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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Space X launching a group of four including two Saudi astronauts to the International Space Station.
The ticket paying group will spend a week at the ISS before returning to Earth...ASSOCIATED PRESS-HINDUSTAN TIMES
CONTINUED FIGHTING IN SUDAN EVEN AS THE TWO SIDES SIGNED OFF ON A CEASE-FIRE TO BEGIN TOMORROW EVENING...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
CHINA BANNING IMPORTS FROM US CHIP MAKER MICRON.
AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S CHIPS FAILED A SECURITY REVIEW AND POSE A MAJOR RISK TO CHINA'S CYBER SECURITY....NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE
AT LEAST TWO UKRAINIANS COULD BE BEHIND THE SABOTAGE OF THE NORD STREAM PIPELINES.
GERMAN MEDIA OUTLETS PROBING THE BLASTS THAT STOPPED THE FLOW OF NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA TO GERMANY...TASS RUSSIA
In Northern Ireland the leader of the Leftist Sinn Fein party pressuring British nationalists in the Democratic Unionist Party to join in a power sharing government.
Michelle O'Neill claiming the victory of Sinn Fein in local government elections following their victory in regional elections signifies the electorate want the regional government to come back.
The DUP resisting establishing a new regional government in North Ireland that would be led by the Sinn Fein Leftists...BBC NEWS
THE GREEK ELECTIONS-PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM LEAVES 'CONSERVATIVES' SHORT OF MAJORITY
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's New Democracy Mainstream "Right" political party is projected to win today's elections.
Projected in second place the Left-Wing Syriza party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
45 percent of the popular vote is required for a political party to win a majority of the 300 seats in parliament the projection shows New Democracy falling short of that
But New Democracy finds itself just short of a majority and if a new coalition government isn't formed, it could seek a second election in July for such a majority...BBC NEWS...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
12 are dead dozens more injured following a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA
THE SUMMIT AFTER THE G7 IS A MEETING OF PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
JOE BIDEN SKIPPING THIS SUMMIT FOR THE DEBT CEILING TALKS HERE IN THE US BUT THE SUMMIT'S GOAL OF UNDERCUTTING INCREASING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC MOVES FORWARD.
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI A KEY PLAYER IN THIS.
AS MR. MODI ARRIVED IN PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA PRIME MINISTER JAMES MARAPE TOUCHED MODI'S FEET AND SOUGHT BLESSINGS...THE WEEK INDIA
Israeli politics Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slamming secular incitement against religious Israelis labeling it "Antisemitic".
Netanyahu speaking as he seeks to pass a budget in Israel's parliament with religious parties seeking more funding for their priorities...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR VISITING THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM TODAY.
BEN-GVIR, LABELED AS 'FAR-RIGHT' BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA, SAYS HIS VISIT DEMONSTRATES ISRAELI OWNERSHIP OF THE HOLY SITE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Russian law enforcement agencies say a recent Koran (Quran) burning in Volgograd was done with the involvement of US intelligence.
The Russians linking British and US intelligence to Ukraine's intelligence agency.
The man arrested for burning the Quran saying Ukrainian intelligence got him to do it so conflict could be stirred up between Christians and Muslims...TASS RUSSIA
POLICE IN AUSTRALIA SAY THEY DON'T INTEND TO RELEASE THE BODYCAM FOOTAGE OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN BEING TASED BY AN OFFICER.
95-YEAR CLARE NOWLAND WAS USING A WALKER AND HOLDING A SERRATED STEAK KNIFE AS SHE SLOWLY APPROACHED TWO OFFICERS LAST WEDNESDAY IN COOMA, NEW SOUTH WALES...BBC NEWS
In the Ukraine War a major new development this weekend.
The Russian military contractor Wagner Group announcing victory in the fight over the city of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) in the Donbass Region.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin saying the conquest of a high-rise building in the city Saturday afternoon signified full control of the city by Russian forces...
Russian President Vladimir Putin offering his congratulations to the Russian Armed Forces and the Wagner Group.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denying this speaking at the G7 Summit...
Government and private sector global elites meeting this weekend in Portugal for the Bilderberg conference.
THE G7 SUMMIT IN JAPAN A FOCUS ON UKRAINE WITH OTHER NATIONS INVITED INTO THE MEETING AS THE WESTERN GROUP OF NATIONS SEEK TO FIND ALLIES FOR THEIR FUTURE ECONOMIC AND OR MILITARY EFFORTS...
THE G7 SUMMIT IN JAPAN ALSO ADDRESSING CHINA.
A STATEMENT OPPOSING CHINA'S 'ECONOMIC COERCION' OF NATIONS AND ATTEMPTS TO 'CHANGE THE STATUS QUO' COMING FROM THE G7...
MEANWHILE ANOTHER MESSAGE COMING FROM THE G7 CLAIMS CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH CHINA BUT 'LESS DEPENDENCE' ON IT.
RECENT VISITS TO SOUTH KOREA BY CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND TO INDIA BY WALMART CEO DOUG MCMILLON ARE VISIBLE SIGNS OF GOVERNMENTS AND LARGE BUSINESS ENTITIES MOVING AWAY FROM ECONOMIC DEALINGS WITH CHINA.
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI A PART OF THE SUMMIT THIS WEEKEND PARTICIPATING IN A MEETING OF THE 'QUAD' NATIONS (JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND THE US)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Politics in the US a new Harvard-Harris poll puts President Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden 47 to 40 percent in a 2024 election contest.
Other possible combinations of presidential candidates were polled by Harvard-Harris...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS
THE PENTAGON NOW ADMITTING THAT A US STRIKE IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA ON MAY 3RD MAY NOT HAVE KILLED AN AL-QAEDA LEADER.
IN FACT IT MAY HAVE KILLED A FATHER OF TEN CHILDREN WHO WAS TENDING TO HIS SHEEP WHEN HIT BY A US HELLFIRE MISSILE...THE HILL
A symbolic act in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday three naval commanders from the UK, US and France on board a US destroyer.
They transited the strait as three Iranian fast boats made a pass.
Iran recently seizing foreign merchant vessels in the area...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORIES IN DONETSK AND ZAPOROZHYE REGION
In some of the latest fighting Russia claiming victories in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions killing 50 Ukrainians and destroying equipment...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
Russia issuing an arrest warrant against an International Criminal Court prosecutor.
Karim Ahmad Khan is involved in the arrest warrant that was issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin alleging 'war crimes' in Ukraine...NBC NEWS USA
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