- Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day, in photos AP News
- May Day protests across Europe and Asia turn into anti-American, anti-Israel political battlegrounds Fox News
- What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war AP News
- What to know about May Day as workers face rising costs due to Iran war PBS
- May Day marked by protests, celebrations, arrests dw.com
Poll finds 61 percent of Americans believe attacking Iran was a mistake
Poll finds that Americans are concerned about impact of the war on the cost of living and sceptical of success thus far.
UK defence firm Ultra Electronics to pay £15m after SFO bribery investigation
Company accepts it failed to prevent bribery in connection with contracts in Algeria and Oman sought through agents
The British defence company Ultra Electronics has accepted responsibility for a failure to prevent bribery and agreed to pay £15m after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
The penalties are part of a deferred prosecution approved by the high court on Friday, after an investigation opened in 2018 when the company referred itself to the UK law enforcement agency a month after corruption allegations were published by Algerian media.
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US warns shippers against paying Strait of Hormuz tolls, ‘donations’
Latest warning comes as Iranian state media reports Tehran has presented new peace proposal to US.
Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.
Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.
Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid
Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.
Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection, has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid.
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A new biopic revisits Michael Jackson - but what’s left out of his story, and who decides his legacy?
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled – WIRED
- The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled WIRED
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Attack on French nun in Jerusalem draws widespread condemnation
Israeli foreign ministry denounces ‘shameful act’ after video shows man pushing woman to ground and kicking her
A video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry.
In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over with force, so that the victim comes close to hitting her head on a block of stone. After walking away a few paces, the attacker, who appears to be Jewish, returns to kick the nun as she lies on the ground and only stops when a passerby intervenes.
Continue reading...UAE exit from OPEC signals closer alignment with US interests, experts say
UAE wants to supply more oil than its OPEC quota and that could help push down prices once the Strait of Hormuz opens.
Hard choices test breakaway climate summit – Politico
- Hard choices test breakaway climate summit Politico
- Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil fuels? The Guardian
- Santa Marta: Key outcomes from first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels Carbon Brief
- Governments start daring to say the energy F-words Financial Times
- The World Met to Talk Climate Change. The U.S. Wasn’t Invited. The New York Times
Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.
Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.
‘What’s our red line?’ British Jews question their safety – The Guardian
- ‘What’s our red line?’ British Jews question their safety The Guardian
- Anger and despair among Jewish Britons after spate of attacks NBC News
- A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists? | Jonathan Freedland The Guardian
- Silence on antisemitism shames us as British Muslims The Times
- The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain Financial Times
EU trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc takes provisional effect
The long-awaited deal creates one of the world’s largest free trade areas with 720m potential consumers.
EU trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc takes provisional effect
The long-awaited deal creates one of the world’s largest free trade areas with 720m potential consumers.
King Charles Scores Major Win as Rubio Backtracks on Trump’s Revenge Plot – The Daily Beast
- King Charles Scores Major Win as Rubio Backtracks on Trump’s Revenge Plot The Daily Beast
- Marco Rubio downplays reports US could review UK's claim to Falklands BBC
- Falklands claim: Can Argentina’s Milei use Trump ties to challenge the UK? Al Jazeera
- Exclusive: Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says Reuters
- Sánchez sidesteps a Spain-US dispute at NATO, brushing off reported Pentagon email AP News
Octopus Energy boss: some people would accept blackouts if bills cut
Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills
The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills.
A year on from Europe’s largest power outage – which left tens of millions of people in Spain and Portugal without trains, metros, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access – the chief executive of Octopus Energy argued against costly investments in the UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills.
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