UN chief says fossil fuels ‘incompatible with human survival,’ calls for credible exit strategy (apnews.com)
Access, Equity, and Solidarity: The Foundations of Cuba's Health System (peoplesdispatch.org)
China remains Germany's main trading partner for seventh year (www.reuters.com)
ByteDance alone ordered US$1 billion worth of Nvidia GPUs in 2023 (www.digitimes.com)
European Parliament recognized the demolition of the Kakhovska dam as a Russian war crime (news.yahoo.com)
Guatemalan journalist faces decades in prison (www.ft.com)
One of Guatemala’s best known journalists is facing up to 40 years in prison on Wednesday in a case that has raised alarm about a squeeze on democracy in Central America’s largest economy....
US's Blinken says no to any Ukraine peace deal that doesn't include total Russian withdrawal (apnews.com)
“We believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression,” Blinken said in a speech in Finland, which recently became NATO’s newest member and shares a long border with Russia.
Conservatives Are Running Out of Things to Eat (newrepublic.com)
China-Swiss chip deal shows not everyone in the West is willing to ignore business opportunities simply on Washington’s say-so (www.scmp.com)
China plans to ban rare earth magnet exports (americanmilitarynews.com)
A New Study Quantifies The Extent of Extractive Capitalism’s Colonial Violence Against Indigenous Peoples Worldwide (www.thecanary.co)
Taiwan’s US Representative Not ‘Satisfied’ with Biden’s Support (popularresistance.org)
Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from nonprofit to own law firm (www.theguardian.com)
San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is a fixture on Fox News who has garnered support from the likes of Matt Gaetz, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham; she also helms a nonprofit that appears to have directed more than $1m into her law firm, Dhillon Law Group....
Trump finds no new lawyers in time for Mar-a-Lago documents arraignment (www.theguardian.com)
Extremely dry spring leaves southern Albertan farmers on the road to ‘zero production’ (globalnews.ca)
Iranian President Visits Latin American Countries in an Attempt to Strengthen Multipolar World Order (peoplesdispatch.org)
US blacklists flight schools across world for training Chinese pilots (www.firstpost.com)
Brazil: Lula to Launch Social Programs as Part of Stopping the Deforestation of the Amazon by 2030 (resumen-english.org)
Daily Wagers Suffer the Brunt of Heat Wave in Pakistan (peoplesdispatch.org)
'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral (www.bbc.com)
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86 (www.bbc.com)
TSMC announced that most of its valuable chips will still be produced on the island. This is despite intense pressure from the Joe Biden White House to “friendshore” TSMC’s most advanced chips. (www.scmp.com)
The "Uyghur genocide" allegations are popping up again, here's why they make no sense and what the actual end goal is. (twitter.com)
Ukraine counter-offensive actions have begun, Zelensky says (www.bbc.com)
