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#01Stop blaming young people for being unemployed, says Amazon's UK boss
📍 BBC News
John Boumphrey says the education system "isn't necessarily producing young people who are ready for work".
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#02On the Ground in South Sudan: Why Akobo Faces an Ebola Risk
📍 NY Times World
Hunger and conflict are on the minds of the residents of Akobo, where an outbreak could have devastating consequences.
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#03'We'll never know if he could have been saved.' The gaps in Trump's rural health fund
📍 NPR
Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it's not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina's Martin County to reopen its only hospital.
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#04Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa says he will leave role after poor season
📍 Al Jazeera
Arbeloa says he will not be coaching the team next season, amid reports that Jose Mourinho is returning to the club.
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#05Body found stuffed in barrel linked to Belgrade police chief
📍 CBS News
Police found the body of a man stuffed in a barrel following a shooting in a restaurant that led to the arrest of Belgrade's police chief, prosecutors said.
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#06Dems demand answers from Treasury secretary on Trump's IRS settlement
📍 ABC News
Democrats are demanding answers from the Treasury and IRS over Trump's settlement and "Anti-Weaponization Fund."
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#07What happened to jailed Belarus dissident Raman Pratasevich?
📍 DW News
In 2021, Belarus diverted a Ryanair plane to seize opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich. What has happened to him since, and why is he now seemingly supporting the Belarusian regime?
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#08Paris: Far-right blamed as football fans riot
📍 France 24
Six people were injured, one seriously, after around 100 supporters of Nice football club rioted in Paris on Thursday night ahead of the club’s Coupe de France final clash with Lens on Friday. Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire blamed the violence on “far-right” elements among Nice supporters.
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#09Iran asserts jurisdiction over UAE and Oman waters in new Strait of Hormuz map
📍 Euronews
Five Gulf states have formally warned shipping companies through the IMO not to comply, as analysts say Iran is deliberately expanding its claimed zone beyond even its own initial boundaries in a step-by-step assertion of territorial control.
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#10US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List
📍 ZeroHedge
US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Offic...
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#11How has Latin America responded to the US crackdown on Cuba?
📍 RT News
Most Latin American leaders have voiced solidarity with Cuba, which is under US pressure and a crippling blockade Read Full Article at RT.com
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#12Pashinyan Pursuing Unfriendly Policy Towards Russia - Russian State Duma Speaker
📍 Sputnik
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is pursuing an unfriendly policy towards Moscow, cynically using Russia's capabilities, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.
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#13Putin Concludes Beijing Visit With 42 Bilateral Agreements, Stronger Russia-China Ties
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day official visit to Beijing on May 20, 2026, after extensive talks with Chinese President Xi Jinpin...
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#14Report: Iran Talks Could Resume Next Week as Washington, Tehran Trade Proposals
📍 Breitbart
Iran says that it has submitted an updated proposal and received a response from the United States for a potential agreement ending the conflict. The post Report: Iran Talks Could Resume Next Week as Washington, Tehran Trade Proposals appeared first on Breitbart.
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#15Trump in Beijing, by J. Ricardo Martins
📍 UNZ Review
Behind the ceremonial diplomacy and promises of trade deals, the Beijing summit exposed a deeper geopolitical reality: China now negotiates with the United States on equal terms, with confidence and strategic patience. Xi Jinping’s real objective was not economic but to make one point unmistakabl...
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#16AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends
📍 The Intercept
Intercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms. The post AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends appeared first on The Intercept.
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#17A $1.5 Trillion Military Budget Is a Gift to the Grifters
📍 Activist Post
Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from an incomprehensible one trillion dollars to an impossible one and a half trillion – was a “fiscally responsible investment.” “Thanks to President Trump’s $1.5 trill...
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#18Moment air crew mask up in front of terrified passengers after ‘in error’ ebola threat
📍 David Icke
Federal authorities have confirmed that an Air France flight travelling from Paris to Detroit was redirected to Montreal on Wednesday following an Ebola scare. The diversion was triggered by current US flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, after it emerged that one o...
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#19Tanzania: US Sanctions Tanzanian Police Officer Citing Torture of Activists
📍 AllAfrica
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States has designated a senior Tanzanian police official over gross human rights violations linked to the detention, torture, and sexual assault of Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire during their visit to Dar es ...
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#20BHP’s $25m Threat to Albo | The West Report
📍 Michael West
Is Australia missing out on a proper gas tax because the mining lobby scared Labor off before Budget night? Michael West reports that Labor was looking at winding back diesel fuel rebates for big miners and taxing gas exporters, before both ideas suddenly junked. An insider told MWM that "We can’...
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