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Republican Louisiana senator in tough primary after Trump backs opponent

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-16T11:00:09+00:00

Bill Cassidy raised ire of US president for voting to impeach after January 6 – so Trump is backing Julia LetlowThe power of Donald Trump’s endorsement will be put to its latest test on Saturday, when Louisiana holds primary elections in which the US senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to impeach the president following the January 6 insurrection, then tried to make amends by casting the pivotal vote to confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary, stands a chance of losing his party’s nomination.An incumbent Republican running for a third term representing a deeply Republican state, Cassidy wo

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : au lendemain de la prolongation du cessez-le-feu, l’armée israélienne mène des bombardements dans le sud du Liban

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-16T10:53:37+00:00

La diplomatie américaine a annoncé une prolongation du cessez-le-feu – déjà largement violé – de quarante-cinq jours entre Israël et le Liban. Le premier ministre libanais, Nawaf Salam, a fustigé le Hezbollah pour avoir entraîné le Liban dans une nouvelle guerre « irresponsable », ajoutant que seules les forces armées devraient détenir des armes dans le pays.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : bombardements israéliens au Liban malgré le cessez-le-feu ; des pays européens en discussion avec l’Iran pour franchir le détroit d’Ormuz, selon Téhéran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-16T10:53:35+00:00

La diplomatie américaine a annoncé une prolongation du cessez-le-feu de quarante-cinq jours entre Israël et le Liban. Le premier ministre libanais, Nawaf Salam, a fustigé le Hezbollah pour avoir entraîné le Liban dans une nouvelle guerre « irresponsable », ajoutant que seules les forces armées devraient détenir des armes dans le pays.

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Thousands descend on London for far-right and pro-Palestine marches – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:42:58+00:00

Police monitoring both Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march and also the annual ‘Nakba day’ pro-Palestine marchNick Lowles, director of the anti-fascist campaign group Hope Not Hate, has shared a poll on Tommy Robinson’s popularity this morning as the far-right leader’s Unite the Kingdom rally gathers pace.According to a poll of 45,000 people conducted by Hope Not Hate, 17% of British people like Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. This rose to 34% among men aged between 25 and 34. Continue reading...

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Au Pérou, le candidat de gauche se hisse au second tour de l’élection présidentielle et affrontera la droite populiste de Keiko Fujimori

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-16T10:40:09+00:00

Après un dépouillement qui dure depuis un mois, il est acquis que Roberto Sanchez (gauche) a devancé le candidat d’extrême droite Rafael Lopez Aliaga. Le second tour se tiendra le 7 juin, dans un climat d’insécurité et de défiance envers les institutions.

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MotoGp, Barcellona: Acosta in pole, male Bezzecchi e Bagnaia

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-16T10:34:47+00:00

Lo spagnolo della Ktm ha preceduto Morbidelli e Alex Marquez. Il leader del mondiale è solo dodicesimo, un gradino più sotto il piemontese

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Finishing School

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:33:26+00:00

It’s graduation season, a time of aspiration and anxiety. Today is about the aspiration — the wisdom to be gleaned from great commencement addresses.

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Катастрофа близько: Землю може накрити аномалія, що вбила мільйони людей

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-16T10:24:00+00:00

Потужне кліматичне явище може спричинити масштабні посухи та проблеми з продовольством, але сучасні системи прогнозування дають світу більше шансів уникнути катастрофи рівня 1877 року

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Rival Protests Begin in London, With a Major Security Effort

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:10:44+00:00

The police are deploying thousands of officers, partly to keep far-right and pro-Palestinian marchers separated. The opposing events are expected to draw tens of thousands of people to London.

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Medvedev: “Sinner favorito dall’arbitro, andrebbe multato”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-05-16T10:08:58+00:00

Il russo polemizza con il giudice di sedia Aurelie Tourte, che a suo dire avrebbe permesso un intervento non consentito del fisioterapista e sospeso troppo in fretta il match

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Le pape Léon XIV se rendra en France du 25 au 28 septembre pour une visite d’Etat

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-16T10:07:30+00:00

Alors que le pape François ne s’était jamais rendu à Paris, Léon XIV fait le choix de venir dans la capitale pour une visite d’Etat. Il devrait, selon nos informations, aller également à Lourdes. Un troisième lieu serait envisagé mais pas encore arrêté.

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Senior ISIS commander killed by U.S. and Nigerian forces, Trump says

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:06:33+00:00

Trump said the strike killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as "second in command of ISIS globally." Nigeria's president said the raid took place at a compound in the Lake Chad basin.

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Рютте терміново збирає європейських виробників зброї: FT розкрив деталі

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-16T10:06:00+00:00

Рютте планує зустріч із провідними оборонними компаніями Європи, щоб прискорити нарощення виробництва зброї на тлі вимог США та зростання безпекових загроз.

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Florida tightens rules on capturing giant manta rays but stops short of full ban

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:00:07+00:00

Move follows upsetting viral video of ray being manhandled into unmarked boat in Florida waters last yearWildlife officials in Florida will continue to allow threatened giant manta rays to be taken from the ocean, but have tightened their policies after a viral video showed a captured ray in severe distress, and a bipartisan group of politicians called for an end to the controversial practice.Members of the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC) voted on Wednesday to adopt an amended final rule reserving the right to say when and where rays can be captured for “responsible exh

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At least five people pardoned by Trump for Capitol attack accused of new crimes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:00:06+00:00

Ryan Nichols is the latest such person to face charges after he allegedly brandished a gun during an argumentThe number of president’s supporters accused of committing new crimes after Donald Trump pardoned them for their roles in the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack recently increased to at least five.Ryan Nichols, 35, became the latest such Capitol attacker on 10 May, when authorities in Harleton, Texas, say he threateningly displayed a handgun to a person with whom he was arguing in a church parking lot. Continue reading...

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How a Times Reporter Found Cartel Gold at the Royal Canadian Mint

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:00:02+00:00

A conversation with Justin Scheck, who found that illegal Colombian gold transformed into legal North American gold through bureaucratic sleights of hand, and ended up in Canada.

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Trump’s China summit shows toll of a difficult year for the president

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-05-16T10:00:01+00:00

A year ago, the president promised a new era in the first major foreign trip of his second term. Now in Beijing, the war with Iran and economic strain have clouded his diplomacy.

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PM Modi congratulates new Iraq PM on assuming charge

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-16T09:58:43+00:00

Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi, a businessman, emerged as a consensus candidate for prime minister of Iraq after weeks of internal debate among the Coordination Framework’s member parties

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