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#01Cheaper theme park tickets and children's meals as VAT to be cut for some attractions this summer
📍 BBC News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves made a series of announcements aimed at relieving cost-of-living pressures.
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#02Exxon Is Nearing a Deal to Pump Oil in Venezuela, Marking a Victory for Trump
📍 NY Times World
The U.S. oil giant is negotiating a deal to pump oil in Venezuela, ending a standoff with its socialist rulers and marking a victory for President Trump.
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#03Macron says France must address issue of reparations for its role in slave trade
📍 The Guardian
French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavementEmmanuel Macron has said reparations for France’s role in hundreds of years of enslavement of African people is an issue that should be addressed, but he stopped short of making clear p...
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#04Trump's towering arch clears another federal hurdle, despite public pushback
📍 NPR
The Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components. The president said Thursday that he doesn't need approval from Congress.
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#05Ebola treatment hospital burned down in DRC as outbreak spreads
📍 Al Jazeera
Protesters set a hospital on fire in the Democratic of Congo, as authorities struggle to contain an Ebola outbreak.
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#06Zelenskyy confirmed his most famous quote. I got pushback for reporting it.
📍 CBS News
Whether Zelenskyy had in fact uttered the line "I need ammunition — not a ride" was disputed by the Biden administration when I reported it. Now, the Ukrainian leader has confirmed he said it.
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#07Senate goes on break amid GOP plan to curtail Trump 'anti-weaponization' funding
📍 ABC News
President Trump’s new "anti-weaponization fund" and ballroom project may both get pushback from Senate Republicans in the yet-to-be-released updated version of the bill.
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#08Latvia scrambles NATO jets in drone alert, the latest of several in Baltic
📍 DW News
Latvia's military said NATO planes responded to at least one drone flying in its airspace. It's the latest in a string of such incidents in the Baltic, one of which eventually toppled Latvia's government.
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#09Macron backs symbolic repeal of France's slavery laws, warns against 'false promises' on reparations
📍 France 24
President Emmanuel Macron endorsed repealing centuries-old royal decrees that codified slavery in French colonies on Thursday, calling their continued existence “an offence” to the Republic. Marking 25 years since France recognised slavery as a crime against humanity, Macron also reopened debate ...
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#10Bad Bunny lands in Barcelona: Spain's biggest tour of the year begins
📍 Euronews
The Puerto Rican artist kicks off his 'Debí tirar más fotos World Tour' this Friday at the Estadi Olímpic, with tickets from €73 and over 600,000 fans expected nationwide.
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#11Exit Taxes Won't Save Failing States
📍 ZeroHedge
Exit Taxes Won't Save Failing States Authored by Vance Ginn via TheDailyEconomy.org, When a state starts floating an exit tax, it is telling you something more important than any campaign slogan: the people running the place know their model is not working. They may not say it that way. They will...
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#12Merz proposes limited EU status for Ukraine – media
📍 RT News
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested giving Ukraine a limited “interim” status within the EU, while Kiev demands full membership Read Full Article at RT.com
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#13German Elites and Western Money Seek Economic Dominance at Russia's Expense
📍 Sputnik
German politics is increasingly driven by revanchist attitudes toward Russia and "Fourth Reich" ideas, military expert Yury Knutov tells Sputnik.
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#14Xi Jinping set to visit North Korea in bid to revive U.S. denuclearization talks
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Chinese President Xi Jinping's potential visit to North Korea aims to mediate U.S.-North Korea tensions, signaling China's expanded diplomatic rol...
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#15Nolte: Stephen Colbert Exits Stage Left In an Orgy of Self-worship
📍 Breitbart
There is no one Stephen Colbert loves more than Stephen Colbert, and his final week hosting "The Late Show" is more proof of that. The post Nolte: Stephen Colbert Exits Stage Left In an Orgy of Self-worship appeared first on Breitbart.
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#16DOJ charges 15 in massive Minn. fraud investigation that uncovered $90M in stolen taxpayer funds
📍 OANN
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it brought criminal charges against 15 Minnesota defendants allegedly involved in fraud schemes that targeted more than $90 million in taxpayer funds for state-managed Medicaid programs.
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#17Mob Democracy At Work, by Paul Craig Roberts
📍 UNZ Review
The British House of Lords lost its power to mob democracy gradually, but the Parliament Act of 1911 turned the House of Lords into the Roman Senate under the Caesars by stripping the House of Lords of veto power over legislation. This eliminated the Lords’ power over spending and taxation. By 18...
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#18False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway.
📍 The Intercept
Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony. The post False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.
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#19Who Set Up The Hit?
📍 Veterans Today
It is now clear that Thomas Matthew Crooks was not acting alone last Saturday when he shot President Trump at the Butler Farm Show Grounds in Connoquonessing Township, Butler County PA. Since there are almost no lone gunmen that conclusion should not terribly surprising. It’s also clear that in a...
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#20Butlerian Jihad When? – #SolutionsWatch
📍 Corbett Report
The AI uprising has begun. But what kind of uprising will it be? Will it be a Butlerian Jihad? A neo-Luddite movement? Or something else entirely? Let's find out...
