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+ Aljazeera: UK joins US air strikes on Houthi rebel sites in Yemen—Overnight strikes hit Houthi drone manufacturing sites, says British Defence Ministry. [Category: News]
+ Aljazeera: Trump’s tariffs: How much of a typical US household is made in America?—How much of each room relies on imports, and what would it look like without those foreign-made products? [Category: News]
+ Aljazeera: Vietnam celebrates 50 years since end of war with US—A military parade held in Ho Chi Minh City concludes celebration of 50th anniversary since the fall of Saigon. [Category: News]
+ Aljazeera: Murray, Nuggets defeat Clippers in Game 5; take 3-2 playoff lead—Jamal Murrays breakout match against LA Clippers puts Denver Nuggets within a game of the second round of NBA playoffs. [Category: Sport]
+ Aljazeera: About 600 North Korean soldiers killed in war in Ukraine, lawmakers say—South Korean lawmakers provide update on estimated casualties following briefing by countrys intelligence agency. [Category: News]
+ BBC: 'He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion—Gizela Jagielska says she has received death threats after far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun came her hospital.
+ BBC: Five things you need to make it through a power cut—People in Spain and Portugal tell us what got them through a day with no electricity.
+ BBC: Cash, tinned food and radio news: Making it through one of Europe's biggest ever power cuts—People in Spain and Portugal tell us what got them through a day with no electricity.
+ BBC: Five things you need in case of a power outage—People in Spain and Portugal tell us what got them through a day with no electricity.
+ BBC: Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey—Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.
+ BBC: The TikTokers accused of triggering an election scandal—The BBC speaks to Romanian influencers, implicated in the unprecedented cancellation of an EU election
+ BBC: Three people killed in shooting in Sweden—The incident took place at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media report.
+ BBC: Three people killed after shooting in Sweden—The incident took place at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media report.
+ BBC: Several reported dead after suspected shooting in Sweden —The incident took place at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media report.
+ BBC: Man accused of Kim Kardashian Paris robbery 'regrets' $10m heist—The reality star was tied up and robbed at gunpoint at a luxury Paris hotel in 2016.
+ BBC: Giro d'Italia dedicates final stage to Pope Francis—The Pope will be remembered with a neutralised start in Vatican City on the final stage of this year's race.
+ BBC: Pope Francis to be remembered at Giro d'Italia—The Pope will be remembered with a neutralised start in Vatican City on the final stage of this year's race.
+ BBC: Draper advances in Madrid as matches resume—Jack Draper reaches the round of 16 at the Madrid Open after opponent Matteo Berrettini retires injured as play resumes following a power cut.
+ BBC: Malta's golden passport scheme breaks EU law, top court rules—The scheme lets people become citizens after paying, buying or renting property of a certain value, and donating to charity.
+ BBC: Dimitrov beats Fearnley as matches resume in Madrid—Grigor Dimitrov converts his third match point - over 24 hours after his first - to beat Britain's Jacob Fearnley and reach the Madrid Open quarter-fi...
+ BBC: How Spain powered back to life from unprecedented national blackout—However diversified Spain's energy mix is, the blackout required an enormous effort to get back up and running.
+ BBC: Spain rules out cyber attack - but what could have caused power cut?—The Spanish grid operator said the preliminary assessment suggests there was no cyber attack.
+ BBC: People cheer as power comes back on in Madrid—Residents applauded as the lights came back on in Spain's capital, after a huge power cut brought the country to a standstill.
+ CBC Politics: Calls for investigation after some in Nunavik left out of vote due to polling station issues—Several people in Nunavik say voting booths closed early in their communities on election day — or didn't open at all. Now, some are calling for recou...
+ Euractiv: French conservatives borrow Le Pen’s playbook in bid to woo far-right voters—In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the Swedish government seeking to curb migrant access to welfare, Portugal’s PM announcing an independe...
+ Euractiv: Benchmarking the climate mitigation potential of BECCS [Promoted content]—As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, it is becoming increasingly clear that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions alone will no...
+ Euractiv: Bulgaria’s nationalists sign cooperation agreement with Putin’s party—The agreement provides for the “exchange of experience, ideas and political practices between the two parties.”
+ Euractiv: Portugal: PM announces independent commission to look into power outage—The government will ask the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators to independently audit the affected countries' electricity systems.
+ Euractiv: Swedish government seeks to curb migrant welfare access rules—The new measures would require non-EU citizens to have legally resided in Sweden for five consecutive years to qualify for social benefits.
+ Euractiv: ‘Sheriff’ Merz is in EPP town—The incoming chancellor said climate efforts should not risk deindustrialisation. [Category: climate, deindustrialisation, European People's Party (EP...
