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10 Things to Know for Today

Gary Stuard, with System Change Not Climate Change, speaks as protesters gather outside of the Exxon shareholders meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Gary Stuard, with System Change Not Climate Change, speaks as protesters gather outside of the Exxon shareholders meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP) Gary Stuard, with System Change Not Climate Change, speaks as protesters gather outside of the Exxon shareholders meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. WORLD AWAITS TRUMP DECISION ON PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

Around the world, coal-fired power plants are being shuttered as governments and private companies invest billions in wind turbines and solar farms – the adoption of cleaner forms of energy seems likely to progress whatever the U.S. president decides.

2. PUTIN: RUSSIAN STATE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN HACKING

The Russian president, while conceding that some individual “patriotic” hackers could mount some attacks on the West, says “no hackers can influence election campaigns in any country of Europe, Asia or America.”