Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024 (edition.cnn.com)
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland (www.theguardian.com)
For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat (apnews.com)
The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish,...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel’s new mandatory military service ruling (apnews.com)
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours on Thursday to protest a recent Supreme Court decision ordering young religious men to enlist for military service....
German Cabinet backs deportations for praise of terrorism (www.dw.com)
Germany’s government has agreed on a draft law making it easier to deport people who promote “terrorist crimes.” The legislation lowers the bar at which foreigners can be returned to their country of origin....
Jordanian reporter gets one year in prison under draconian new cybercrime law (rsf.org)
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief (www.theguardian.com)
Armenian leader announces plan to leave Russia-dominated security alliance (CSTO) as ties with Moscow sour (apnews.com)
Chiquita found liable by U.S. jury for killings by Colombian terrorists (www.msn.com)
Chiquita Brands was ordered Monday by a Florida jury to pay $38.3 million to the families of eight people killed by a right-wing paramilitary group in Colombia, which the banana grower had funded for years during that country’s violent civil war....
35 Years After Tiananmen, China’s Conduct Again Triggers Alarm (www.wsj.com)
In 1989, blowback was swift; alienation today is ‘systematic, progressive, long-term.’...
Boeing executives unlikely to be charged over 737 MAX crashes: Source (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16367200...
Racist violence in Germany reaches record highs, support groups warn (www.euronews.com)
Violence against politicians has been dominating the headlines, but instances of everyday racism and antisemitic attacks are causing German victim advice centres to sound the alarm. Euronews travelled to Thuringia, a right-wing hotspot, to speak with a victim of neo-Nazi violence....
Four arrested in world’s largest malware network operation - Europol (www.euronews.com)
Police arrested four people and took down 100 servers across Europe and North America in what Europol said was the biggest sweep against malware ever conducted....
New Israeli attack today (Tuesday) on Rafah evacuation zone (www.reuters.com)
CAIRO, May 28 (Reuters) - Israeli tanks shelled a tent camp in an evacuation area west of Rafah and killed at least 21 people on Tuesday, Gaza health authorities said, while advancing to the heart of the southern Gaza city for the first time after a night of heavy bombardment. Two days after an Israeli airstrike on another camp...
Israeli military censor bans highest number of articles in over a decade (www.972mag.com)
Ukraine bombs the port where Russia's Black Sea fleet moved to after Crimea got too risky for its warships, reports say (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukrainian drones hit Novorossiysk port, causing a fire and power outages, reports say....
Zelensky wants China at Ukraine peace talks, cites ‘influence on Russia’ | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Canada sanctions Israeli settlers as attacks on Palestinians skyrocket (aje.io)
Medvechuk's yacht officially transferred to Ukrainian state (kyivindependent.com)
A luxury yacht belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk was officially transferred to the Ukrainian state on May 15, said Ukraine’s Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets, known by its Ukrainian acronym ARMA....
Wilders on verge of forming EU's latest hard-right government (www.euronews.com)
Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections....
Israel-Gaza war: UN says staff member killed in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
The United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday....
Exclusive: Cambridge's wealthiest college to divest from arms companies (www.middleeasteye.net)
The University of Cambridge’s wealthiest constituent college, Trinity College Cambridge, has decided to divest from all arms companies, Middle East Eye can reveal....
Meta employees say internal posts on support for Palestinians have been 'censored,' in an open letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg (www.businessinsider.com)
An open letter by Meta employees claims the company censors Palestinian-related content internally and externally.
ICC demands end to threats against court amid Gaza war probe (www.aljazeera.com)
While the prosecutor’s statement did not mention Israel, it was issued after Israeli and US officials have warned of consequences against the ICC if it issues arrest warrants over Israel’s war on Gaza.