+ Euractiv: Trump eases tariffs on carmakers as commerce secretary hails first foreign trade deal—Autos Drive America, a group representing among others BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Volvo, said Trump's order provided some relief "but more mu...
+ Euractiv: A nation on the waiting list: How politics is paralysing healthcare in Italy—Italian politicians argue over control, but patients are left waiting – some indefinitely. [Category: healthcare, Italy, Rome]
+ Euractiv: French conservative right steal Le Pen’s playbook to chase far-right voters—But analysts warn the party's strategy may not deliver the results it hopes for. [Category: Bruno Retailleau, European People’s Party, François-Xavier...
+ Euractiv: World Health Assembly must recognise pharmacy’s pandemic preparedness role—As the World Health Assembly prepares to consider the new Pandemic Agreement, the Irish Pharmacy Union says it's crucial that governments fully acknow...
+ Euractiv: Ireland leads in vaccine trust, but flu vaccine tender cancelled due to cost—Traditional vaccines enjoy significant trust, with 73% of Irish respondents expressing willingness to take them, compared to the global average of 68%...
+ Euractiv: Weber wins second term unopposed as head of European People’s Party—The Bavarian politician secured 502 out of 563 valid ballots - 89% approval from the EPP's delegates.
+ Euractiv: The Brief – How France paved the way to Spain’s blackout—“The Iberian Peninsula is more of an energy island than Ireland,” warned Spain's energy secretary. Little surprise given that France has long blocked ...
+ Euractiv: EU must address ‘internal’ divisions to avoid tariffs, top US official says—US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the EU has "some internal matters to decide before they can engage in an external negotiation" with Washingto...
+ Euractiv: EU financial watchdog accused of blocking criminal probe—The EPPO said on Monday it would file legal proceedings against the European Court of Auditors on grounds that it rebuffed efforts to interview its st...
+ Euractiv: Kallas moves EU meeting to attend London ‘reset’ summit—The EU's top diplomat plans to attend the 19 May 'reset' summit with the UK, in a sign the EU wants to make an occasion of the event.
+ Euractiv: Drought fears for grains growing season mount in Central Europe—Concerns stretch across Germany, Eastern France, Czechia and Poland. [Category: agriculture, Agrifood, Climate Change, crops, Deutscher Wetter Dienst ...
+ Euractiv: Ambassador Cai Run speaks at creative contest awards ceremony [Promoted content]—Speech by Ambassador Cai Run at the Awards Ceremony of the “Reviewing the 50-Year Journey of China-EU Relations, Joining Hands to Embrace a Shared Fut...
+ Euractiv: Spanish hosts skip centre-right congress in Valencia after blackouts—Spanish conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has cancelled his speech, while other senior party figures are keeping a low profile. [Category: Albe...
+ Euractiv: Power restored to Spain and Portugal as the blamegame kicks off—As investigators begin the search to identify the root of the problem, the political stakes are high. "Yesterday demonstrated once more that we have a...
+ Le Monde: Hungry in Zimbabwe as rains and US aid fail—Some subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe are down to one meal a day due to lack of rainfall, followed by the disappearance of regular food supplements on ...
+ Le Monde: Ukrainian nationalists rewrite history—Eighty years after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the legacy of the war is still vitally important to both Ukraine and Russia. But Kyiv's de-Russificatio...
+ Le Monde: Peru's new megaport heightens China-US rivalry—A new Chinese-backed port on Peru's Pacific coast is set to revolutionise intercontinental trade routes – but its deepwater capacity has fuelled US co...
+ Le Monde: The old world order is dead. So now what?—Three years into the Ukraine war and months into Trump's second term, a new world order is emerging. If superpower confrontation is to be avoided, the...
+ Le Monde: China asks, is this the US's cultural revolution? —Seen from China, Donald Trump's punitive tariffs are misguided and self-defeating, proof that liberal democracy is an ailing system. But it's not enou...
+ Le Monde: In times of crisis, ideas matter —The belief that ideas drive change cuts across left and right. And in some of history's pivotal epochs, ideas have helped redefine the dominant order....
+ Le Monde: Ireland's difficult choices over Gaza—Few EU countries have been more supportive of the Palestinians – or more critical of Israel's actions – than Ireland. But its sympathies, shaped by it...
+ Le Monde: Speech crimes in Trump's America—The Trump administration's campaign to silence pro-Palestinian voices has targeted Harvard and Columbia, and US universities more broadly, under the b...
+ Le Monde: Pining for the good old, bad old days—If this is the dawning of the age of end-times fascism, what should the left's response be? Not making common cause with the centrists nostalgically s...
