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17-year-old girl trafficked into U.S. from Mexico rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks (www.cbsnews.com)

Canada sanctions Israeli settlers as attacks on Palestinians skyrocket (aje.io)

First aid flows into Gaza over massive U.S. pier (www.nbcnews.com)

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on (apnews.com)

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military....

Russia lacks 'numbers for strategic breakthrough' in Ukraine: NATO (www.euronews.com)

Moscow says it will keep pushing its offensive in Ukraine, though NATO doubts Russia has the resources to make a significant breakthrough....

Global life expectancy set to grow by nearly 5 years by 2050 (www.dw.com)

New research predicts a rise in life expectancy worldwide over the next three decades, particularly in Africa. Meanwhile, obesity and other factors are also set to play a larger role in poor health....

French police shoot suspect dead in synagogue incident in Rouen (www.theguardian.com)

Interior ministry says armed suspect ‘neutralised’ after attempting to set fire to synagogue in Normandy city...

Oil and gas courses in Kochi, Kerala | Blitz Academy (feddit.ro)

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Japan's Diet enacts bill allowing joint custody after divorce | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News (www3.nhk.or.jp)

Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill into law that paves the way for divorced parents to share custody of their children. The current system allows only either of the couple to exercise parental rights.

Colonial past haunts latest New Caledonia crisis (www.france24.com)

‘You could be looking at the last surviving works by Gaza’s artists’ (www.972mag.com)

An exhibition in the West Bank attempts both to capture and counteract the erasure of Palestinian life and culture in Gaza, even as its artists are killed....

US bars imports from 26 Chinese textile firms over suspected Uyghur forced labor (www.arabnews.com)

China is a ‘critical' global supplier, full decoupling may be impossible, survey shows (www.nbcmiami.com)

Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast (www.reuters.com)

Putin Visiting Xi Underscores Limits of Pressure to Divide Russia and China (time.com)

Biden driving China, Russia into 'shocking' partnership, expert warns: 'Blunder of the highest order' (www.foxnews.com)

Top 10 Countries Most in Debt to the IMF (www.visualcapitalist.com)

New Caledonia riots: France declares state of emergency, bans TikTok (www.france24.com)

France deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded.

‘I’ve been here for 40 years’: Newsagent’s fight for UK passport (www.thetimes.co.uk)

South Africa Warns ICJ Israel’s Genocide Has “Reached a New and Horrific Stage” (truthout.org)

South Africa’s legal team is seeking provisional measures from the ICJ for Israel to immediately withdraw from Rafah and take every action possible to surge humanitarian aid into Gaza, on top of orders for Israel to comply with provisional orders the court issued in January and March....

'Massive' French police deployment arrives to secure New Caledonia (www.reuters.com)

SYDNEY/PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday....

Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)

Israel said on Thursday that it would send more troops to Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which has become the focal point in the war between Israel and Hamas....

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