Hurricane Beryl regains strength as it approaches Mexico (www.nbcnews.com)
Rishi Sunak has announced he will step down as the leader of the Conservatives after a historic battering by Labour in the General Election (metro.co.uk)
Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated' (tribune.com.pk)
Top Vatican Official Accused of Lying Over €350 Million Real Estate Deal (www.bloomberg.com)
Japan sets world record for the fastest internet speed ever (www.newsnationnow.com)
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU says | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as independent in Islington North after expulsion from Labour (www.theguardian.com)
Iranian in UK flees to Israel after pulling off headscarves (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
An Iranian monarchist who filmed herself pulling the headscarves off Iranians in London fled to Israel after UK police announced they were investigating her....
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro (apnews.com)
UK Gets Its Future Back" Labour's Keir Starmer In Victory Speech (ptv-news.com.pk)
Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded (www.haaretz.com)
The main points were reported by the media on Wednesday: Even before Hamas responded to the Netanyahu-Biden proposal, the Prime Minister’s Office already knew what it would contain. Hamas’ flexibility came as a surprise to the man who said he supported the plan (which had been unanimously approved by the war cabinet) but who...
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ (www.theguardian.com)
The White House has described the latest Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza as a “breakthrough” establishing a framework for a possible hostage deal, but warned that difficult negotiations remained over the implementation of the agreement....
The transgender community is facing a silent genocide in the U.K. (www.advocate.com)
Chinese Ship Suspected of Raiding World War II Wrecks Detained (news.usni.org)
TIL that a Chinese barge spent much of 2022-2023 illegally pillaging scrap metal from WW2 war graves in Malaysian waters....
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests (www.cbc.ca)
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....
Germany’s Scholz breaks bad on migration (www.politico.eu)
Labour set for UK election landslide, exit poll predicts (www.cnn.com)
LW World News coverage of a similar article by The Guardian
Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
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'More Unhinged by the Minute': Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran (www.commondreams.org)
Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar (www.theguardian.com)
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ (www.theguardian.com)
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
[UK] Exit poll: Labour to win landslide in general election. (news.sky.com)
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