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August 12, Monday, 2024
1. The Paris Olympics have drawn to a close, marking the handoff to Los Angeles, which will host the next Summer Games in four years. The closing ceremony began on Sunday at the Stade de France, the Games’ venue for rugby and athletics. Flag-bearers for countries and territories that sent delegations entered the stadium first, followed by a parade of the other Olympians. 2. US President Joe Biden says he decided to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race partly because he was concerned about a negative impact on Congressional elections that will take place at the same time. The president said his Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought he would “hurt” them in their elections. He expressed concern that if he stayed in the race, that would be the topic. He added that it would be “a real distraction.” 3. A US political news outlet says Western allies of Ukraine do not appear to be pressing Kyiv to limit the use of weapons they supplied to the country in its ongoing cross-border incursion into Russia. Politico carried an article regarding the offensive that the Ukrainian military has been mounting in the western Russian region of Kursk since Tuesday. The article says, “As Ukraine widens its attacks inside Russia, there is no sign that the country’s sometimes reluctant Western allies are putting pressure on Kyiv to ease off.”