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On June 22, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1946, Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman was born. In 1947, Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian lieutenant and politician, President of Ghana (died 2020) was born. In 1969, The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. In 1972, Damien Oliver, Australian jockey was born. In 1973, Carson Daly, American radio and television host was born. In 1978, Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (died 2011) was born. In 1984, Dustin Johnson, American golfer was born. In 2002, An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response. In 2008, George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1937) passed away. In 2012, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
John Oliver warns Trump's crude swipe at Obama is about to backfire spectacularly

Comedian John Oliver warned Sunday that President Donald Trump's profane attack on Barack Obama is going to come back to haunt him.On Last Week Tonight, the HBO host zeroed in on Trump's G7 appearance in France, where the president, seated beside Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, mocked Obama's 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump tore up in his first term, and claimed Iran once laughed at Obama and called him a stupid son of a b---- over a 1.7 billion payment.Oliver pointed out that Trump's own memorandum of understanding commits Iran to receiving at least 300 billion in reconstruction aid. “If Iran called Obama a stupid son of a b---- for letting them get 1.7 billion, I think we’re about to find out what the Persian word is for someone 300 times dumber than that,” Oliver quipped.The host argued the agreement is less a comprehensive peace deal and more a plan to eventually have one, with some pretty big holes in it, noting it doesn’t even address Iran’s nuclear program—supposedly the whole point of this war in the first place.” He also flagged that the deal has been criticized within Trump's own party.Even as Trump keeps boasting that his deal beats the one Obama struck in 2015, the former president gave his own verdict in an NBC interview that aired Friday.“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military, a lot of people have died, and it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war,” Obama said. “Except maybe a little bit worse.”
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