Category: 4. World

1. Last two bodies of Italian divers killed in scuba diving accident recovered, Maldives says  Reuters
2. Five cave divers slipped beneath the waves in the Maldives. Why didn’t they resurface?  CNN
3. Finnish divers recover remaining 2 bodies of Italians…

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1. South Korea says Israel’s detention of flotilla activists ‘way out of line’  The Times of Israel
2. South Korea’s Lee criticises Israel detentions, says actions ‘way out of line’  Reuters
3. South Korea says some of its nationals detained on…

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1. US Homeland Security says it assisted Spain in probe of former PM Zapatero  Reuters
2. U.S. Homeland Security says it assisted Spain in probe of leftist former PM  NBC News
3. Former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero is under investigation  NPR
4. Former…

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1. Oil drops nearly 6% as two China-bound supertankers cross Strait of Hormuz  Financial Times
2. Tankers exit Strait of Hormuz with 6 million barrels of crude oil  Reuters
3. Iran claims it coordinated passage of 26 vessels out of Hormuz in 24 hours  Al…

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1. Russia and China scold the United States over ‘Golden Dome’ plans  Reuters
2. China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US  CNN
3. Three key takeaways from Putin’s Beijing trip — and what they reveal about…

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1. Germany’s centrists are driving the rise of the AfD  UnHerd
2. As Merz struggles, Germany’s far-right AfD goes local to woo voters  Reuters
3. Germany Heads Full Steam towards Its ‘20–30’ Moment  Hungarian Conservative
4. Transcript: Germany’s…

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Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on 18 May that Ukrainian forces are preparing to launch drone strikes against Russia directly from Latvian territory,…

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1. At least 87 Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel on hunger strike  Al Jazeera
2. Israeli detention of President Connolly’s sister ‘unacceptable’ – Irish PM  BBC
3. Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for…

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1. U.S. Homeland Security says it assisted Spain in probe of leftist former PM  NBC News
2. Former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero is under investigation  NPR
3. Former Spanish PM under criminal investigation as €53m bailout of airline examined  The…

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1. Hall linked to Buddhist saint Kukai burns down on Miyajima  The Japan Times
2. Kukai-Linked Sacred Hall on Miyajima Burns Down  nippon.com
3. Fire guts 1,200-year-old Japanese temple for sacred ‘eternal flame’  Yahoo
4. ‘Eternal Flame’ Survives Fire That…

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