Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US (www.reuters.com)
Russia extends arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich to June 30 (www.lemonde.fr)
Gershkovich, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has already spent almost a year behind bars....
Ecuador’s youngest mayor shot dead, police say (www.cnn.com)
Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said....
Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains (www.cnn.com)
Microplastics have been found in historic soil samples for the first time, according to a new study, potentially upending the way archaeological remains are preserved....
The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after a ship crashed into it (www.npr.org)
A cargo ship crashed into one of two main supports for the 2.5km long bridge at around 1:30AM EDT....
Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide....
Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles (apnews.com)
Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles....
UK court orders to delay extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges (apnews.com)
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t immediately be extradited to the United States on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder....
Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking $135,000 and a wig in bribes (www.theguardian.com)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence minister...
Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate almost certain to become president (www.theguardian.com)
Radical change candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye pulls off stunning election win after main rival Amadou Ba concedes defeat...
Moscow Concert Hall Attack Suspects in Court: Russia’s Security Services Under Scrutiny (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
In a shocking turn of events, four men, believed to be the masterminds behind the horrific attack at a concert hall in Moscow, have been brought to co
Israel will stop working with UNRWA in Gaza, official (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israel will stop working with the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, a government spokesperson said yesterday, accusing the aid agency of “perpetuating conflict”, Reuters reported....
Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 passengers may be crime victims: FBI (www.reuters.com)
Everest climbers will have to take their poop away with them, as Nepal tries to address growing waste problem (www.cnn.com)
Cocoa Is More Expensive Than Copper as It Tops $9,000 (www.bloomberg.com)
Mystery dairy cow disease confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza (www.feedstuffs.com)
Kyrgyzstan Calls On Citizens Not To Travel To Russia (www.rferl.org)
Bassirou Diomaye Faye to become President of Senegal, making him the youngest democratically elected African President (www.africanews.com)
Putin says radical Islamists carried out Moscow attack but maintains claim Ukraine was involved (www.theguardian.com)
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsible...
Bolsonaro Hid Out at Hungarian Embassy as Investigators Closed in: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy (abcnews.go.com)
SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro’s two-night stay last month at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest....
Indonesian military apologises after West Papuan man filmed being tortured in water-filled barrel (www.theguardian.com)
In rare admission, commander of Indonesian military in the province says horrific footage is a ‘violation of the law’, and confirms 13 personnel have been detained...
Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Weiss heads a radical settler organisation called Nachala, or homeland. For decades, she has been kickstarting Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, on Palestinian land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Some in the settler movement have cherished the dream - or pipedream - of...
Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy (www.nytimes.com)
