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Nancy Pelosi breaks silence to endorse San Francisco supervisor as successor

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:37:47+00:00

Former House speaker, who had not yet weighed in, declared Connie Chan ‘best prepared’ to represent cityNancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed her as the city’s representative in Congress, calling her the candidate who “stands above the rest”.Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, will retire at the end of her term and had not yet weighed in on the contested primary for the San Francisco district she has held for nearly 40 years. But as early mail-in ballots trickle in ahead of the 2 June primary, Pelosi declared Chan

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Trump’s shifting remarks on Taiwan are perfect for China to exploit

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:22:53+00:00

President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state mediaIt has been an unsettling few days for Taiwan’s government. When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US leader could upend Washington’s longstanding support for Taipei.But beyond a starkly worded statement from Xi stressing China’s claims over Taiwan, which it claims as part of its territory despite never having ruled it, initial signs appeared good for Taipei. Continue reading...

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Liberal senator breaks ranks to take aim at Angus Taylor’s ‘negative’ rhetoric on immigration

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:21:05+00:00

‘We cannot continue to blame migrants for the problems of our economy,’ backbencher Andrew McLachlan says A Liberal senator has broken ranks to criticise Angus Taylor’s plan to bar non-citizens from accessing welfare, warning it will create “two types of members of the community” and is “not the Australian way”.The outspoken backbencher Andrew McLachlan said migrants should not be blamed for economic problems including the housing crisis, and warned his party’s immigration rhetoric was alienating diaspora communities. Continue reading...

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Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:18:32+00:00

President Trump has repeatedly said he’ll restart military action against Iran, only to stop short of plunging the United States directly back into an unpopular war.

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Here’s How Iran Could Respond to Renewed U.S.-Israeli Strikes

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:06:05+00:00

In any new round of fighting, Iranian officials could adopt new tactics, including intensified strikes on neighbors and trying to close off a second strait.

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News live: Dfat ‘urgently seeking’ welfare updates for 11 Australians taken from Gaza aid flotilla

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-19T00:03:58+00:00

Spokesperson said Dfat encouraged those wishing to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza ‘to do so through established channels’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGlobal Sumud Flotilla participants urge Australian government to intervene and ‘keep us safe’The Australians that the Global Sumud Flotilla allege have been kidnapped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are academics, doctors, students, activists and film-makers.This is now the second time Israel has illegally abducted Australian citizens in international waters, and our government has said

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Stupro, assolti i due schermidori. In lacrime la ragazza che li accusa

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

Siena, Fernanda Herrera decide di uscire dall’anonimato dopo la sentenza: "Lo faccio per tutte quelle che hanno sofferto quello che ho sofferto io”. La procura aveva chiesto cinque anni, ma per il tribunale il fatto non sussiste. I legali degli imputati: “Giustizia è fatta”

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Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:57:12+00:00

Fuhrman, who found bloody glove at Simpson’s home, charged with perjury after audio revealed use of racial slursFormer Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias. Continue readin

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Ми маємо показати росіянам, що здатні прорвати їхню маленьку фортецю, - глава МЗС Литви

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-18T23:54:00+00:00

Будріс наголосив, що Росія перетворила Калінінградську область на потужний військовий плацдарм із системами ППО та ракетними комплексами.

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U.S. Hits Top Cuban Officials With Sanctions

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:51:19+00:00

The Trump administration, ratcheting up its effort to cripple the Cuban government, also imposed sanctions on three government agencies, including the police.

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California island fire linked to sailor’s distress flare scorches 10,000 acres

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:45:09+00:00

Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plantsA wildfire that broke out on an island in the Channel Islands national park has become California’s largest wildfire so far this year, burning through more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic structures and endangering rare plant communities that conservationists had struggled to reclaim.About six dozen firefighters have been deployed to control the blaze, which broke out on Friday, but their efforts have been undermined by strong winds. The fire is currently at 0% containme

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What really holds China and Russia together

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:06:55+00:00

The relationship endures despite a power imbalance, with both sides recognising that it is too important to fail.

