Global News 5/28/19 – The aftermath of tense EU-wide election, 55 dead after Brazil prison gang fights, and extremist attacks on Afghan schools triple

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s interior minister and leader of the anti-migrant League Party, in Milan, Italy, on Monday. Credit Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Welcome to this Tuesday’s edition of Global News. Today, EU leaders meet to negotiate top leadership, 55 dead after prison violence in Brazil, extremist attacks on Afghan schools triple, Google’s shadow workforce profiled, and the Trump administration steps up attacks on climate science.

• Divided pro-EU leaders open talks after tense election (Reuters)

  • More: Green parties’ gains could boost climate action in Europe (AP)

• Prison fighting leaves at least 55 dead in northern Brazil (NY Times)

• Attacks by extremists on Afghan schools triple, report says (NY Times)

• Google’s shadow work force: Temps who outnumber full-time employees (NY Times)

• Trump administration hardens its attack on climate science (NY Times)

• Israel moves towards new vote as Netanyahu struggles to form government (Reuters)

• Kawasaki stabbing rampage leaves three dead, including schoolgirl and suspect; 17 injured (The Japan Times)

• Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote (CNN)

• Colombia army’s new kill orders send chills down ranks (NY Times)

• Petition calling for impeachment of South Korea's Moon to force a response (Reuters)

• Paramilitaries are surging again in Northern Ireland (Foreign Policy)

• Afghanistan’s air is deadlier than its war (Foreign Policy)

• Pulling back the curtain on health care prices (Axios)

• First look: The Pentagon Papers of the Iraq war (Axios)

• Millennials ‘make farming sexy’ in Africa, where tilling the soil once meant shame (NY Times)

Global News 5/1/19 – Venezuela roiled by protests, African Union sets deadline for Sudan, and India launches

Pro-Maduro forces gathering outside the presidential palace to show their support on Wednesday. Credit Boris Vergara/Associated Press

This Wednesday, Venezuela is on edge on day of rival Maduro protests, the African Union tells Sudan military council to hand power to civilians within 60 days, India launches mass evacuation, warns tourists, as cyclone bears down on east coast, Paris police brace for Labor Day protests, and U.N.C. Charlotte shooting leaves 2 dead and 4 wounded.

• Update: Venezuela on edge on day of rival Maduro protests (NY Times)

• African Union tells Sudan military council to hand power to civilians within 60 days (Reuters)

• India launches mass evacuation, warns tourists, as cyclone bears down on east coast (Reuters)

• Paris police brace for Labor Day protests (Politico)

• U.N.C. Charlotte shooting leaves 2 dead and 4 wounded (NY Times)

• Thousands strike in Argentina over Macri's austerity program (Al Jazeera)

• Japan Emperor Naruhito vows to uphold Akihito's legacy by 'always standing with the people’ (Straits Times)

• Algeria's ruling FLN party elects new leader (Al Jazeera)

• 'We must protect our citizens first': Peru expels Venezuelans (Al Jazeera)

• Italy Cabinet names Europe critic Panetta to Central Bank board (Bloomberg)

• Court bars women with high testosterone from some track races (NY Times)

• School bus driver who raped 14-year-old will not go to prison (NY Times)

• Libya ‘war crimes’ videos shared on social media (BBC)

• The price of this artist’s work? A conversation about the horrors of war (NY Times)

• Things ‘stopped changing’: Why conflict still flares in Northern Ireland (NY Times)