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Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 armed drones in new US arms sale (www.cnn.com)
The United States has approved the $360 million sale of more than 1,000 small armed drones to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island claimed by China aims to strengthen its asymmetrical warfare abilities with an eye on successful tactics used on the battlefield in Ukraine....
South Korea blasts Russia-North Korea deal, says it will consider supplying arms to Ukraine (apnews.com)
South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that vowed mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said it will reconsider its policy of limiting its support to Ukraine to non-lethal supplies....
‘It is all lining up’: Plan for Ukraine to finally start using F-16 jets this summer (www.theguardian.com)
After delays in delivery and training pilots and ground staff, Netherlands says Ukraine should get first planes in summer...
Deluge of fake news websites threatens to drown out truth during US election (www.theguardian.com)
Fears that ‘pink slime’ sites could be as harmful to political discourse as foreign disinformation in 2016 and 2020...
Climate change stoked US, Mexico heatwave - report (www.bbc.com)
Human-induced climate change made recent extreme heat in the US southwest, Mexico and Central America around 35 times more likely, scientists say....
German lawmaker deletes post on football players' skin color (www.dw.com)
Greens lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt apologized for the post made after Germany’s 2-0 win against Hungary. It comes after a survey showed 21% of Germans would like to see more white players on the national team....
EU approves first-ever sanctions on Russian gas (www.politico.eu)
It’s a notable evolution in strategy for the EU, and came after Germany and Hungary held up a deal for weeks....
South China Sea: Filipino soldiers fought off Chinese 'with bare hands' (www.bbc.com)
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said....
China is the true power in Putin and Kim’s budding friendship (www.bbc.com)
Mr Putin’s first visit to Pyongyang since 2000 was a chance for Russia and North Korea to flaunt their friendship. And flaunt it they did, with Mr Kim declaring his “full support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters (www.dw.com)
The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed....
Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’ (www.cnn.com)
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state....
Home price inflation is so high, it's changing American economic life (www.marketplace.org)
We’ve been dealing with high inflation in this economy over the last several years, with everything from groceries to new vehicles to construction supplies soaring in price....
Philippines accuses Chinese Coast Guard of boarding boats (www.dw.com)
Chinese Coast Guard rammed and boarded Philippine naval boats and confiscated their weapons in the South China Sea, injuring a Filipino soldier, the Philippine military said on Wednesday....
Club Q mass shooter sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges (abcnews.go.com)
Five people were killed in the attack on the LGBTQ bar....
Georgia becomes first state to require election law training for police (www.theguardian.com)
The newly required course emphasizes de-escalation and non-threatening conduct for officers...
TikTok faces fresh US pressure over child privacy (www.bbc.com)
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over potential violations of children’s privacy to the Department of Justice (DOJ)....
US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China (apnews.com)
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist....
Europe gives China a taste of its own trade medicine: Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how. (www.politico.eu)
The EU is having a radical rethink of how to cope with the trade threat from Beijing — and its response has a very Chinese flavor to it....
‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age (www.theguardian.com)
Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions....
Stanford disappoints critics of fossil fuel donations by hiring PR firm with big oil ties (www.theguardian.com)
University hires Brunswick Group amid anger from campus organizers at its sustainability school’s funding...
Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains (www.theguardian.com)
Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine...
‘Terrified of losing their rights’: abortion is a leading issue for Arizona’s Latino voters (www.theguardian.com)
Organizers hope those disillusioned by electoral politics will vote with an eye on abortion rights after fall of Roe...
US blasts ‘aggressive’ China over South China Sea collision with Philippine ship (www.cnn.com)
The United States on Monday condemned China over a collision with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the latest in a series of increasingly fraught confrontations that have raised the potential of a flashpoint for global conflict in the vital waterway....
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’...
Biden administration’s new protections for LGBTQ+ students blocked in 6 more states (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration cannot enforce new protections for LGBTQ+ students in Ohio, Virginia and four other states, a federal judge ruled Monday, becoming the latest court to rebuff efforts to expand the scope of a decades-old law that prohibits sex-based discrimination....
Global leader of ISIS targeted and possibly killed in U.S. airstrike (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. announced May 31 that it killed three militants in a Somalia airstrike. Officials now say the target was ISIS leader Abdulqadir Mumin, but also say they aren’t certain he is dead....
Federal judge blocks Iowa law that allows authorities to criminally charge people facing deportation (www.nbcnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the U.S....
US avocado inspectors stop work in Mexican state over ‘security situation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mango inspections also suspended ‘until further notice’ in state troubled by gang violence, but USDA says produce already in transit not affected...
Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters (www.theguardian.com)
GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger...
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US (www.theguardian.com)
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Xi Jinping accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times said....
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years (www.theguardian.com)
Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war...
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights (www.bbc.com)
A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood....
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers (www.bbc.com)
The country’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....
Seoul says soldiers from North briefly crossed border (www.dw.com)
Soldiers from South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the demarcation line....
German interior minister warns of destabilization (www.dw.com)
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has warned of dangers to democracy in Germany amid rising domestic and external threats....
Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says (www.independent.co.uk)
Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million....
Telehealth executives accused of $100m Adderall scheme (www.bbc.com)
US investigators have arrested the founder and CEO of a telehealth company who is accused of a running a $100m (£78m) scheme to fraudulently distribute over 40m pills of Adderall and other controlled substances....
Tennessee sheriff faces 22 charges in 2 counties, accused of profiting from inmate labor (www.tennessean.com)
A Tennessee sheriff is facing 22 charges in two counties after a state investigation found he allegedly participated in a scheme to profit from inmate labor....
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations plummet (www.theguardian.com)
Campaigners say next government must reduce use and toxicity of pesticides before it is too late...
Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes, FAA says (www.nbcnews.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate allegations that titanium had entered the supply chain via falsified documents....
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....
Germany: Record cocaine haul worth billions of euros seized (www.dw.com)
“Dozens of tons of cocaine have been taken out of circulation,” German authorities said. The drugs were first uncovered in Hamburg last year....
The head of the FAA says his agency was too hands-off in its oversight of Boeing (apnews.com)
The top U.S. aviation regulator said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration should have been more aware of manufacturing problems inside Boeing before a panel blew off a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January....
French election descends into madcap reality TV (www.politico.eu)
The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote....