‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
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Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody (www.nbcnews.com)
Suspect detained in Romania after throwing petrol bomb outside Israeli embassy (www.reuters.com)
A foreign citizen was detained in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Monday after throwing a Molotov cocktail outside the Israeli embassy, causing no damage or casualties, police said....
Salman Rushdie’s alleged assailant seeks plea deal with US (www.semafor.com)
Hadi Matar, the man accused of nearly fatally stabbing British-American writer Salman Rushdie, is negotiating a plea agreement with both US state and federal prosecutors that could shed light on whether a foreign government or terrorist organization was involved in the attack, officials involved in the case told Semafor....
35 Years After Tiananmen, China’s Conduct Again Triggers Alarm (www.wsj.com)
In 1989, blowback was swift; alienation today is ‘systematic, progressive, long-term.’...
Dozens of Civilians Killed as Myanmar Junta Jet Bombs Wedding in Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over Beijing's price demands, Financial Times reports (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s attempts to conclude a major gas pipeline deal with China have run aground over what Moscow sees as Beijing’s unreasonable demands on price and supply levels, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing three people familiar with the matter....
The Atlas Network, France and the EU (multinationales.org)
The influence of the Atlas Network – a web of libertarian and ultraconservative think tanks funded by billionaires such as the Kochs – has been well documented in the US, the UK, and more recently Argentina following the election of Javier Milei. Its growing presence in the EU has been less examined. But the next EU...
Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum (www.reuters.com)
A Dutch tourist has defaced a frescoed wall in an ancient Roman house in Herculaneum, near Naples, damaging a building that survived the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Italian police said on Monday....
‘We refuse to disappear’: the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
The verdict wasn’t surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national security judges had set down two days for the hearing but dispensed with the core business in about 15 minutes. In the city’s largest ever national security trial – involving the...
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr warns China against 'acts of war' (www.bbc.com)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate....
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill seven people (www.bbc.com)
Flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least seven people, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has said....
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico (english.elpais.com)
A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations...
‘My whole life is in that house’: survivors fleeing domestic violence can lose much more than their home (www.theguardian.com)
In Australia, victim-survivors can only take out property recovery orders before an apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) is finalised....
Ukraine can strike Russian targets with Dutch F-16s (www.politico.eu)
The Dutch position contrasts with Belgian policy, under which donated F-16s cannot be used by Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia....
UNRWA says forced displacement has pushed over 1 million away from Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Forced displacement has pushed over a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday. The small city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering around 1 million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the enclave, aid groups...
Crimean students’ grades lowered for not writing 'thank you letters' to Russian soldiers invading Ukraine (khpg.org)
Iran’s supreme leader writes letter to US students, says they stand 'on right side of history' (www.aa.com.tr)
South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons [Reuters | June 2, 2024 | Reuters] (www.reuters.com)
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Mexico elects first female president with Claudia Sheinbaum as projected winner (www.nbcnews.com)
India elections: exit polls show Narendra Modi expected to win historic third term (www.theguardian.com)
What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi? (www.npr.org)
MUMBAI, India — Two days before police finally came to arrest him, the Rev. Stan Swamy recorded a video of himself speaking directly into the camera....
Businesswoman Tomasdottir becomes Iceland's next president (www.france24.com)
Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir was on Sunday declared the winner of Iceland’s presidential election, final results showed, beating former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir whom critics said was too political for the post.