Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars ( www.theguardian.com )
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates...
Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians ( truthout.org )
By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives," one human rights advocate said....
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports ( www.nytimes.com )
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
Finland to present plan to push back migrants on Russian border ( www.reuters.com )
Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter from Russia, the prime minister said on Sunday, a decision that could cause Helsinki to temporarily breach its international commitments....
Helicopter carrying Iran's president Raisi makes rough landing, says state TV ( www.reuters.com )
Initial reports indicate that a helicopter carrying the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi faced a rough landing, Iranian state TV said on Sunday, adding that rescue teams are on their way to the site....
Russian court seizes assets from European banks UniCredit, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank ( www.morningstar.com )
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Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics...
Ukraine's new controversial mobilisation law takes effect ( www.euronews.com )
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city....
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day ( www.reuters.com )
A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions....
Ukraine war: Russia's lethal glide bombs hitting Ukraine's cities ( www.bbc.com )
Russia is increasingly using budget "glide bombs" to advance its offensive in Ukraine....
Severe flooding wreaks havoc across northern Europe ( www.euronews.com )
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany....
Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK ( www.theguardian.com )
Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain...
Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy visits region ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight, residents said, as White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan travelled to the region amid U.S. calls for a more focused military campaign....
Estonian parliament adopts law allowing use of Russian frozen assets ( www.riigikogu.ee )
Estonian MPs passed a law that enables the use of Russian assets frozen under international sanctions to compensate Ukraine for war damages....
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' ( www.bbc.com )
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald Trump...
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors ( www.theguardian.com )
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top...
What do we know so far about the mysterious crash of the helicopter carrying Iran's president? ( apnews.com )
France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road ( www.reuters.com )
French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital, Noumea, a French official said on Sunday....
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention ( www.theguardian.com )
During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’...
Robbers made off with "several million euros" of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’ ( apnews.com )
Tourist couple injured in militant shooting in India's Kashmir amid elections ( www.reuters.com )
A tourist couple was injured in India's Kashmir after militants fired on them late on Saturday night, police said, ahead of voting scheduled in the volatile region for India's ongoing election....
Two dead and five missing after boat collision near Budapest ( www.theguardian.com )
Hungarian police called to scene of accident on shore of the River Danube near Verőce...
EU–Mercosur: No agreement before European elections ( www.dw.com )
The biggest free-trade zone in the world will not come into being before the EU elections in early June. So what's holding it up? Will the agreement ever be finalized — and, if so, when?...
Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president ( apnews.com )
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack in Afghanistan ( www.theguardian.com )
Taliban says four arrested over attack at Bamiyan heritage site that killed three Spanish visitors and an Afghan...
