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Ana Piquer, human rights activist: ‘The militarization promoted by the government of Mexico has not improved security’ (english.elpais.com)
The new director of Amnesty International in the Americas has criticized the use of the military and heavy-handed measures to combat crime in the region: ‘The Armed Forces are not trained to ensure public safety’...
Chinese fishing fleets in Indian Ocean accused of abuses (www.dw.com)
A recent investigation has revealed evidence that China’s distant-water fishing fleet, the world’s biggest in scale, commits environmental and labor abuses in the southwest Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa....
Hamburg: Hundreds protest against 'caliphate' rally (www.dw.com)
In response to protesters calling for a ‘caliphate’ in Germany last week, hundreds of people took to the streets of Hamburg to voice support for democracy. The latest rally was organized by secular Islamic groups....
Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump hit the jackpot this spring when his social media company finally went public....
Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study (www.theguardian.com)
Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected...
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
More frequent heatwaves mean bees are unable to thermoregulate their hives – further endangering a species already in decline...
Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row (www.theguardian.com)
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continue...
Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time (www.bbc.com)
A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club....
Three arrested and charged over Sikh activist's killing in Canada (www.bbc.com)
Three Indian nationals have been arrested and charged over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, which sparked a major diplomatic row between the two countries....
Situation 'dire' for Ukraine despite delayed US aid package (www.euronews.com)
Ukraine has been rationing ammunition and bullets; meanwhile the Russian army has been using ‘human wave’ tactics by sending poorly trained recruits to the frontline in a bid to force Ukraine use up all of its ammunition....
EU finally ready to bring down Russia’s gas empire … sort of (www.politico.eu)
A new sanctions proposal is expected to target Russia’s liquified natural gas for the first time, but the measures would only cover a quarter of Moscow’s profits....
Paris’ Olympic promise falls short for unhoused people (www.politico.eu)
Nonprofits and local officials say the 2024 Games event is failing a pledge to be ‘first ever inclusive and socially responsible’ event of its kind....
An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride (apnews.com)
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary...
Poultry enterprise in California to pay $4.8M after employing children to work with sharp knives (abcnews.go.com)
The wage settlement is one of the largest ever reached for U.S. poultry workers....
Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over 'Access Hollywood' tape (apnews.com)
Hope Hicks, a former adviser to Donald Trump, took the stand Friday at the former president’s hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a recording in which he boasted about grabbing women without their permission....
Majority of Americans over 50 worry they won't have enough money for retirement: Study (www.usatoday.com)
Among AARP survey findings: 61% of Americans 50 and up are worried they won’t have enough money for retirement. And only 21 percent of people have a retirement plan....
Cuba sentences 22-year-old mother to 15 years in prison for publishing videos of protests (english.elpais.com)
Mayelín Rodríguez Prado was arrested after uploading images to Facebook of a small demonstration in Nuevitas in August 2022...
Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts....
Campus protests: Top French university shuts as police remove pro-Palestinian group (www.politico.eu)
Israel’s war in Gaza stokes European tensions, after clashes erupt between students and cops at American colleges....
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with British weapons, UK’s Cameron says (www.politico.eu)
UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’...
Russian state media is posting more on TikTok ahead of the U.S. presidential election, study says (apnews.com)
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution....
Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say (www.cnn.com)
Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed....
The U.S. labor market is shifting toward skilled labor as white-collar hiring slows (www.nbcnews.com)
The evidence can be found in the data, which shows higher unemployment for workers in business services and a lower one for people who work in manufacturing....
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature (apnews.com)
Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate....
EPA earmarks $3 billion to replace lead pipes nationwide (medicalxpress.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will spend $3 billion to help states and territories identify and replace lead water pipes....
No charges for woman after bodies of 4 babies are found in Boston freezer (www.nbcnews.com)
The Suffolk County, Mass., district attorney called the case “one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered.”...
Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat (www.bbc.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”....
'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr - I want him home’ (www.bbc.com)
The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a “honeytrap” operation using the gay dating app, Grindr....
Russian forces are operating at same base as US troops in Niger (www.cnn.com)
Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s...
NATO sounds alarm over 'hostile' Russian activity across Europe (www.euronews.com)
NATO has issued a sharp warning over “hostile” Russian activity across Europe....
‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’ (www.theguardian.com)
Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals...
Arizona governor signs into law measure to repeal 1864 abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
State supreme court had ruled that the near-total abortion ban could be enforced, unleashing unprecedented outrage...
Germany accuses Russia of cyberattack on governing party (www.dw.com)
A German government investigation, led by the Foreign Ministry, found that Russian hackers with state support targeted the Social Democratic Party in the governing coalition....
Yulia Navalnaya to receive DW Freedom of Speech Award 2024 (www.dw.com)
The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation are the 10th DW Freedom of Speech Award laureates....
Chinese EV makers risk tougher duties over failure to cooperate with EU probe (www.politico.eu)
European Commission warns BYD, SAIC and Geely that their lack of cooperation frees its hands to impose higher penalties, letters seen by POLITICO show....
Why Georgia’s government thinks it can scorn the EU and keep its grip on power (www.politico.eu)
Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, which begs the question of why the ruling party feels so secure....
EU unveils €1-billion aid package for Lebanon to curb refugee flows (www.euronews.com)
The European Union will provide €1 billion in financial aid to Lebanon over three years to prop up the country’s economy and help prevent a surge in refugees leaving for Europe....
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame? (www.theguardian.com)
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching...
The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment...
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal...
Wisconsin police kill student who came to middle school with a gun (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation...
Soviet-era attitudes to disability hinder Ukrainian fighters’ recovery (www.politico.eu)
Injured soldiers face social stigma … and their numbers have soared....
South Africa's apartheid victims demand reparations (www.dw.com)
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, dozens of South Africans have set up a protest camp outside the Constitutional Court. They are demanding reparations for human rights abuses suffered under white minority rule....
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over water cannon attack (www.dw.com)
The Philippines summoned a Chinese Embassy official to protest the “harassment of Philippine vessels” as tensions flare up in the South China Sea....
New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state (www.bbc.com)
Florida’s six-week abortion ban has come into force, closing the door - for now - on the last abortion access point in the US South....
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights (apnews.com)
Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments’ labor polices and calls for greater labor rights....