+ Le Monde: Turkey: wanting to have it both ways on Israel—Though longstanding allies, Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has grown increasingly critical of Israel's actions towards the Palestinians, but withou...
+ Le Monde: It's time for the Teamsters and turtles to reunite—In 1999 a broad anti-WTO coalition protested in Seattle against the evils of globalisation. Today just the nationalist, isolationist right is waging t...
+ Raw Story: 'Just say yes': Trump begs reporter to accept that doctored photo is real—ABC News' Day 100 interview with President Donald Trump went off the rails after reporter Terry Moran refused to accept Trump's false assertion that a...
+ Russia Times: Roadside bomb kills dozens in African state—Islamic State fighters have reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack in Nigeria’s restive Borno region At least 26 people hav...
+ Russia Times: Trump claims he stopped Russia from taking over Ukraine—The US president said Putin wasn’t able to completely take over the country due to his victory against Harris US President Donald Tru...
+ Russia Times: Most Ukrainians don’t trust Trump – poll—The US president has refused to blame Russia and provide security guarantees to Kiev Nearly 90% of Ukrainians don’t have faith ...
+ Russia Times: EU can’t rely on US – von der Leyen—The bloc will have to focus on its own defense, the head of the EC has said The European Union must be prepared to take responsibilit...
+ Russia Times: ‘I’d like to be pope’ – Trump—The US president says he has “no preference” among candidates to succeed the late pontiff US President Donald Trump has joked that he...
+ Russia Times: India planning ‘military strike’ within 24–36 hours – Pakistan—Tensions rise have risen since last week’s deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir Pakistan has alleged that India is planning a military ...
+ Russia Times: Trump envoy sought to convince Putin on terms of ceasefire deal – Bloomberg—Steve Witkoff met the Russian president last week in the latest round of diplomacy on the Ukraine conflict US special envoy Steve Wit...
+ Russia Times: We’re about to glimpse the future of all conservative parties—The upcoming Australian election will be an illustration of how most Western elections will play out in the near future Australian vo...
+ Russia Times: Russia and US were close to World War III – Oliver Stone—Tensions between the two superpowers reached Cold War heights during the Ukraine conflict, the director has said There was a point du...
+ Russia Times: Major brands pulling back from LGBTQ parades – WSJ—Companies have reportedly scaled down NYC Pride sponsorships over political pressure and economic concerns Major corporations have re...
+ Russia Times: EU engaging in ‘perversion of history’ – Oliver Stone—The bloc’s attempts to belittle the Soviet role in the victory over Nazism are a “disgrace,” the filmmaker has told RT Attempts by EU...
+ Russia Times: Ukrainian agent jailed for attempting to poison Russian military pilots—The man has been found guilty of treason and terrorism after sending poisoned cake and alcohol to an anniversary event A Russian cour...
+ Russia Times: Russian oil exports edge higher – Bloomberg—Some blacklisted tankers are reportedly back in operation due to US President Donald Trump’s approach to sanctions Russia’s oil...
+ Russia Times: ‘We unite for the sake of the future’: Open dialogue on global economy held at the National Centre RUSSIA—Participants from several countries discussed rising centers of global economic influence and the growing role of BRICS in the world ...
+ Russia Times: Media freedom deteriorating in EU – report—News organizations are increasingly controlled by wealthy owners or governments, the Liberties group has said Media freedom is deteri...
+ Russia Times: Modi gives army ‘freedom’ to respond to Kashmir carnage – media—The Indian leader has authorized the military to decide the mode and timing of any armed response to Pakistan Indian Prime Minister N...
+ Russia Times: Beyond reach: Why America’s ‘Golden Dome’ may be powerless against Russia’s doomsday missile—A nuclear-powered cruise missile with unlimited range could outmaneuver even the most ambitious US missile defenses Earlier this year...
+ Russia Times: Argentina publishes files on notorious Nazi fugitives—The newly-released documents detail times spent in the country by infamous death camp doctor Josef Mengele and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann, amo...
+ Russia Times: Lavrov claims Kiev wants ceasefire to halt battlefield losses—Ukraine has demanded an immediate and unconditional truce in reply to Moscow’s offer of a three-day armistice Kiev is demanding an un...
+ Russia Times: EU state votes to ditch ICC—Hungary’s parliament has approved a bill to withdraw from the International Criminal Court Hungary’s National Assembly has vote...
+ South Front: Pakistan Says India Will Launch Strikes Within Hours According To ‘Credible Intelligence’ (Video)—File image. Pakistan warned on April 30 that India may launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours as tensions between the two nuclear po...
