Russia is making daily tactical gains in eastern Ukraine, as concerns swirl around Ukrainian military reporting | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
The US has purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, the Kyiv Post reports....
Bird flu outbreak in Jharkhand; 2 doctors, 6 others quarantined in Ranchi | Ranchi News - Times of India (www.google.com)
Sánchez on the edge: Will Spain’s prime minister resign? (www.politico.eu)
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)
World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike (www.bbc.com)
World Central Kitchen is to resume distributing food in Gaza, nearly a month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike....
It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent (apnews.com)
Israel agrees not to invade Rafah until consulting with US, Biden admin official says (www.usatoday.com)
Mussolini’s Hometown Can’t Figure Out How to Quit Him (www.thedailybeast.com)
Many Ukrainian Prisoners of War Show Signs of Trauma and Sexual Violence (www.nytimes.com)
Ukraine is just beginning to understand the lasting effects of the traumas its prisoners of war experienced in Russian captivity, but it has been failing to treat them properly and returning them to duty too early, say former prisoners, officials and psychologists familiar with individual cases....
Russia detains 2 journalists on 'extremism' charges, accuses them of having worked with Navalny (kyivindependent.com)
Two Russian journalists were detained on “extremism” charges in Russia on April 28 for having allegedly worked for a group founded by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has consolidated recent battlefield gains in the east of Ukraine, and is attempting to break through Ukrainian defensive lines before a long-awaited package of US military assistance arrives at the frontline....
Why the Swedes love doing something that Americans hate (www.bbc.com)
Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country’s tax agency is still one of Sweden’s most trusted institutions....
Russian soldier murder rate soars 900% on return from Ukraine war (www.independent.co.uk)
Up to 113 active Russian servicemen were convicted in 2023 - a near 900 per cent increase on just 13 in 2022...
Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack....
Evidence shows recent presidential elections most rigged in Russia’s modern history (kyivindependent.com)
Another sign of rigging is that 2024 election results peaked at round figures, Shukshin wrote. This distribution of results looks like a saw on graphs, which led to the nickname “Putin’s saw.”
Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33 (www.reuters.com)
Thousands rally in Madrid to support PM as corruption probe continues (www.france24.com)
Rwanda plan: Irish government wants to send asylum seekers back to UK (www.bbc.co.uk)
Swiss parliamentary committee backs plan to deport asylum seekers (www.swissinfo.ch)
AP and Reuters journalists arrested in Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)
Biden grants clemency to crack, cocaine dealers (www.washingtontimes.com)
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Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally (www.reuters.com)
Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday....
Rwanda plan: Irish government wants to send asylum seekers back to UK (www.bbc.com)
The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris has asked Ireland’s justice minister to bring legislation to cabinet to enable asylum seekers to be sent back to the UK....
Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped (english.elpais.com)
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...