Portal News · 2026-05-18 22:12 UTC

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#01Trump’s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China

📍 NY Times World

President Trump’s open willingness to hold up a $14 billion Taiwan arms package is a win for Beijing. Now China could be weighing how to keep the weapons on ice for as long as it can.

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/asia/trump-taiwan-china-weapons.html

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#02Belgian ex-diplomat dies before standing trial over 1961 murder of Congolese leader

📍 The Guardian

Étienne Davignon, 93, was last living person targeted in investigation into assassination of DRC’s first PM, Patrice LumumbaA 93-year-old Belgian former diplomat who became the first person to be charged in the murder of the Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba has died before he could stand trial.Th...

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/belgium-diplomat-dies-etienne-davignon-congo-leader-patrice-lumumba

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#03Why you should care about 2 power companies merging. Hint: affordability

📍 NPR

NextEra Energy plans to acquire Dominion Energy to create the largest electricity producer in the United States.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5825871/electricity-prices-nextera-dominion-merger-utilities

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#04Guardiola on verge of Manchester City exit at end of Premier League season

📍 Al Jazeera

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is understood to be stepping down at end of season after 17 years at EPL club.

🔗 https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/5/18/guardiola-on-verge-of-manchester-city-exit-at-end-of-premier-league-season?traffic_source=rss

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#05He Shut Liquor Stores and Banned Abortion, All for the Glory of Russia

📍 NY Times World

A firebrand governor aims to transform his region into a laboratory for the Kremlin’s reactionary ideals.

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/europe/russia-governor-vologda.html

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#06At Least 3 Dead After San Diego Mosque Shooting

📍 ZeroHedge

At Least 3 Dead After San Diego Mosque Shooting San Diego police responded Monday to reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the Clairemont area, where authorities say the threat was quickly neutralized but at least three people were killed, including the two suspected ...

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/least-3-dead-after-san-diego-mosque-shooting

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#07Iran wants to hand over nuclear stockpile to Russia – media

📍 RT News

Iran has reportedly expressed its readiness to hand over its nuclear stockpile to Russia as part of a revised proposal to the US Read Full Article at RT.com

🔗 https://www.rt.com/news/640152-iran-nuclear-stockpile-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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#08Equatorial Guinea Thanks Russia for Sahel Stabilization Efforts - Foreign Minister

📍 Sputnik

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Equatorial Guinea is grateful to Russia for its efforts to help normalize the situation in Africa's Sahel region, Equatorial Guinean Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono Angue stated on Monday.

🔗 https://sputnikglobe.com/20260518/equatorial-guinea-thanks-russia-for-sahel-stabilization-efforts---foreign-minister-1124145213.html

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#09Cuba’s power grid collapses for fifth time: A nation in darkness

📍 NaturalNews

(NaturalNews) On Wednesday at 9:14 a.m., Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the fifth time in less than a year due to a failure at the Antonio Guiteras th...

🔗 https://www.naturalnews.com/2026-05-18-cuba-power-gri-collapses-nation-in-darkness.html

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#10Powering Progress: Inside Chevron’s Role in Meeting America’s Energy Needs

📍 Breitbart

Meet the people and projects helping deliver reliable energy, as demand across the U.S. continues to grow. The post Powering Progress: Inside Chevron’s Role in Meeting America’s Energy Needs appeared first on Breitbart.

🔗 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/18/powering-progress-inside-chevrons-role-in-meeting-americas-energy-needs/

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#11Texas: 3 juvenile suspects in custody in Austin following multi-day shooting spree

📍 OANN

Officials confirmed that three suspects are in custody after a weekend shooting spree in Austin, Texas, in which four people were shot.

🔗 https://www.oann.com/newsroom/texas-3-juvenile-suspects-in-custody-in-austin-following-multi-day-shooting-spree/

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#12US Rep. Thomas Massie’s Primary Tomorrow Is a Test of US Sovereignty, by Paul Craig Roberts

📍 UNZ Review

Tomorrow we are going to learn if it is possible for a US Representative to represent his constituency and America’s interest instead of Israel’s and remain in office. Thomas Massie, a seven-term Representative from Kentucky’s 4th congressional district, has been targeted for political terminatio...

🔗 https://www.unz.com/proberts/us-rep-thomas-massies-primary-tomorrow-is-a-test-of-us-sovereignty/

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#13A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

📍 The Intercept

Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication. The post A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight appeared first on The Intercept.

🔗 https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

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#14Might The Polls Be Wrong?

📍 Veterans Today

Every poll published so far in the British General Election campaign has shown Labour well in the lead, with margins of between roughly 15 and 25 per cent over the hapless Tories. Some of these have been MRP mega-polls with over 20,000 people contacted. The Tories are in full retreat, restricting...

🔗 https://veteranstoday.com/2024/07/03/might-the-polls-be-wrong/

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#15The Claude Delusion

📍 Corbett Report

Earlier this month, celeberated scientist Richard Dawkins posted a cringeworthy think piece concluding that Claude is a conscious being...

🔗 https://corbettreport.com/the-claude-delusion/

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