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Israel detained BBC reporters in … Syria. “On9 May … in Southern Syria, BBC News Arabic correspondent Feras Kilani, along with three other BBC staff members and three freelance colleagues, were detained for seven hours and held at gunpoint” www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

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MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship

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no way he wrote this himself not enough words in all caps

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China's Xi held phone call with Trump: State media - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/xi-jinping-donald-trump-phone-call-talks-china-us-5167661

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Vladimir Putin’s plot to use a huckster criminal to erode American values and destroy U.S. credibility overseas is one of the most spectacularly successful covert operations in world history.

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Many people are banning themselves

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We're going next month It seems a lot of Taiwanese and Chinese have been put off Thailand by the scams

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He shouldn't be remembered by Junior www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1...

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A Hungarian law that harshly restricts access to LGBTQ-related content is a violation of EU law, according to the Advocate General of the EU's Court of Justice. http://jrnl.ie/6724534

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Some countries are racing ahead in EV adoption—Norway has already hit 50% electric car sales, with others close behind. But for many, it’ll take years to get there. The global shift to electric vehicles is happening, just at very different speeds. Data @leraffl.bsky.social visualisation me

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I definitely find the Spanish in Spain the most difficult, particularly in Andalucia Mexicans definitely have the most pleasant accent

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Why does Maga world hate Europe? - on.ft.com/4ktZgAk via @FT

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The ECB has cut interest rates for the eighth time in a year by one-quarter of a percentage point, which brings its rate down from 2.25% to 2%

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That this Netanyahu government strategy is designed to trigger a scenario where Egypt and eventually other Arab states, Turkey and the EU are forced to take in large numbers of expelled people from Gaza as part of a forced mass displacement policy has been visible for 18 months.

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Israeli settlers set fire to homes while families were still inside, according to Palestinian media reports about an arson attack on a village in the occupied West Bank.

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Gentlemen prefer (Northern) Europe

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I have written to the Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, requesting that the Committee holds an urgent session on the use of commercial drones for delivery. www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

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Is China promising a new world order or making a self-serving power play? As Beijing pitches its multipolar vision, wary potential partners may recalculate their hedges rather than shift alliances, experts say www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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The EU seems to be annoying all the people who should be annoyed inc Felon47 and Winnie The Pooh

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On this June 4th, wishing for a world with more people willing to stand in front of the tanks, and less who are willing to drive them.

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We’ve normalised cars being dangerous. We tolerate pollution, noise, and injury from vehicles — but rage when a cyclist rolls through a red light. @olaln.bsky.social did a great job dismantling anti-cycling arguments on DriveTime this evening. Listen from 1.17!

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It'd probably be easier for me to understand West Romance than the Celtic language spoken in Ireland then or the English spoken in England

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Good Morning Taipei! 🇹🇼

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worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news. We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.

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fun map of the day: seating arrangements for legislators around the world

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RTE news : Putin to retaliate after Ukraine drone strikes - Trump www.rte.ie/news/ukraine...

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Of course it did RTE news : US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

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Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries: Report - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-signs-proclamation-ban-travel-12-countries-us-5166651

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www.independent.co.uk/life-style/t...

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36 years on, and the Chinese government still seeks to erase the memory of the June 1989 #TiananmenMassacre. World leaders should renew pressure on Beijing to acknowledge the Tiananmen Massacre and provide reparations to victims' families. bit.ly/3FjDLD6

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Morten Harket, lead singer with Norwegian group A-ha, has announced his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease

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A lot of people in Taiwan also seem to think that the US is a fundamentally Anglo nation. They are far from alone in that misconception

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When thieves fall out

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So a terrorist attack focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

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A tale of two cities: why China appears so different when viewed from Barcelona and Prague A long read from the road, showing the divide between those who view China as an economic opportunity and those for whom it's a security threat. Can Europe bridge the gap? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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Nobody reads anything nowadays Don't US congressmen have aides to read bills for them?

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Good piece, though it's also worth pointing out that China is as vulnerable, if not more so in some ways, to these kinds of asymmetric air and naval tactics as any of Beijing's potential adversaries engelsbergideas.com/notebook/ukr...

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Unprecedentedly strong intervention by ICRC. “Palestinians, she says, have been stripped of human dignity. International humanitarian law is being hollowed out. What is happening in Gaza, she says, surpasses any acceptable legal, moral and humane standard” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

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Police have deployed an armoured vehicle in Hong Kong's commercial heart, amidst an ongoing heavy security presence on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. In full: buff.ly/f4hVB50

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Net favourability of Western European national leaders in their own countries (May 2025) Mette Frederiksen: -4 (-1 from Apr) Giorgia Meloni: -15 (+7) Friedrich Merz: -27 (new) Pedro Sánchez: -32 (-5) Keir Starmer: -43 (-10) Emmanuel Macron: -52 (=) d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/To...

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✊Today marks 36 years since the #Tiananmen crackdown. With commemorations banned in China and Hong Kong, it’s up to us - overseas, online, and united. Remembrance is resistance. #WeRemember64 #WeNeverForget The video Chinese authorities don’t want you to see ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpFj...

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