Ukraine and EU push to start membership talks in June (www.politico.eu)
Hungary faces renewed pressure to drop its opposition to Kyiv’s accession bid....
Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why (arstechnica.com)
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (abcnews.go.com)
‘Meet Baby Olivia’: anti-abortion groups target US sex-ed classes (www.theguardian.com)
Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars...
Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups (arstechnica.com)
Gaza detainees shackled, blindfolded and in nappies at Israel hospital (www.bbc.com)
A whistle-blower detailed how procedures in one military hospital were “routinely” carried out without painkillers, causing “an unacceptable amount of pain” to detainees....
French far-right National Rally splits with Germany's AfD (www.dw.com)
The main far-right party of France says it will no longer align with its erstwhile German allies, the AfD, in the EU parliament. This followed comments by the AfD’s top candidate about the Nazi SS paramilitary force...
Federal judge blocks Biden administration rule requiring dealers at gun shows to run background checks (fortune.com)
Biden on halting weapons to Middle East: ‘We’re not walking away from Israel’s security’ (fortune.com)
Yellen Calls for EU-US Cooperation to Counter Surge in Chinese Green-Tech Exports (eletric-vehicles.com)
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Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says (www.independent.co.uk)
Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas flew home from the annual Spring Storm military exercises, pleased to see NATO allies cooperating. But she later said that other types of warfare were on her mind....
Indigenous Brazil community stays on flooded land in dispute with developer (www.reuters.com)
Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands that are in dispute with real estate developers....
Israeli officials take down AP live shot of Gaza, US urges them to reverse block (apnews.com)
Original headline “Israeli officials seize AP equipment, citing new media law”
A Primer on Mastodon's New Board Members (wedistribute.org)
We dug into Mastodon’s new US-based non-profit entity, and checked out who their board members are, and what they’ve accomplished in the past.
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (www.404media.co)
European Commission says Ukraine will receive first payment of revenue from frozen Russian assets in July (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine will receive the first delivery of funds stemming from the revenue of frozen Russian assets in July, the European Commission said on May 21....
UN suspends Rafah aid distribution and warns US pier may fail (www.theguardian.com)
The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity....
Suffolk teen rapper 'Rylo Huncho' dies from accidental self-shooting in viral social media video (www.13newsnow.com)
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2 teens die in suspected drownings after accepting dare, jumping off bridge into lake (www.usatoday.com)
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law (apnews.com)
Decentralized Systems Will Be Necessary To Stop Google From Putting The Web Into Managed Decline (www.techdirt.com)
Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t mean that we need to accept it....
Eventbrite Promoted Illegal Opioid Sales to People Searching for Addiction Recovery Help (www.wired.com)
America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is. (www.motherjones.com)
Car makers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by supplier with links to Chinese forced labour, U.S. probe says (www.bbc.com)
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....
The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business (www.businessinsider.com)
