Climate change blamed for worst wine harvest in 62 years (www.euronews.com)
A new report shows where has wine production dried up the most in Europe....
Mexico's likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish background and first female elected (apnews.com)
'Tank of the future': France and Germany sign new arms deal (www.euronews.com)
France’s defence minister received his German counterpart on Friday to ink a deal between the two countries to build a next-generation battle tank....
US expected to provide $6 billion to fund long-term weapons contracts for Ukraine, officials say (apnews.com)
The U.S. is expected to announce Friday that it will provide about $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said, adding that it will include much sought after munitions for Patriot air defense systems....
German far-right coup plot trial to begin (www.dw.com)
The first of three trials involving a far-right network of “Reichsbürger” around ringleader Prince Reuss is about to start. The group is accused of planning to topple the government....
Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack....
General Staff: Russia has lost 466,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 (kyivindependent.com)
Out of the half a million troops killed I wonder how many were actually Russians? Doesn’t look like things are working out for them.
Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has consolidated recent battlefield gains in the east of Ukraine, and is attempting to break through Ukrainian defensive lines before a long-awaited package of US military assistance arrives at the frontline....
Moldova eyes energy lever to topple Kremlin puppet regime in Transnistria (www.politico.eu)
For the first time, Moldova can cut an energy link to its breakaway territory. Yet doing so risks Moscow’s threats and a possible humanitarian crisis....
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)
According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....
Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead outside Baghdad home (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say unidentified man killed influencer who had previously been imprisoned over dancing videos...
Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail (www.theguardian.com)
Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison...
US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah (www.independent.co.uk)
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister (www.politico.eu)
Rome has no reason to oppose EU sanctions targeting Russian LNG, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin says....
It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent (apnews.com)
Israel agrees not to invade Rafah until consulting with US, Biden admin official says (www.usatoday.com)
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)
Russia detains 2 journalists on 'extremism' charges, accuses them of having worked with Navalny (kyivindependent.com)
Two Russian journalists were detained on “extremism” charges in Russia on April 28 for having allegedly worked for a group founded by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33 (www.reuters.com)
AP and Reuters journalists arrested in Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)
World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike (www.bbc.com)
World Central Kitchen is to resume distributing food in Gaza, nearly a month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike....
Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)
Sánchez on the edge: Will Spain’s prime minister resign? (www.politico.eu)
