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#01UK braces for hottest May day on record as 30C heat continues
📍 BBC News
Temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 34C, after eight England regions entered heatwave conditions on Sunday.
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#02In Ukraine, a Divisive 20th-Century Hero Comes Home
📍 NY Times World
Andriy Melnyk, criticized as a Nazi collaborator and lionized as an anti-Soviet resistance leader, was given state honors for his reburial near Kyiv.
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#03‘She does not back down’: the couple seeking to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana
📍 The Guardian
Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile are going to court for right to wed but face fierce opposition from church groupsBonolo Selelo was at Botswana’s national museum for a Gaborone Pride event when she spotted Tsholofelo Kumile and was struck by her good looks. The two initiated a conversation and...
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#04Africa Day 2026: Has the continent achieved true liberation?
📍 Al Jazeera
Africa Day 2026 spotlights power, debt and digital control as Africans redefine sovereignty.
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#055/24/2026: Booms, Busts and Bubbles; Sculpting Evolution; The Payam Method
📍 CBS News
First, examining lessons from the Wall Street crash of 1929. Then, a report on mouse DNA and the fight against Lyme disease. And, inside the "Payam Method" for learning piano.
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#06Pope Leo XIV to release long-awaited AI manifesto on ethical risks and global impact
📍 France 24
Pope Leo XIV will publish on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence, outlining the Catholic Church’s response to the technology’s ethical and social challenges. The US-born pontiff will personally present the “Magnifica Humanitas” encyclical at the Vatican alongside senior C...
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#07Local elections: over 6 million Italians vote in mayoral polls seen to be a fresh test for Meloni
📍 Euronews
After defeat in the justice referendum, the vote is seen as a fresh test for Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition government.
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#08Shurk: Prominent Democrats Must Go To Prison
📍 ZeroHedge
Shurk: Prominent Democrats Must Go To Prison Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Until then, it’s open season on all of us... Reports last week confirmed that former special counsel Jack Smith “secretly arranged” to preserve evidence in his criminal cases against President Trump in order...
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#09China launches year-long orbital mission with Moon ambitions (VIDEOS)
📍 RT News
China has launched the Shenzhou-23 mission to the Tiangong space station, describing the outpost as a key part of the country’s Moon plans Read Full Article at RT.com
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#10US-Iran Deal Still Not Finalized — Reports
📍 Sputnik
The US and Iran are still negotiating key terms of a possible agreement, with American media reporting that a final memorandum could take several more days.
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#11U.S. Expended Majority of THAAD Interceptors Defending Israel, Report Reveals
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) The United States military fired more than 200 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors in defense of Israel during recent hostilities...
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#12Exclusive -- Dr. Gorka: USA Killed 177 Jihadis in One Weekend During Biggest Counter Terrorism Op Since 9/11
📍 Breitbart
Saturday on "The Alex Marlow Show," Dr. Sebastian Gorka talked about counter terrorism. The post Exclusive — Dr. Gorka: USA Killed 177 Jihadis in One Weekend During Biggest Counter Terrorism Op Since 9/11 appeared first on Breitbart.
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#13OAN WH and Chief Pentagon Correspondent on live air during WH shooting gives firsthand account
📍 OANN
One America News White House and Chief Pentagon Correspondent Alexandra Ingersoll who was on air during the shooting by the White House gave her account of the event.
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#14A Russian Nuclear Attack on NATO?, by Ron Unz
📍 UNZ Review
According to news reports, a peace agreement may now be close at hand in the Iran War, a conflict that has heavily dominated most of the world's attention during the last three months. Such overwhelming focus has certainly been reasonable. Very soon after the American and Israeli attacks began, t...
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#15What The Hell Is Happening w/ Charlie Robinson
📍 Activist Post
Twice a month Charlie Robinson and Ryan Cristián join forces to discuss the madness that is partisan politics, and the chaotic nature of the world today. They discuss current events, political machinations, foreign policy blunders, and just good old fashioned two-party illusion naivety. The conve...
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#16Africa: Africa's Water Crisis Draining Billions, Leaders Warn
📍 AllAfrica
[New Times] African leaders have warned that poor access to clean water and sanitation is costing the continent billions of dollars annually while deepening poverty, disease, and inequality.
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#17This department is not scrutinised holistically, yet it’s integral to our most powerful institution
📍 Crikey
The Department of Parliamentary Services was in the news earlier this year over condoms. There are more important questions we should be asking of it. The post This department is not scrutinised holistically, yet it’s integral to our most powerful institution appeared first on Crikey.
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#18Legislate first, ask questions later for CGT carve-out
📍 Michael West
The prime minister has defended omitting a capital gains tax carve-out for startups on budget night, arguing some people would have gained insider knowledge.
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#19Nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming. Australia doesn’t have to be complicit in this
📍 Conversation AU
A recent conference to review the most comprehensive nuclear weapons treaty fell flat due to ‘aggressive diplomatic’ tactics.
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#20Cuban Childhood in Ruins: Anatomy of a Broken Promise
📍 Havana Times
Since the 1960s, leaving or wanting to leave Cuba was equivalent, in the eyes of the authorities, to committing an offense. The post Cuban Childhood in Ruins: Anatomy of a Broken Promise appeared first on Havana Times.
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#21Health Insurance Premiums Double in Puerto Rico as Patients Pay More for Less Coverage
📍 Periodismo Inv.
Monthly premiums have risen by an average of 100% over the past decade — and by more than 1,400% for retired government employees — while patients face higher copays, shrinking benefits and fewer doctors.
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#22Studenci wyrzucani z uczelni za używanie AI
📍 WolneMedia
Na alarm bije Higher Education Policy Institute.
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