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#21#645: Moving Pieces on the Global Chess Board | Simon Dixon
📍 Activist Post
Those with the eyes to see the value in a $3 Bitcoin often understand how geopolitical events are interconnected through the Financial Industrial Complex. Simon Dixon has invested in over 100 companies throughout the Bitcoin and FinTech space over the past 15 years, and understands capital flows,...
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#22Symbolic Pics of the Month 05/26
📍 VigilantCitizen
In this edition of SPOTM: The K-Pop industry keeps churning out Illuminati pawns; Rihanna brings her baby to a highly symbolic photoshoot, and did Bill Gates know about all Hantavirus several years ago? The post Symbolic Pics of the Month 05/26 first appeared on Vigilant Citizen.
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#23Ukrainian drone strike wipes out Russian pilot training school with dozens of soldiers inside
📍 David Icke
Among those killed was the head of the school Operators of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces, together with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), struck a facility belonging to the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, where UAV pilots were trained, and ammuniti...
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#24Nigeria: How We Plotted to Access Presidential Villa to Capture Tinubu - Coup Suspect
📍 AllAfrica
[Premium Times] Mr Umoru says those planned for recruitment included soldiers, officials of the State Security Service (SSS) and Julius Berger staff.
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#25Ahmed Kaballo on the France Africa Summit
📍 Black Agenda
Ahmed Kaballo on the France Africa Summit bareditors Wed, 05/20/2026 - 02:55 Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Ahmed Kaballo
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#26UN General Assembly Votes for Resolution on ICJ Advisory Ruling on Climate Obligations
📍 IPS News
Member states this week (May 20) deliberated over a draft resolution on states’ obligations in respect of climate change following the advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The General Assembly agreed to take measures to uphold the ICJ’s advisory opinion for member state...
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#27Hanson’s office pleads for help, the ADF pleads for noodles, and Cochon pleads to see Milton Dick’s $485 tie
📍 Crikey
Plus a Santos head fails to throw shade over looming gas reservation policy. The post Hanson’s office pleads for help, the ADF pleads for noodles, and Cochon pleads to see Milton Dick’s $485 tie appeared first on Crikey.
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#28NSW Police and LECC close ranks over anti-Herzog rally “secrecy notices”
📍 The Klaxon
NSW Police and its watchdog have closed ranks over "secrecy notices" issued by the Police Commissioner over Sydney's anti-Herzog protest. The post NSW Police and LECC close ranks over anti-Herzog rally “secrecy notices” appeared first on The Klaxon.
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#29Hanson lashes gas tax ‘vandalism’, reveals energy plan
📍 Michael West
Australia should look to Norway to shore up sovereign wealth through gas, One Nation says, as the coalition urges the resources industry to "fight like hell".
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#30Friday essay: I modelled myself on my sister – but why are storytellers obsessed with sisterhood?
📍 Conversation AU
Some of our most loved stories centre on sisters, from fairytales like Snow White and Rose Red to Little Women. Edwina Preston reflects on why sisters matter so much.
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#31Expertos y gobierno discuten sobre efectos de paz total en grupos armados
📍 La Silla Vacía
surgió un debate en redes sociales sobre si la política de paz total del gobierno Petro ha permitido o no la expansión de los grupos al margen de la ley. The post Expertos y gobierno discuten sobre efectos de paz total en grupos armados appeared first on La Silla Vacía.
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#32Havana Times Reader Survey Seeks More Participants
📍 Havana Times
As of today May 21st, a total of 230 of you have responded to our reader survey. Our goal is to reach 300 before it closes on May 27th. The post Havana Times Reader Survey Seeks More Participants appeared first on Havana Times.
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#33Boletín de prensa. Caravana nacional por una vida digna para los pueblos indígenas.
📍 Subversiones
A las mujeres que luchan por la vida Al Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional A los pueblos zapatistas Al Congreso
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#34Venezuela Says It is Fighting Organized Crime. Is It?
📍 InSight Crime
Venezuela Says It is Fighting Organized Crime. Is It? Since the capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro in early January by United States military forces, Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has been trying to balance the demands of her US overlords with those of her criminal alliances...
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#35Fuera de control los aumentos en las primas de los planes médicos en Puerto Rico
📍 Periodismo Inv.
Las cifras de la Oficina del Comisionado de Seguros revelan que las primas mensuales han aumentado en promedio entre 100%, y hasta 1,400% en el caso de los retirados del Gobierno en los pasados 10 años. Los costos se han vuelto inaccesibles para muchas personas.
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#36JetBlue to End Orlando to Costa Rica Flights
📍 Tico Times
JetBlue will end its daily nonstop service between Orlando International Airport and San José’s Juan Santamaría International Airport on July 8, removing another direct Florida option for travelers between Costa Rica and the United States. The Costa Rica Tourism Institute confirmed the cancellati...
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#37Nickel Mining Is Poisoning Indigenous Bajau Communities on Indonesian Island
📍 Interc. Cry
Last Updated on May 19, 2026 A new report by the environmental advocacy group Mighty Earth is warning that Indonesia’s booming nickel industry is inflicting severe environmental and health harms on the Indigenous Bajau peoples of Kabaena Island, despite a constitutional court ruling that banned m...
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#38Kolonia
📍 WolneMedia
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