Russia-Ukraine War Live News Updates: Air raid alerts declared across all of Ukraine, Kyiv reports attacks – The Economic Times

Apple Inc denies Russia’s spying claims

Apple Inc is denying claims made by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that it cooperated with American spies to surveil Russian iPhone users. In a statement, the company said it has “never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will”, reports Reuters

Russia says US hacked thousands of Apple phones in spy plot

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software.Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab said dozens of its employees’ devices were compromised in the operation.

I would respond (to Russia) similar to how BJP did. We (Congress) would be responding in a similar way. Because India has that sort of relationship with Russia and that can’t be denied. Our policy would be similar

– Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on being asked about how would Congress respond to the India-Russia relationship

US debt ceiling bill

A divided US House of Representatives passed a bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with majority support from both Democrats and Republicans to avoid a catastrophic default: Reuters

The World Meteorological Organization voted for Argentina’s Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO’s critical global role in tracking climate change (AFP)

Joe Biden trips, falls at US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony

Pakistan: Food prices soar as CPI inflation record 38% in May

Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rate soared to a record 38 per cent on a year-over-year (YoY) basis in May 2023, the highest since July 1965 — except for a few years in between due to the lack of monthly data, Geo News reported.