Alberta’s Movement to Separate from Canada Gets Its Moment – The New York Times

  1. Alberta’s Movement to Separate from Canada Gets Its Moment  The New York Times
  2. Opinion: Central Canadian elites are as much to blame for Alberta’s separatist movement as anyone else  The Globe and Mail
  3. Danielle Smith’s dangerous referendum rhetoric threatens Canada’s Constitution and Indigenous treaty rights  The Conversation
  4. Gillian Steward: It is up to Albertans to shut the separatist movement down  Toronto Star
  5. Hundreds brave rain for Forever Canadian lawn sign pop-up event in Calgary  Calgary Herald
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China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk – The New York Times

  1. China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk  The New York Times
  2. Chinese Firm Develops Technology That Uses AI To Predict Future Protestors  NDTV
  3. China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI  Financial Times
  4. China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad  The New York Times
  5. How LLMs are changing 'Chinese Firewall' in a country where Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms are banned  The Times of India
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Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty

Oxfam finds the 20 richest Australians now hold more wealth than the bottom 3 million households

The wealth of Australia’s billionaires increased by $25.67bn in the past year, equivalent to almost $50,000 a minute, according to new Oxfam Australia analysis of the 2026 Australian Financial Review Rich List.

The anti-poverty organisation said the total wealth of Australian billionaires in 2026 has reached more than $686bn, while Acoss figures show 3,706,000 people live in poverty, including 757,000 children under 15 years.

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Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable – Bloomberg.com

  1. Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable  Bloomberg.com
  2. Short on growth ideas, Putin hosts fifth wartime 'Russian Davos'  Reuters
  3. Russia begins talks of ending the war to save the economy – Reuters  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
  4. Russia warns war costs are ravaging its finances as Ukrainian 'drone overmatch' halts Putin's forces  Fortune
  5. Russia’s War Machine Is Creaking  Jacobin
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Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately – Kyiv Post

  1. Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately  Kyiv Post
  2. Romania Says It Could Invoke NATO’s Article 4. What Would That Do?  The New York Times
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 29, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Russian official warns Europe to brace for more drone incidents after Romania episode  Reuters
  5. Russian Drone Strikes NATO Member Romania as UAV Campaign Reaches Record Intensity  Homeland Security Today
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Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN

  1. Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities  CNN
  2. Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens  The Moscow Times
  3. Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed  Kyiv Post
  4. Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia  Українська правда
  5. Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula  Meduza
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Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN

  1. Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities  CNN
  2. Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens  The Moscow Times
  3. Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed  Kyiv Post
  4. Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia  Українська правда
  5. Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula  Meduza
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International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal – AP News

  1. International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal  AP News
  2. UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal  BBC
  3. International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal  Al Jazeera
  4. Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions over asylum deal, court rules  Reuters
  5. UK will not have to pay Rwanda £100m over failed asylum scheme, court rules  The Guardian
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International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal – AP News

  1. International arbitrators reject $134M claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal  AP News
  2. UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal  BBC
  3. International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal  Al Jazeera
  4. Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions over asylum deal, court rules  Reuters
  5. UK will not have to pay Rwanda £100m over failed asylum scheme, court rules  The Guardian
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Ex-F.B.I. Officials Form New Group for Embattled Employees – The New York Times

  1. Ex-F.B.I. Officials Form New Group for Embattled Employees  The New York Times
  2. Former FBI agents launch nonprofit to aid agents facing ‘consequences of upholding their oaths’  The Hill
  3. Trump Administration Live Updates: Former F.B.I. Officials Set Up Support Group for Current Bureau Employees  The New York Times
  4. FBI veterans form support group to help employees deal with Kash Patel  rawstory.com
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