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Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three European countries broke with their main EU partners and decided to recognize a Palestinian state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/european-recognition-palestine-israel-isolation/

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French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to keep police reinforcements in New Caledonia as long as required as he attempts to end deadly riots in the French-ruled Pacific island triggered by a contested electoral reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/macron-new-caledonia-talks/

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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to stake the Conservative Party’s future on a rare summer election was so secret that even his chancellor of the exchequer appeared surprised by the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/sunak-chancellor-uk-election/ #worldnews #politics #jeremyhunt #rishisunak #uk #tories

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Russia has deployed what is likely a space weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, the Pentagon said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/russia-space-weapon-us-satellite/

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A Michigan farmworker tested positive with bird flu, the second person to contract the potentially lethal virus that has run rampant in U.S. cattle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/science-health/human-bird-flu-michigan/

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Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah during one of the most intense nights of bombardment there since Israel launched its offensive in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/israeli-forces-rafah-battle/

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Jurors hearing the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president could render their verdict in Donald Trump's hush money case as soon as next week, with potentially big implications for the 2024 White House race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/trump-verdict-election-impact/

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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has created a diplomatic quandary for some key member states: How can they be supportive of both Israel and the ICC? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/israel-allies-icc-warrant/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #icc #warcrimes #humanrights

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Beijing and Moscow's dynamic partnership impacts global diplomacy, regional stability and the international order, revealing mutual insecurities rather than consolidated power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/deepening-china-russian-ties/

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Abroad as at home, in Gaza or The Hague, the United States can’t be for the rule of law only when it likes both the rules and the laws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/bidens-defense-netanyahu-icc/

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When regulating AI, we need to be as dynamic, innovative and creative as the pursuit of the technology itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/ai-for-good-governance-united-nations/

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The United States hopes defense meetings in Riyadh on Wednesday will help advance a long-standing goal of building a regional missile shield. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/israel-us-gulf-missile-shield/

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Norway will recognize an independent Palestinian state in the hope that this will help to bring peace with Israel, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/norway-ireland-spain-palestinian-state/

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Norway, Ireland, Spain recognize Palestinian state, Israel recalls envoys https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/05/22/Noway-Ireland-Spain-recognize-Palestine/7481716366105/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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G7 finance chiefs meeting in Italy this week will discuss how to use frozen Russian assets and address China's export strength. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/g7-finance-chiefs-russia-china/

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The death in a helicopter crash of President Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the cards in the succession process, with the Iranian No. 1's, son Mojtaba emerging as a top contender. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/raisi-iran-succession-khamenei-son/

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Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state next week

At least 140 members of the United Nations already recognise Palestinian statehood - but not the UK or the US

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-69047220

#WorldNews #Palestine #Ireland #Norway #Spain #Israel #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #UnitedNations

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Trump Just Posted Something So Dark and Disturbing on Truth Social That We Can’t Ignore It https://www.byteseu.com/127207/

thejapantimes, to worldnews
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Israeli forces moved deeper into Jabalia in northern Gaza, striking a hospital and destroying residential areas with tank and air bombardments, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people in Rafah in the south. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/israel-gaza-jabalia-rafah-airstrikes/

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Crowds of desperate people in the Gaza Strip have taken almost all of the aid sent over a temporary pier built by the U.S. military, officials said, forcing a temporary halt to deliveries and complicating an already dire humanitarian crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/aid-us-pier-gaza/

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Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday, after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/iran-raisi-memorial-discontent/

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Squeezed by residency issues and soaring costs, tens of thousands of Russians who fled to Turkey after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine have moved on to other countries in the last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/russian-exodus-turkey/

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One passenger aboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321, which hit such severe turbulence that one passenger died and many were injured, recounts his harrowing experiencing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/singapore-air-passenger/ #worldnews #singaporeair #airlines

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His death in a helicopter crash has opened the race to succeed Khamenei. There is speculation that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may gain more influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/21/world/irans-president-raisi-failure/

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"Israeli officials seized equipment from the and shut down its long-standing feed of northern on Tuesday...

The move was quickly denounced by free advocates, who portrayed it as an escalation of an effort to restrict coverage of the Israel-Hamas war...

In a statement, the Associated Press firmly condemned the government’s move...

The also called the action “concerning.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/05/21/israel-seizes-associated-press/

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