, said that it will appeal the decision. More: - Assange has been in a high-security prison since he was forced to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in 2019.
- He is wanted in the U.S. on 18 criminal charges after WikiLeaks published thousands of classified files and diplomatic cables in 2010.
- If convicted, Assange faces up to 175 years in prison.
- Rights groups have expressed concerns over the U.S.'s indictment of Assange, saying it undermines freedom of the press.
- Assange's legal team has long argued that the Australian's human rights could be violated if he is extradited to the U.S.
- However, the British legal system found that it would not be "oppressive, unjust or an abuse of process" to extradite Assange.
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 15,000 Russian Millionaires are trying to exit the country amid the war in Ukraine, according to the U.K. government. The mass exodus comes after a severe economic downturn linked to economic sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. More: - The information, which is based on "migration applications," was shared as part of the UK's daily intelligence briefing updates.
- Some millionaires may be seeking to leave because the economic prospects have worsened, while others may be motivated by their opposition to the war.
- Since the beginning of the war, Moscow has passed laws to silence any opposition to the war within Russia, including a 15-year jail sentence for sharing what is deemed as false information about the military.
- Last month, Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov said he was forced by the Kremlin to sell his stake in Russia’s second-largest bank without any opportunity to negotiate. Tinkov, who now lives in Italy, has been vocal in his opposition to what he has labeled as a “crazy war."
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 ProPublica reported on the experience of Cecelia Lewis, an African-American educator who faced harassment after accepting a job as a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officer at a school in Georgia. After right-wing activists claimed that Lewis would be bringing critical race theory to the school, local parents harassed Lewis, who is Black, and attempted to have her removed from her position. Zoom Out: - Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic theory initially developed in the 1980s to explain the persistence of structural racism in the U.S. after formal legal equality was brought about by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the end of legalized anti-Black segregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Starting in 2020, right-wing influencers like Christopher Rufo began a social media campaign against CRT. Conservative critics say CRT demonizes white Americans and casts the U.S. as an irrevocably racist society.
- Media Matters found that the term "Critical Race Theory" was used over 1,900 times on Fox News in a 3.5-month period in 2021.
- A study by researchers from UCLA and UC-SD found that 894 school districts were targeted by anti-CRT campaigns between September 2020 and August 2021.
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 Investigative journalism collective Bellingcat documented the digital footprint of an alleged Russian agent who studied at Trinity College Dublin & Johns Hopkins SAIS before applying to work at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Russian-born operative posed as a Brazilian of Irish origin. More: - On June 16, Dutch intelligence (AIVD) said it had disrupted an attempt by a member of Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU) to gain “access as an intern to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.” The individual was denied entrance to the Netherlands and was sent back to Brazil.
- The GRU agent, whose real name is Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, allegedly used a false name and pretended to be a Brazilian citizen, AIVD said.
- Cherkasov for several years pretended to be a political science student and even ran a website where he spread pro-Western talking points.
- AIVD said that at the time of Cherkasov’s application, the ICC was investigating possible war crimes committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine this year and in Georgia in 2008.
- A John Hopkins professor who taught Cherkasov during his Master's in International Affairs wrote about the experience on Twitter.
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 FIFA announced the list of cities that will host the 2026 men's World Cup. The list included 11 cities in the U.S., two in Canada, and three in Mexico. More: - The 16 host cities will be Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Guadalajara, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver.
- FIFA officials said they still have to decide which cities will host the group stage matches.
- It will be the first World Cup to feature 48 teams and the first time matches will be played in three countries.
- The U.S. previously hosted the World Cup in 1994, while Mexico hosted it in 1970 and 1986. Canada hosted the Women's World Cup in 2015 but this will be its first men's World Cup.
- Host cities typically earn substantial revenues — according to a 2018 U.S. Soccer study, the 2026 World Cup could generate more than $5B in economic activity.
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- Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 to win the NBA championship. This was the 4th ring for Steph Curry, who was chosen as Finals MVP.
- Some U.S. election officials are reportedly worried about their safety ahead of the midterms.
- Meta, Google, and Twitter signed an updated EU Code of Conduct on disinformation, vowing to fight fake news on their platforms.
- A passenger with restricted mobility died after he fell down an escalator while leaving a commercial flight at Gatwick Airport, near London.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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