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#01France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queues
📍 BBC News
The port said extra checks would be suspended, after travellers faced queues as temperatures soared.
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#02Alexandros Giotopoulos of November 17, Greek Militant Group, Is Freed
📍 NY Times World
The release of Alexandros Giotopoulos was denounced by relatives of people killed by November 17, a Greek far-left group that was active between 1975 and 2002.
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#03White House pauses removal of detainees to the DRC as Ebola outbreak widens
📍 The Guardian
But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-struck regionThe Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to reporting by Politico, but exper...
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#04A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American's hybrid music
📍 NPR
On May 31, Yo Sabri make a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, "Tennessee Desi," which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.
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#05French Open has ‘positive’ meeting with players over tennis dispute
📍 Al Jazeera
Roland Garros director discusses greater revenue sharing with player representatives after boycott-impacted media day.
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#06Money expert answers some of your top finance questions
📍 CBS News
CBS News' business analyst Jill Schlesinger answers some burning finance questions, from investments to home loans.
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#07Senegal's president Faye sacks PM Sonko after months of tension
📍 France 24
Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House, is our guest.
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#08Pope Leo XIV visits southern Italy's 'Land of Fires'
📍 Euronews
The Terra dei Fuochi, or land of fires, is a vast area in southern Italy scarred by illegal dumping, burying and burning of waste.
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#09Trump Speaks With Qatar Emir As Pakistani-Led Iran Peace Push Intensifies
📍 ZeroHedge
Trump Speaks With Qatar Emir As Pakistani-Led Iran Peace Push Intensifies US-Iran de-escalation hopes drove crude oil and rates lower and put a bid in equities by the end of Friday's trading day, amid speculation that President Trump would stay at the White House over Memorial Day weekend instead...
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#10The slow American retreat from Europe has already begun
📍 RT News
Trump’s Ukraine policy aims to reduce America’s burden, test a thaw with Moscow, and shift more pressure onto Europe and Kiev Read Full Article at RT.com
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#11Iran, US Moved Closer Toward Resolving Differences - Foreign Ministry
📍 Sputnik
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran and the United States moved closer toward finding ways to resolve their differences, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Saturday.
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#12U.S.-China rare earth deal shows progress, but strategic vulnerability persists
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) U.S. and Chinese negotiators reached a deal for China to resume rare earth exports under temporary licenses, pending President Xi Jinping's approv...
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#13Newsom Calls for Federal Money for California Fire Relief -- After Delaying It to Push Unnecessary Spending
📍 Breitbart
"Gavin Newsom delayed fire relief. And how did he delay it? He delayed it because he wanted to cram in a bunch of pork, a bunch of unnecessary spending that delayed the whole process." The post Newsom Calls for Federal Money for California Fire Relief — After Delaying It to Push Unnecessary Spend...
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#14Netanyahu’s Plan to Nuke Iran 11.11.2026: Escalation Ladder in One Diagram, by Marco de Wit
📍 UNZ Review
Image: Summary of the article. (This Substack distills every article into clear images and diagrams—saving readers time and preventing shaky premises and reasoning from being hidden behind a torrent of words.) Summary The thesis is summarized through six main components: (A) the Big Picture of Je...
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#15Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors
📍 David Icke
SpaceX publicly released an investor prospectus on Wednesday as part of its plan for a $1.75tn debut on the US stock market next month, revealing unseen details about the finances and future plans of Elon Musk’s flagship company. In addition to new information on operating costs and revenue, the ...
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#16Africa: Emergency Committee Recommendations Regarding the Epidemic of Ebola Virus in DRCongo and Uganda
📍 AllAfrica
[WHO] Geneva -- On 17 May 2026, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO), after...
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#17Cambodian crashes kill 14 garment workers, injure 79
📍 Michael West
Two separate traffic crashes in Cambodia have killed at least 14 garment factory workers and injured 79 others.
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#18Últimos cupos de la beca para jóvenes sobre democracia
📍 La Silla Vacía
Más de mil jóvenes ya aprendieron a entender las elecciones y frenar la desinformación con ABC de la Democracia. The post Últimos cupos de la beca para jóvenes sobre democracia appeared first on La Silla Vacía.
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#19The Sequence of a Transition for Cuba
📍 Havana Times
The urgency of profound change in Cuba is so obvious that all transition proposals resemble one another in their essentials. The post The Sequence of a Transition for Cuba appeared first on Havana Times.
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#20Costa Rica Risks Losing Earthquake and Volcano Monitoring Network
📍 Tico Times
Costa Rica could gradually lose part of its ability to monitor earthquakes, track volcanic activity, and issue early warnings if the country does not restore permanent funding for its scientific monitoring networks, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica has warned. OVSICO...
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#21Świadomość klasowa robotów
📍 WolneMedia
Roboty zaczęły gadać jak wykorzystywani pracownicy.
🌍 Seismic Activity (USGS)
⚡ M6.0 — 13 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
⏱️ 08:46 UTC · 📏 23 km
⚡ M5.7 — southeast Indian Ridge
⏱️ 06:41 UTC · 📏 10 km
⚡ M5.3 — 156 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
⏱️ 20:30 UTC · 📏 10 km
⚡ M5.2 — 100 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia
⏱️ 13:40 UTC · 📏 48 km
⚡ M5.1 — 296 km NW of Nagqu, China
⏱️ 18:16 UTC · 📏 10 km
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Москва: 20°C ☁️Partly Cloudy 💧46% 💨19km/h
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Ban Khlong Pha Ong: 31°C ☁️Light drizzle 💧71% 💨18km/h
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Hong Kong: 29°C ☁️Thundery outbreaks in nearby 💧79% 💨14km/h
