Lack of bird flu testing may be hiding true spread of virus on US farms (www.theguardian.com)
H5N1 has been found in commercially available milk – but gaps in testing of cattle and humans are hampering effort to stop virus...
Tunisia lawyer Sonia Dahmani arrested during live broadcast (www.bbc.com)
There has been growing criticism on the restrictions on free speech under President Kais Saied....
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
US threatens to block more arms sales if Israeli assault on Rafah goes ahead (www.theguardian.com)
Secretary of state’s comments add to calls from international community for Israel to call off offensive...
Nemo's Eurovision win fires up Swiss advocates for non-binary rights (www.reuters.com)
Swiss advocates for non-binary rights hailed local star Nemo’s victory in Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest, urging the country’s authorities to enable official recognition of people who identify as neither male or female....
How ‘Zionist’ became a slur on the US left (www.theguardian.com)
For many Jews, Zionism signifies a connection to Israel. But a large number of student protesters see the violence in Gaza as a logical conclusion of the late 19th century ideology...
Eurovision loses almost a quarter of UK viewers compared with 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Saturday night’s final was watched by average of 7.64m as Britain’s entry, Olly Alexander, finished in 18th place...
South Korean state-owned nuclear developer in talks to build UK plant (www.theguardian.com)
Kepco has held discussions about developing Wylfa Newydd site on Anglesey...
About 50,000 protest in Tbilisi against Georgia ‘foreign agents’ bill (www.theguardian.com)
US says parliamentarians must choose between Kremlin-style laws or Euro-Atlantic democratic path...
First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies (www.reuters.com)
A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said....
Overweight people more likely to take sick leave, European study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Economic impact laid bare by findings has implications for UK where about two-thirds of people are overweight or obese...
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Demonstrators call for deal to bring hostages home as well as elections and PM’s resignation as Israeli troops advance on Rafah...
Israel attacks northern Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp (www.euronews.com)
Israeli military tanks have ventured into the camp after five Israeli soldiers were killed over the weekend....
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda experience internet outages (www.bbc.com)
A key cable linking the region to South Africa was cut on Sunday morning, an industry expert says....
How Zionism became a synonym for violence and oppression (www.theguardian.com)
For decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...
Russia blames Ukraine as Belgorod apartments collapse after blast (www.bbc.co.uk)
At least two people are said to have been killed after a section of a 10-storey block collapsed in Belgorod....
Unprecedented Climate-Fueled Flooding May Force a Political Reckoning in Brazil (truthout.org)
Experts say the floods may mark an inflection point in the way Brazilians think about climate policy and adaptation....
‘Strategic and moral mistakes’: US politicians step up condemnation of Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Democrat warns Hamas could become stronger if Israel wages all-out Rafah assault, while Blinken offers more measured comments...
Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis (nypost.com)
Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.
How One Student Gaza Encampment Built a Model for Deaf Accessibility (truthout.org)
Deaf pro-Palestine students joined their hearing peers at the now-cleared George Washington University encampment....
Three people killed and 12 wounded in shooting at Alabama May Day party (www.theguardian.com)
About 1,000 were at party when altercation began and gunfire erupted, resulting in victims that sheriff says are mostly ‘younger’...
‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiry...
Vladimir Putin set to transfer Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry (www.bbc.co.uk)
Sergei Shoigu, a long-standing ally of the president, has played a key role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter (www.theguardian.com)
The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to...
The New Propaganda War: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world (www.theatlantic.com)
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