Bulletin Brief

US claims Israel violated international law as UN grants Palestine new rights (Reuters, AP)

Biden tariffs China on EVs, medical supplies, and solar equipment (Reuters, NBC)

Swiss’ Nemo is first nonbinary winner at 2024 Eurovision (NBC, AP)

Bob Menendez gold bar corruption trial (AP)

Flash floods kill 300 plus in Afghanistan (CBS)

Pig kidney recipient dies 2 months after surgery (NBC)

Auroras to be visible into next week (NBC)

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In Must Know News…

• The Biden administration announced that Israel’s use of US weapons may have violated international law. This is the US’s strongest criticism of Israel yet, however, no definitive examples of unlawfully utilized US weapons were given. At the same time, the UN voted to give Palestine new rights and privileges, though a vote for its full membership in the UN was vetoed by the US.
• Biden plans to raise tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods, starting as early as next week. The announcement will maintain the tariffs imposed on China by former president Trump, but will expand to include electric vehicles, medical supplies, and solar energy equipment. For electric vehicles, the tariff rate is set to quadruple from 25% to 100%. Officials hope this will level the economic playing field and benefit American companies.
• Eurovision 2024 concluded with a historic win by Switzerland’s Nemo. They are the first non-binary artist ever to win the famed European song contest, and the first Swiss winner since 1988. The victory comes after a contest riddled with controversy, with the Dutch contestant being dramatically disqualified and many protesting Israel’s inclusion.

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In Other Notable News…

• Democratic Senator Bob Menendez faces his second corruption trial in a decade for allegedly accepting bribes in the form of gold bars and cash to meddle in criminal investigations and taking actions to benefit the governments of Qatar and Egypt. 
• Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed over 300 people and destroyed at least 1,000 homes in northern regions of the country. The U.N. Food Agency reported on Saturday that the floods are a result of unusually heavy rainfalls this season and many have since been displaced. 
• Richard Slayman, the first living human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, has passed away at the age of 62. Slayman received the transplant in March of this year, but surgeons at Mass Gen believe there was no indication he died as a result of the transplant. 
• Federal forecasters said that the recent sightings of Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, could extend well into this week. There have been sightings in the U.S., Europe, the UK, and China. So, if you missed out last weekend, here’s your second chance!