Before I forget…
National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre resigned days before a corruption trial involving the group begins. New York Attorney General Letitia James in 2020 sued the NRA, accusing it of diverting millions of dollars to fund luxuries for top officials.
Violent scenes long familiar to Ukrainians from 22 months of war are now playing out in Belgorod, one of Russia’s own cities. Russia hit Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea for the first time during its invasion, a senior Kyiv official said. And Vladimir Putin is offering citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia, even as Nepal stopped issuing permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after at least 10 Nepali Gurkhas were killed while serving in the Russian army.
The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse.
Azerbaijan appointed its ecology and natural resources minister Mukhtar Babayev as the president of the COP29 meeting to be held in Baku in November. This continues a contentious trend of choosing people with deep ties to the oil and gas industry helming U.N. climate talks.
What else can Wegovy and Ozempic treat beyond diabetes and excess weight? Tests are in progress to see whether GLP-1 drugs are effective for chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, sleep apnea and plenty more.
