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Day 668 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Since the failure of the "Wagner" paramilitary group rebellion, top Russian generals have not appeared in public, writes Reuters.

An Italian man admitted on Jan. 6 to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, including from distinguished authors, solving a mystery that had rocked the literary world for years.

Donald Trump, the American businessman turned presidential hopeful, threw out another provocation the other day. He argued there must be a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." He, in other words, advanced a religion-based exclusion to normally one of freest countries in the world. 

The Turkish military downed the Russian Su-24 jet after it violated its air space for 17 seconds according to information that came to light at the emergency NATO meeting. In Brussels, NATO officials were concerned that Turkey did not show more restraint. Reuters reports:

A top Hillary Clinton staffer told CNN Sunday that the former first lady's campaign team is unfazed by news that Vice President Joe Biden is giving serious consideration to a White House bid.
 
"We'll let him make his decision," Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's campaign spokeswoman, told CNN.
 

The International Monetary Fund plans to name White House economic adviser Maurice Obstfeld as its chief economist.

Obstfeld, who is on leave from the University of California, Berkeley, replaces the retiring Olivier Blanchard.

Obstfeld has written two influential textbooks on international economics, one with Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said he overestimated the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government of Greece during a discussion on how a Grexit would impact the EU with CNN host Fareed Zakaria.

Crushed by liabilities it now cannot repay, Puerto Rico is seeking to reschedule its $73 billion debt, the US commonwealth's governor said June 29.

A lot of people are poionting fingers at Greece’s leaders with claims that they are acting irresponsibly, but Nobel-prize winning U.S. economist Paul Krugman said Greece is doing the right thing.

He argues that the financial noose arond Greece’s neck has strangled the Greek economy. Every loan comes attached with spending cuts, austerity and damage to the Greek economy.