'Stop threatening Taiwan', its new president William Lai tells China (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan’s newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy....
Post-Brexit trade border controls to cost UK $6 billion (www.dw.com)
The UK’s public spending watchdog said government expenditures on implementing new rules for post-Brexit imports would total some $6 billion. The report criticized “uncertainty” surrounding government plans....
Americans involved in foiled deadly coup, DR Congo military says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
American citizens were involved in an attempted coup d’état that left at least three people dead on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson told CNN Monday....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] (apnews.com)
“Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of war crimes committed by the U.S. government,” his wife, Stella Assange, said. “Reporting a crime is never a crime.”
EU hit as China launches tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe (www.euronews.com)
Thermoplastics coming from the US, the EU, Taiwan and Japan are sold at prices below fair market value, says Beijing....
US lawmakers slam ICC prosecutor’s Israel arrest warrant requests (www.aljazeera.com)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at 63 (www.nbcnews.com)
Nine people arrested in Poland over alleged Russian sabotage plot (kyivindependent.com)
The Polish government arrested nine people from a Russian spy ring in connection to alleged sabotage plots, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Polish media outlet TVN24....
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says (www.yahoo.com)
What do war crimes warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders actually mean? (www.motherjones.com)
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity - The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
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Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve (www.wired.com)
Spain recalls its ambassador to Argentina over Milei 'insult' | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of lran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.
European leaders divided on ICC arrest warrant bid for Netanyahu (www.politico.eu)
Reactions ranged from welcoming the International Criminal Court’s decision to slamming it as “appalling” and “non comprehensible.”...
‘People are in no mood to mourn’: mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi (www.theguardian.com)
Iran’s supreme leader has announced a five-day mourning period, but there have been fireworks and cheering in the country since the death was confirmed...
British court says Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US over espionage charges (www.salon.com)
‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
Khalil, a shy 21-year-old whose name has been changed, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid last October for his allegiance to Hamas. But when Israeli forces smashed through the door of his family home, they didn’t tell him why they were detaining him. He was imprisoned for six months without charge, in conditions he described as...
Germany: Trial of far-right coup 'ringleaders' set to begin (www.dw.com)
The ringleaders of a far-right network of “Reichsbürger” around Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss begins in Frankfurt on Tuesday. The group has been accused of planning to topple the government....
Islamic State claims responsibility for gun attack that killed three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan (news.sky.com)
The terror group’s affiliate in Afghanistan is a major rival of the country’s Taliban government, and earlier claimed responsibility for an attack on Chinese citizens in Kabul in 2022....
ICC to seek arrest warrants for Israeli, Hamas leaders (abcnews.go.com)
Russia’s War Machine Revs Up as the West’s Plan to Cap Oil Revenues Sputters (www.nytimes.com)
The United States and its allies in the Group of 7 nations set two goals in 2022 when they enacted a novel plan to cap the price of Russian oil: restrict Moscow’s ability to profit from its energy exports while allowing its oil to continue flowing on international markets to prevent a global price shock....
Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease its hostile actions (www.theguardian.com)
Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war....
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....
Faced With a Russian Onslaught, Ukraine Struggles to Keep the Lights On (www.nytimes.com)
As Ukraine struggles to hold back Russian advances, the country’s officials say they are once again facing the formidable challenge of keeping electricity flowing as Moscow’s forces increasingly strike power plants....
