Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter (www.theguardian.com)
Israel tells Hamas to accept ceasefire terms or risk new onslaught ‘in near future’ (www.theguardian.com)
The Encampments Spread to Mexico (crimethinc.com)
Men believed to be missing surfers died from gunshots, Mexican officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Families of men presumed to be two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California arrive in Tijuana to identify bodies...
Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel (www.axios.com)
Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM/DOHA, May 5 (Reuters) - Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters....
Russia blames 'hostile' Baltic countries for split in relations (www.euronews.com)
Moscow vowed to respond to what it called confrontational actions by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with asymmetric measures....
China’s Xi is visiting Europe for the first time in five years – his goodwill tour will be an uphill struggle (www.cnn.com)
When Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea Bocelli, topped with a crowning flourish – Italy’s decision to join Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative....
Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment (apnews.com)
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance....
Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter (www.swissinfo.ch)
Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF are drastically reducing their communications via the social network X (formerly Twitter)....
The world's glitziest song contest starts this week. Here's what you need to know about Eurovision. (www.nbcnews.com)
Periods are a nightmare in Gaza's crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them (www.cbc.ca)
Crouched inside her makeshift tent at a camp in Rafah, Samah El-Nazli fidgets as she recalls what her living conditions have been like since the war began. The mother of four is among millions of Gazans struggling to access food, water and sanitation in the overcrowded camp after losing their own homes in the strip....
Hamas armed wing says responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack (www.reuters.com)
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian media reports said had resulted in Israeli casualties....
Thousands of Israelis take to streets of Tel Aviv to demand cease-fire and Netanyahu's resignation (apnews.com)
1:21 video shows the scale of the protest....
Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies (www.bbc.com)
Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya (www.economist.com)
Yet they and their descendants would go on to transform Europe and much of Asia genetically, culturally and linguistically. Among the many innovations that these steppe migrants ushered in, scientists believe, are the Indo-European languages that are dominant in Europe today, and which are spoken by nearly half of humanity....
Migrant workers in Singapore left in limbo after paying large sums to agency promising jobs in Poland; Ministry of Manpower investigating (www.todayonline.com)
Hundreds of thousands of fish die off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia (edition.cnn.com)
A mass fish die-off in a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province has shone a new light on soaring temperatures in Southeast Asia....
Turkey halts trade with Israel until permanent Gaza ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
Turkey has halted trade with Israel, valued at $7 billion annually, until a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian aid are secured in Gaza, citing Israel’s “uncompromising attitude” and worsening conditions in Gaza’s Rafah region....
Russia leaves thousands of planes without GPS in northern Europe (english.elpais.com)
Several NATO members accuse Moscow of deliberately jamming positioning signals...
North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians. The implications are far bigger (www.bbc.com)
On 2 January, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Khrystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into a building in the city of Kharkiv. She began calling her contacts in the Ukrainian military, desperate to get her hands on it. Within a week, she had the mangled debris splayed out in front of her at a...
Report finds Nestlé adds sugars to baby food in low-income countries (www.nbcnews.com)
Experts say there can be long-term health consequences for babies and infants who consume too much sugar at a young age....
Israelis rally to demand ceasefire and Netanyahu's resignation (www.euronews.com)
“We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,” said one protester....
Russian forces executed surrendering Ukrainian soldiers: HRW report (www.euronews.com)
In its analysis of footage from five incidents since December 2023, HRW said Ukrainian soldiers were “gunned down in cold blood”, constituting a clear breach of the Geneva Conventions....
German schools see rise in violence (www.dw.com)
Dilapidated buildings, frustrated students and teachers witnessing a rise in attacks: The German education system is seen to be struggling....
