Indian PM Modi meets Myanmar military gov’t leader in New Delhi
Myanmar opposition groups criticise India for hosting Min Aung Hlaing, but India says engagement is best way forward.
Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives
Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’
The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election.
That is no insignificant number, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7% to 40.9%.
Continue reading...Lebanon latest: Israel captures more land in the south
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr brings you the latest from Lebanon as Israel expands its occupation there.
Voting suspended in parts of Ethiopia over security concerns
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is expected to dominate the election as conflicts overshadow the vote.
France seizes Russian suspected shadow fleet vessel – politico.eu
- France seizes Russian suspected shadow fleet vessel politico.eu
- France seizes another sanctioned tanker carrying Russian oil CNN
- French navy seizes Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic The Guardian
- France seized sanctioned Russian oil tanker with UK help, Macron says BBC
- French navy, with backing from UK, seizes sanctioned Russian tanker The Hill
Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.
Egypt’s new monorail offers a modern ride, but Cairo is still not convinced
Cairo's East Nile monorail opened to passengers this month as a flagship of Egypt's infrastructure ambitions.
Sacked Arsenal staffer doesn’t regret speaking out for Palestine
Mark Bonnick is suing Arsenal football club for unfair dismissal, saying he was sacked for supporting Palestine.
Huge explosion at Malta fireworks factory
A large explosion has torn through a fireworks factory in northern Malta, damaging buildings several kilometres away.
Alberta’s Movement to Separate from Canada Gets Its Moment – The New York Times
- Alberta’s Movement to Separate from Canada Gets Its Moment The New York Times
- Opinion: Central Canadian elites are as much to blame for Alberta’s separatist movement as anyone else The Globe and Mail
- Danielle Smith’s dangerous referendum rhetoric threatens Canada’s Constitution and Indigenous treaty rights The Conversation
- Gillian Steward: It is up to Albertans to shut the separatist movement down Toronto Star
- Hundreds brave rain for Forever Canadian lawn sign pop-up event in Calgary Calgary Herald
Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs as Hezbollah conflict escalates
Benjamin Netanyahu says the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh will be targeted in response to attacks on Israeli civilians.
China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk – The New York Times
- China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk The New York Times
- Chinese Firm Develops Technology That Uses AI To Predict Future Protestors NDTV
- China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI Financial Times
- China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad The New York Times
- How LLMs are changing 'Chinese Firewall' in a country where Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms are banned The Times of India
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
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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.
Continue reading...Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable – Bloomberg.com
- Russia Finance Officials Tell Putin War Spending Is Unaffordable Bloomberg.com
- Short on growth ideas, Putin hosts fifth wartime 'Russian Davos' Reuters
- Russia begins talks of ending the war to save the economy – Reuters Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
- Russia warns war costs are ravaging its finances as Ukrainian 'drone overmatch' halts Putin's forces Fortune
- Russia’s War Machine Is Creaking Jacobin
Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately – Kyiv Post
- Romanian Leader Dan Calls on Kremlin to Hit Targets in Ukraine More Accurately Kyiv Post
- Romania Says It Could Invoke NATO’s Article 4. What Would That Do? The New York Times
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 29, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russian official warns Europe to brace for more drone incidents after Romania episode Reuters
- Russian Drone Strikes NATO Member Romania as UAV Campaign Reaches Record Intensity Homeland Security Today
Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN
- Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities CNN
- Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens The Moscow Times
- Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed Kyiv Post
- Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia Українська правда
- Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula Meduza
Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities – CNN
- Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities CNN
- Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens The Moscow Times
- Fuel Rationing Hits Moscow as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Exports Are Curbed Kyiv Post
- Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia Українська правда
- Ukrainian drones disrupt land corridor to occupied Crimea, triggering fuel shortage on peninsula Meduza
‘Spoiled insulin’: Sudan war disrupts drug supplies, fuelling smuggling
As the conflict destroys local production, Sudanese patients are forced to rely on expensive, smuggled medicines.
Poland revives its ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus route – CNN
- Poland revives its ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus route CNN
- 666 bus to Hel back in business, as firm resurrects doomed Polish tourist route CBS News
- ‘Hellish’ bus 666 returns as FlixBus launches route to Hel Euronews.com
- Poland's controversial 'Highway to Hel' 666 bus revived BBC
- Poland’s 666 bus to Hel returns in new form Notes From Poland
Jaw-Dropping Brain Drain Under Trump Revealed – The Daily Beast
- Jaw-Dropping Brain Drain Under Trump Revealed The Daily Beast
- Diplomacy in decline NBC News
- How a diminished State Department is responding to global crises 1A | Speak Freely
- Time ticking for Trump to fill key ambassador posts Jewish Insider
- Trump’s new era of diplomacy Politico