China is banning ‘wealth-flaunting’ behavior on social media (www.nbcnews.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Poland presents plan to fortify border to Russia, Belarus (www.dw.com)
Defense officials in Poland have shared details on a plan to strengthen the country’s eastern border. They say Poland is at constant risk of hostile actions by Russia and its ally, Belarus....
Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic (www.nytimes.com)
Deadliest predators invade popular tourist spot weeks before summer (townflex.com)
Javier Milei’s Radical Plan to Transform Argentina (time.com)
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park (www.theguardian.com)
Matthew Trickett, 37, who was charged with surveillance of activists, was found on Sunday evening in Maidenhead park...
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers (www.theguardian.com)
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
Severe flooding wreaks havoc across northern Europe (www.euronews.com)
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany....
Russian court seizes millions of euros worth of German bank assets (www.france24.com)
A Russian court has ordered that Deutsche Bank’s and Commerzbank’s assets, accounts, property and shares be seized in Russia as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks, court documents showed.
Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary....
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Putin and Xi cast U.S. as Cold War hegemon...
Slovak PM Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after being shot 5 times (www.politico.eu)
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot multiple times | CNN (www.cnn.com)
German court upholds AfD 'suspected' extremist status (www.dw.com)
The designation could allow Germany’s intelligence agency to surveil and investigate members of the far-right party. The AfD says it plans to appeal the ruling....
At least 300 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms (www.cnn.com)
least 300 people have died in flash flooding that has ravaged northern Afghanistan in recent days, the Word Food Programme said Sunday....
Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced (www.theguardian.com)
The death toll from what authorities call the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people and forcing the closure of the main airport in the country’s fifth biggest city....
To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots (www.washingtonpost.com)
US report on Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza delayed, aides say (www.politico.com)
The Biden administration’s report on whether Israel has violated U.S. and international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza has been delayed and will no longer be released Wednesday as planned, three Senate aides and a House aide told POLITICO....
Russia launches large-scale attack against Ukraine, hitting energy infrastructure (kyivindependent.com)
Russian forces launched a large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities overnight on May 8. Russia launched cruise and ballistic missiles, rockets, and Shahed-type drones throughout the night, Ukraine’s Air Force reported....
This court case could set groundbreaking precedent for Indigenous land rights in Europe (www.cbc.ca)
Norway’s Supreme Court is deliberating on a case that could grant local control over a vast area in the country’s far north — and set a groundbreaking precedent for Indigenous land rights in Europe....
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France (www.theguardian.com)
French police said the German authorities, who had previously refused Abu-Sitta entry to Germany in April, had put a visa ban on him for a year, meaning he was banned from entering any Schengen country....