
— Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned it is "truly a race against time" to rescue trapped survivors, with more than 4,600 personnel deployed to assist in search operations. Rescue crews are digging through rubble at a paper factory and the Aeon Mall Kumamoto, where President Akio Yoshida confirmed three people died following an explosion. Thousands of residents remain in over 400 shelters or their cars, facing extreme heat reaching about 35C.
— The current candidates are Argentina's Rafael Grossi, head of the UN nuclear watchdog; former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet; former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan; former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa; former Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett; former Senegalese President Macky Sall; and Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, who entered the race last week.
— "The president has harbored an irrational hatred of wind turbines ever since the Scottish government approved a wind project off the coast of Aberdeen within sight of his golf course more than a decade ago."
— Last year, he reminded people to "remember" that he was at his golf club in Scotland the day of the Brexit vote and correctly predicted the outcome. In fact, he was there a day after the vote when the results had already come in, Daniel Dale said. The president also has episodes of "fake history" that he has shared repeatedly throughout his terms in office. One is a bogus story about President George Washington keeping two side-by-side desks in his study, one for his private business and one for the presidency. Another is a repeated claim that 38,000 Americans died building the Panama Canal during the early 20th century. In fact, 5,600 people died total building the canal, more than 5,000 of whom were Black workers from the Caribbean who were poorly treated, Dale said.
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