Time running out for Ukrainians fleeing Russia's advance ( www.reuters.com )
In the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, time is running out for anyone wanting to leave....
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU says | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
Europe is Quietly Debating a Nuclear Future Without the US ( www.politico.com )
Ever since the advent of nuclear arms, Europe has been protected by an American nuclear umbrella. It was the United States that promised NATO allies that any nuclear aggression by the Soviet Union, and later, by Russia, would be answered with a barrage of U.S. missiles. ...
Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU ( www.theguardian.com )
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Netanyahu Blasts Biden Admin For ‘Withholding’ Weapons From Israel In Harshest Criticism Yet: ‘Inconceivable’ ( www.forbes.com )
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro ( apnews.com )
The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’ ( english.elpais.com )
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Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election ( www.theguardian.com )
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests ( www.cbc.ca )
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....
Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen? ( www.politico.eu )
This Sudanese refugee asks: Why is the world ignoring her country's crisis? ( www.npr.org )
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm ( electrek.co )
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says ( www.theguardian.com )
Exclusive: Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat ( www.reuters.com )
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter....
[UK] Exit poll: Labour to win landslide in general election. ( news.sky.com )
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China hands over lavish new presidential palace to Vanuatu, ahead of PM's visit to Beijing ( www.abc.net.au )
China's bribery campaign across Oceania continues.
Labour set for UK election landslide, exit poll predicts ( www.cnn.com )
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US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The White House has described the latest Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza as a “breakthrough” establishing a framework for a possible hostage deal, but warned that difficult negotiations remained over the implementation of the agreement....
How a Gaza 'stunt' divided Australia's parliament ( www.bbc.com )
When Fatima Payman crossed the Senate floor to vote against her government she knew it would come with consequences....
[UK] General election - live: Sunak ‘fears losing own seat’ as poll predicts bigger Labour landslide than 1997 ( www.independent.co.uk )
At least 116 people killed in stampede at Hindu religious event in India ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
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Germany’s Scholz breaks bad on migration ( www.politico.eu )
A compound crime: Israeli army hits Gaza family, uses them as human shields, and runs over their mother ( euromedmonitor.org )
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team documented a compound and comprehensive crime against a civilian family comprising an elderly woman and her four children, including three young women and a one-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter....
Pyongyang Says It Will Send Support Troops to Ukraine Within a Month ( www.kyivpost.com )
