Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars (www.theguardian.com)
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates...
Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians (truthout.org)
By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives," one human rights advocate said....
The Dangers of an Ungovernable Gaza (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Anti-Putin Russian paramilitaries join Ukraine's fight in Kharkiv region (www.reuters.com)
US could sanction Georgia politicians to ‘defend democracy’ (www.politico.eu)
Chinese nationals are trying to get to Australia by boat over a weak economy and political oppression at home (www.abc.net.au)
As night fell over the Indian Ocean, Li thought he would die in his boat....
Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes, search under way (www.reuters.com)
US national security adviser, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meet to discuss ‘semi-final’ security deal (apnews.com)
Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin in China Is a Defiance of the West (www.nytimes.com)
Robbers made off with "several million euros" of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’ (apnews.com)
Russian court seizes assets from European banks UniCredit, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank (www.morningstar.com)
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Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports (www.nytimes.com)
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Top Officials Killed in Helicopter Crash (thenarinder.in)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, and other officials have been confirmed dead following a helicopter crash, according to Iranian state media on Monday....
The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade (foreignpolicy.com)
Exclusive: Toyota repeatedly halted Mexico plant after suppliers hit by worker shortage, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine war: what we know about the secret deal that could have ended the conflict in April 2022 (www.leparisien.fr)
“It was the best deal we could have had.” Two years later, a Ukrainian negotiator is still bitter: unveiled by the German daily Die Welt, in an article spotted by Le Figaro on Monday, the deal could have ended the war just weeks after the Russian invasion....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] (apnews.com)
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Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents (www.theguardian.com)
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics...
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors (www.theguardian.com)
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top...
Ukraine's new controversial mobilisation law takes effect (www.euronews.com)
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city....
Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK (www.theguardian.com)
Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain...
Canada's CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand. (breachmedia.ca)
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' (www.bbc.com)
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...
Genocide in Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023 (www.humanrightsnetwork.org)