+ Sputnik: Trump Reiterates That Putin Wants to Stop Ukraine Conflict—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC N...
+ Sputnik: Pakistani Information Minister Says India Planning Attack in Next 24-36 Hours—MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that India plans to launch a military strike on Pakistan in the ne...
+ Sputnik: North Korea Tests Weapon System of Choe Hyon Destroyer - Reports—SEOUL (Sputnik) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the test of the weapon system of the Choe Hyon multi-mission destroyer, state-run media...
+ TASS: Kremlin aide points to NATO’s increased efforts to stifle Russia at sea—"The purposeful actions aimed at maritime blockade of our country have increased, including attempts to search ships in international waters and to co...
+ TASS: Military power plays growing role amid global tensions — aide—"The current situation requires taking additional measures to neutralize threats to national security in the sphere of maritime activities," Nikolay P...
+ TASS: English-speaking media highlight three frontrunners for papal throne—Between April 21 and 28, over 16,500 publications in 1,214 editions with a reader count of 352 million were recorded and analyzed [Category: Society &...
+ TASS: IN BRIEF: What is known about exacerbated tensions along India-Pakistan border—According to media reports, Indian intelligence agencies allegedly found evidence that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence was involved in the terr...
+ TASS: Russian stocks down as main trading session opens—The MOEX had extended losses to 1.55% as it traded at 2,911.84 points, while the RTS was down by 1.55% at 1,124.66 points [Category: Business & Ec...
+ TASS: Russia-North Korea bridge construction landmark stage in two countries’ relations — PM—"We are creating a reliable basis for a closer cooperation between the two countries, a road for an open and fruitful dialogue," Mikhail Mishustin str...
+ TASS: Ukraine’s military fires 39 munitions on DPR settlements in past day, 17 civilians injured—The Ukrainian bombardments reportedly damaged five residential buildings, an urban bus and six civilian infrastructure facilities [Category: Russian P...
+ TASS: Pakistan opens fire at international border with India — agency—The Indian army stated earlier that during the night of April 29-30, the Pakistani military "initiated unprovoked small-arms fire across the Line of C...
+ TASS: US presidential envoy says impressed by Moscow Kremlin—Steve Witkoff believes Russian President Vladimir Putin sees an opportunity "for the first time in decades to recalibrate the relationship of the Russ...
+ TASS: Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip kill more than 50 Palestinians over past day—According to the enclave’s Health Ministry, an unspecified number of dead remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings and in the streets, as ambula...
+ TASS: Europe unlikely to gather 25,000 troops for Ukraine—The Times was given a rare insight into conversations between Europe’s defense ministers and military chiefs as they thrashed out plans for a "coaliti...
+ TASS: China's Shenzhou-19 space mission returns to Earth—The Shenzhou-19 spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northern China on October 30 [Category: Science & Space]
+ TASS: Kiev wants to disrupt V-day ceasefire announced by Putin by all means — diplomat—Rodion Miroshnik emphasized that Zelensky's regime is deliberately targeting civilians in Russia's frontline regions [Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russia...
+ TASS: Russia shots down 34 Ukrainian drones over five regions overnight—According to the governor of the Vladimir Region in central Russia, Alexander Avdeyev, fire erupted at a warehouse in Murom after debris from downed d...
+ TASS: ICE July Brent in London drops below $63—June WTI futures fell as low as $59.93 per barrel, down 2.81% [Category: Business & Economy]
+ TASS: Russians launch strikes on enemy troops near Volchansk, using Molniya drones — expert—According to Andrey Marochko, the bulk of successful Russian attacks have been carried out by Molniya drones [Category: Military & Defense, Milita...
+ TASS: PM Mishustin to launch car bridge project between Russia, North Korea—His North Korean counterpart, Pak Thae Song, will attend the ceremony [Category: Business & Economy]
+ TASS: Russia’s top diplomat to discuss boosting ties in trade, tourism in Dominican Republic—Sergey Lavrov's visit comes as the two countries mark the 80th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations [Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politi...
+ TASS: Russia’s top diplomat arrives on his first visit to Dominican Republic—Russia’s top diplomat arrived from Brazil where he attended a BRICS foreign ministers meeting [Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplom...
+ TASS: US envoy to UN points to Russia’s 'great opportunity' for lasting peace—John Kelley said "immense" benefits will be in store for Ukraine and Russia if they accept the US peace proposal [Category: World]
+ Washington Post: After Canada, the anti-Trump backlash moves to Australia—The election result in Canada could soon be repeated in another Commonwealth country, as Australia goes to the polls this weekend amid Trump’s tariff ...