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“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)

Gaza war: Israelis attack aid convoys sent for Palestinians (www.bbc.com)

Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to other key junctions, where rival groups of activists do their best to block or protect aid convoys....

Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents (wapo.st)

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The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report (www.businessinsider.com)

US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports....

Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)

Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)

Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)

Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)

"That is madness": Pope Francis condemns Texas migrant crackdown, rejects "conservative" Catholicism (www.salon.com)

Italy to resume UNRWA funding as Gaza faces humanitarian crisis (www.aljazeera.com)

Italy has announced it will restore funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Israeli allegations linking UN staff to the deadly October 7 attack....

Missionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit says (www.usatoday.com)

China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)

China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....

Netanyahu to address Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson says (www.nbcnews.com)

Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Egypt's Rafah crossing stays shut (www.reuters.com)

Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian enclave face worsening hunger....

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic (www.nytimes.com)

Federal judge blocks Biden administration rule requiring dealers at gun shows to run background checks (fortune.com)

4 climbers dead Mount Everest, 1 missing; ice collapse among factors cited (www.usatoday.com)

UCLA police make first arrest in mob attack on pro-Palestinian encampment (www.reuters.com)

LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) - Three weeks after a mob attacked pro-Palestinian activists encamped at the University of California, Los Angeles, police have made their first arrest in the violence, a man they say was seen in video footage beating victims with a wooden pole....

Taoiseach tells Israeli public: ‘IRA was never the people of Ireland and Hamas is not the people of Palestine’ – The Irish Times | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)

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