Rights Summit Is Off After Reported Chinese Pressure – Newser

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  1. Rights Summit Is Off After Reported Chinese Pressure  Newser
  2. Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech summit days before start | Global development  The Guardian
  3. Rights summit in Zambia is canceled after Chinese pressure to exclude Taiwanese activists  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled  WIRED
  5. RightsCon Canceled After Zambia Requires ‘Full Alignment’ With 'National Values'  Tech Policy Press
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Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies – Financial Times

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  1. Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies  Financial Times
  2. U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners  The New York Times
  3. US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel Acquiring Low-cost Systems From U.S. to Intercept Drones  Haaretz
  5. State Department approves over $8B in arms sales to Gulf nations  The Hill
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Mom faces involuntary manslaughter after son’s e-motorcycle crash kills man

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Orange county resident Tommi Jo Mejer’s son was illegally riding e-motorcycle when he ran into 81-year-old

A southern California woman is facing an additional charge of involuntary manslaughter after an 81-year-old man died from his injuries after being struck by the woman’s teen son while he was riding an e-motorcycle, prosecutors said on Friday.

On 16 April, Tommi Jo Mejer’s 14-year-old son was riding a Surron e-motorcycle and doing wheelies when he hit Ed Ashman, according to prosecutors. Ashman, a former captain in the US Marine Corps, was walking home from his job as a substitute teacher at a high school in Lake Forest.

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Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi as brother fears she is dying – BBC

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  1. Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi as brother fears she is dying  BBC
  2. Nobel laureate Mohammadi remains in critical condition in Iran, foundation says  Reuters
  3. Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized  The New York Times
  4. Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi 'On Brink Of Death'  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  5. Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates  Al Jazeera
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Nato seeks to ‘understand the details’ of US decision to withdraw troops from Germany

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German government calls redeployment of 5,000 troops ‘anticipated’ and reminder of Europe’s need to invest in its own defence

Nato is seeking to “understand the details” of a US decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, a redeployment ordered by Donald Trump amid a feud with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

The German government sought to play down the severity of Trump’s move, describing it as “anticipated”, and a reminder of Europe’s need to invest in its own defence. The US withdrawal, which the Pentagon said would take place over the next six to 12 months, comes after criticism from Merz over Trump’s war with Iran and his handling of subsequent talks with Tehran.

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Brixton drive-by shooting ‘act of indiscriminate violence’, say Met police

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Four people are in hospital, with one 25-year-old man facing life-threatening injuries

A drive-by shooting in Brixton which left four people in hospital on Saturday has been called “an act of indiscriminate violence” by police.

Shots were fired in the early hours on Coldharbour Lane in the south London area, leaving one 25-year-old man in hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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Why Ukraine needs Russia’s terminal defeat – not just deterrence – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Why Ukraine needs Russia's terminal defeat – not just deterrence  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Russia-Iran Axis Expanding The Battlefield, US Senator Thom Tillis Warns  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  3. No Safe Rear: Ukraine, the Pacific, and the Limits of Strategic Depth  Futura Doctrina | Mick Ryan
  4. Senator Tom Tillis warns freezing Russia Ukraine war would reward Putin  mezha.net
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The Rapid Sinking of This City Can Be Seen From Space – Newser

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  1. The Rapid Sinking of This City Can Be Seen From Space  Newser
  2. US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. Mexico City has been sinking for over a century. A new NASA satellite is now watching it happen in real time  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. US–Indian space mission maps extreme subsidence in Mexico City  Phys.org
  5. NASA mission shows how quickly Mexico City is sinking  Florida Today
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