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The results coming in from Paraguay's election today but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
EXPLOSIONS REPORTED EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS UKRAINE IN KIEV AND OTHER CITIES....TASS RUSSIA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Turkish intelligence 'neutralized' the new leader of Islamic State in Syria.
Erdogan saying the operation was carried out on Saturday...BBC NEWS
US politics House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is long overdue for an invitation to White House.
McCarthy telling the "Israel Hayom" newspaper owned by big Republican Party donor Miriam Adelson that if Joe Biden won't give an invitation McCarthy will invite him to Capitol Hill.
McCarthy on a visit to Israel where he will address its parliament tomorrow...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
WORD TODAY THAT THE US FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION IS SEEKING TO FIND BANKS WILLING TO TAKE OVER THE SERIOUSLY TROUBLED FIRST REPUBLIC BANK.
EFFORTS TO CUT A DEAL AHEAD OF THE STOCK MARKET OPENINGS IN ASIA THIS EVENING US TIME.
MAJOR BANKS LIKE JP MORGAN SAID TO BE INVOLVED...(News Agencies)
Cuba's communist regime canceling the traditional May Day parade tomorrow citing fuel shortages.
In recent weeks long lines have formed at gasoline stations in the country.
Deliveries of crude oil from Cuba's close ally Venezuela have slacked off in recent years at that country faces its own economic challenges...BBC NEWS
Mass protests organized by France's labor unions tomorrow to oppose President Emmanuel Macron and his unilateral imposition of pension reform.
Strike action expected to shut down many airline flights and trains as well.
While the Left stages the strikes and protests tomorrow the opposition to Macron on the Right will rally in Le Havre.
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen says that Macron's government is rudderless and in the midst of its unpopularity has become 'an administration' instead of a 'government' and that it 'has nothing more to say'...
(Information from BFM-TV in this story)
At least 11 are dead following a gas leak in northern India. Four others taken to hospital.
The leak in an industrial area in Punjab state. Authorities trying to determine the source of the leak...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
In Sudan today the factions fighting a cease-fire breaking down.
The Sudanese Army on the attack in the capital city of Khartoum to defeat the rival Rapid Support Forces...BBC NEWS
The US military is reported to have staged an exercise to "defend Taiwan".
US Army Special Operations Command conducting an annual capabilities exercise last Thursday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Lt. General Jonathan P. Braga describing China as "our true pacing challenge" adding "Ultimately what we are trying to do is prevent World War III..."
There have also joint US-Philippine military exercises practicing attacks on three islands between the Philippines and Taiwan...NEWSWEEK
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A STATEMENT SATURDAY CALLING ON CHINA'S COAST GUARD TO CEASE FROM 'PROVOCATIVE AND UNSAFE CONDUCT' IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
THE US SAYING THAT CHINA'S COAST GUARD ENGAGED IN 'AGGRESSIVE TACTICS' FRIDAY AGAINST THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD NEAR SECOND THOMAS SHOAL CLAIMED BY CHINA AS ITS TERRITORY...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA
Joe Biden headed to New Guinea next month to meet with the leaders of 18 nations in the South Pacific Forum.
It's all part of the US "Indo-Pacific" policy designed to counter increasing Chinese influence in the region...
THIS WEEKEND POLAND SHUT DOWN A SCHOOL OPERATED BY THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN WARSAW.
29 OCCUPANTS INCLUDING CHILDREN ORDERED TO VACATE THE SCHOOL BY 7 PM SATURDAY.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKEWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA DESCRIBING THE POLISH ACTION AS A PROVOCATION A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO PROVOKE A RUSSIAN RESPONSE...TASS RUSSIA
Israeli politics and now that supporters of judicial reform seeking elected government control over appointments of the attorney general and judges have staged a massive rally Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling pressure according to sources.
This time the pressure is to move forward with the judicial reform plan rather than back away from it.
Talks aimed at a compromise brokered by Israel's President Isaac Herzog are currently underway...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
PARAGUAY ELECTIONS: INCUMBENT PARTY RETAINS PRESIDENCY
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
Today was Election Day in Paraguay a South American nation where economic turmoil may mean trouble for the long dominant Colorado Party.
An opposition alliance including the Left contesting today's election but the results tonight show a win for the Colorado Party and its Presidential candidate Santiago Pena...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
Also elections for the 80 member Chamber of Deputies and the 45 member Senate...WIKIPEDIA PARAGUAY ELECTION 2023
An appeals court in Brazil lifting the suspension order on the Telegram messaging app in the country from a lower court.
The court saying uses for Telegram other than those by alleged "Neo-Nazis" need to continue for those who rely on Telegram as a means of communication...REUTERS-AL ARABIYA
THE UKRAINE WAR
CIVILIANS KILLED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF RUSSIA'S BRYANSK REGION
The governor of the Bryansk Region of Russia said today that two civilians died in a Ukrainian shelling attack. One other person wounded...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
"we must protect free speech"
The world's second richest person Elon Musk interviewed by Bill Maher on "Real Time".
He also says that any form of censorship will be turned against those who impose it.
Musk also spoke about a "Woke Mind Virus" affecting schools in recent years saying that often parents are not aware of what their children are being taught.
The owner of Space X, Tesla and Twitter also calling himself a "moderate" ...
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