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Racist abuse of NHS nurses rising amid ‘normalisation’ of extreme views, RCN warns

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:01:01+00:00

Figures disclosed by nursing union show big rise on reported incidents which may only be ‘tip of the iceberg’Racist abuse of NHS nurses has jumped by 86% in the last few years, which their union’s boss has blamed on the normalisation of extreme views in politics and the media.One nurse was called a monkey by a colleague, a patient threw a hot drink at a nurse and followed up with racial abuse, and in several cases others were called the N-word, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) disclosed. Continue reading...

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Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:01:00+00:00

Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid itOne in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL).Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with 46% of workers – and 27% using it daily or almost daily. Continue reading...

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Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T23:01:00+00:00

UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel movingGlobal fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.The war in Iran has frozen shipments of fertiliser through the strait of Hormuz, creating a supply crunch that has already damaged farming in the UK, Europe and the US and is having its worst impacts in the developing world, where farmers cannot afford the higher prices now being charged. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Donald Trump affirme que les discussions sur le nucléaire iranien évoluent de manière « très positive »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-18T22:32:42+00:00

Sur son réseau Truth Social, le président américain a assuré avoir renoncé à une attaque prévue mardi contre l’Iran, sur demande de dirigeants de pays du Golfe. Toutefois, il fait savoir que les Etats-Unis se tiennent prêts à lancer une « attaque totale et à grande échelle contre l’Iran à tout moment, si un accord acceptable n’était pas trouvé » avec Téhéran.

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Australia news live: Liberal senator says ‘we cannot continue to blame migrants’ for economic issues in direct attack on Angus Taylor’s rhetoric

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:32:29+00:00

Opposition leader last week tied migration rates to the ongoing shortage of housing. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland rescue crews helped 42 stranded students near the Gold Coast overnightBrad Moore, coordinator with the Queensland State Fire Control Centre, said officials helped rescue 42 schoolchildren and their teachers trapped by flood waters near the Gold Coast last night.The conditions can change quite quickly, particularly with the amount of rainfall … the water heights can change dramatically. …It’s very important for people

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Middle East crisis live: Trump claims ‘very good chance’ of deal to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapon

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:31:59+00:00

US president says Gulf states asked him to delay planned strikes on Iran because ‘they think they are close to making a deal’UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.The Guardian’s Berlin correspondent, Deborah Cole, has looked at the declining relationship between the two leaders in t

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Brazil call up Neymar to World Cup 2026 squad

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:30:54+00:00

Brazil's all-time leading scorer Neymar called up for World Cup 2026 as Carlo Ancelotti turns to forward for first time.

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President says he’s adding ‘over 600’ prescription drugs to TrumpRx site

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:27:13+00:00

Trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfoldDonald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold.Experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting they would appeal to a relatively small group of patients. Continue reading...

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Donald Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in creation of $1.7bn compensation fund – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:16:16+00:00

President says fund as been ‘well received’ and will be administered by ‘committee of very talented people’ as Democrats criticize it as ‘unparalleled corruption’Trump dismisses $10bn suit against IRS and creates $1.7bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fundSign up for the Breaking News US emailDemocratic reactions to the news about Trump moving to withdraw his lawsuit against the IRS are coming in. Ron Wyden, a top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Trump deserved no credit for dropping the lawsuit, regardless of his reasons.“Even by his standards the move he’s trying to get away with now is a

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Guerra in Iran, news. Trump: “Sospeso raid pianificato per domani su richiesta dei leader del Golfo”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-18T22:12:22+00:00

Il presidente Usa: “In corso negoziati seri con Teheran”. Media: “Attivata la difesa aerea iraniana nello Stretto di Hormuz”. Pezeshkian: “Dialogo non è resa”. L’Iran propone una lunga tregua e la riapertura di Hormuz. Ma non si parla della fine dell’arricchimento dell’uranio

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Middle East crisis live: Trump says Gulf states asked him to delay planned strikes on Iran because ‘they think they are close to making a deal’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-18T22:10:39+00:00

US president says US will be ‘probably satisfied’ if Iran agrees to not have a nuclear weaponUAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.The Guardian’s Berlin correspondent, Deborah Cole, has looked at the declining relationship between the two leaders in this story. Here is an extract:Di

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