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 5/24/19 – Theresa May out as UK Prime Minister, Trump empowers AG's spying probe, Modi faces challenges as he starts new term as India PM

Mr. Modi campaigning in Vadodara, Gujarat, in 2014, the first time he ran for prime minister. Credit Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

This Friday, embattled UK PM Theresa May steps down after multiple Brexit failures; Trump empower AG Barr in surveillance investigation; Modi faces continued challenges with unemployment, Pakistan as he begins new historic term; Colorado becomes first state to cap price of insulin for consumers; and economic opportunity in US is now tied to geography more than ever.

• Theresa May quits: UK set for new PM by end of July (BBC)

• Trump orders new powers for Attorney General's surveillance probe (BBC)

• Modi will need to hit the ground running with economy, Pakistan (Reuters)

• Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin (Denver Post)

• Economic opportunity is tied to location more than ever before, according to a county-by-county report from the nonprofit Economic Innovation Group (Axios)

• Kenya’s high court upholds ban on gay sex (NY Times)

• What your hospital knows about you (Axios)

• Trump doubts U.S. needs to send more troops to Middle East (Reuters)

  • More: Iran says it will not surrender even if it is bombed (Reuters)

• U.S. charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage (Reuters)

• U.N. creates new Ebola chief role to tackle security, political issues in Congo (Reuters)

• Ugandan capital Kampala bans street children donations (BBC)

• Trump administration proposes rollback of transgender protections (NY Times)

• It’s never been easier to be a C.E.O., and the pay keeps rising (NY Times)

• Storms, flooding and more pain for Missouri and Oklahoma (NY Times)

• How climate change may affect the plants in your yard (NY Times)

Global News 5/23/19 – Modi wins historic India election, British microchip-maker suspends all work with Huawei, Europe holds crucial vote

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in New Delhi on Thursday. His success mirrors the rise of right-leaning populist figures around the world. Credit Money Sharma/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This Thursday, Narendra Modi wins historic election; Trump Huawei ban fallout continues as ARM suspends all work with the company; Europe holds EU-wide vote, & far-right propaganda floods Facebook; China raises threat of rare-earths cutoff to US; and new Pentagon plan could send 10,000 US troops to Middle East.

• Narendra Modi, India’s ‘watchman,’ heads for historic election victory (NY Times)

• Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant (BBC)

• Europe holds "most important" EU vote (Reuters)

  • More: Far-right propaganda floods Facebook ahead of EU elections (Wired)

• China raises threat of rare-earths cutoff to U.S. (Foreign Policy)

• US officials: Plan may send up to 10,000 troops to Mideast (Washington Post)

• Pompeo slams release of "American Taliban" as unconscionable (Reuters)

• How China uses high-tech military surveillance to subdue minorities (NY Times)

• US weather: Tornadoes kill at least seven people (BBC)

• Ozone layer: Banned CFCs traced to China, say scientists (BBC)

• Indonesian protesters disperse after second night of post-election unrest (Reuters)

• Brazil's president wins, justice minister loses in Congress (Reuters)

• The counterrevolution begins in Sudan (Foreign Policy)

• Libya crisis: UN warns battle for Tripoli is 'start of a bloody war’ (BBC)

• Mexico's refugee agency turns to U.N. amid asylum surge, funding cuts (Reuters)

• Google's Ad Exchange faces privacy probe by Irish regulator (BBC)

Global News 5/21/19 – South Korea to send aid to North Korea, EU says Hungary migrant abuse is 'matter of urgency,' UN warns food aid to Yemen could be suspended

Cornfields in South Hwanghae, North Korea, in 2015. Severe drought and a weak harvest last fall have brought urgent warnings of a food crisis in the North. Credit Wong Maye-E/Associated Press

This Tuesday, South Korea sends $8 million in aid to North Korea, the EU is alarmed at Hungary’s migrant abuse, food aid to Yemen could be suspended amid concerns for UN aid workers, US sails warship into South China Sea, and Indonesia re-elects Widodo in rejection of strongmen.

• South Korea vows to send aid to North quickly, may send food (AP)

• Hungary’s migrant abuse is ‘matter of urgency,’ European agency finds (NY Times)

• UN warns food aid to Yemen could be suspended (Al Jazeera)

• U.S. warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions (Reuters)

• With Joko Widodo’s re-election, Indonesia bucks global tilt toward strongmen (NY Times)

• US backs calls for Taiwan to get role at UN health assembly (AP)

• Venezuela's Maduro proposes early elections for opposition-run congress (Reuters)

• Venezuela opposition's envoy to U.S. meets Pentagon, State Department officials (Reuters)

• Austria's Kurz hopes to sidestep scandal to stay in power (Reuters)

• Mexico wants U.S. backing for development plan to stem Central American migration (Reuter)

• Britain prepares for new spying law after Salisbury poisoning (Reuters)

• Germany spends record €23 billion on refugees (Reuters)

• The new German anti-semitism (NY Times)

• They grow the nation’s food, but they can’t drink the water (NY Times)

• Inquiries into reckless loans to taxi drivers ordered by NY state attorney general and mayor (NY Times)

Global News 5/20/19 – Google restricts Android use for Huawei, Trump ratchets up Iran tensions, exit polls suggest Modi reelected as India PM

A Huawei product presentation in Paris in March. While the Chinese company’s products have effectively been blocked in the United States, its business has grown rapidly in Africa, Asia and Europe. Credit Eric Piermont/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

• Huawei's use of Android restricted by Google (NY Times)

• US president says war would be 'end' of Iran as tensions rise (BBC)

• India election 2019: Exit polls suggest Narendra Modi back as PM (BBC)

• Sudan’s military council resumes talks with protesters (AP)

• Austrian government collapses over Russia scandal (Politico)

  • More: European mainstream politicians see hope in downfall of Austrian far right leader (Reuters) 

• As thousands of taxi drivers were trapped in loans, top officials counted the money (NY Times)

• UN tells Italy proposed decree violates migrants’ rights (AP)

• Volodymyr Zelensky: Comedian-president calls snap election (BBC)

• US prosecutors to 'help themselves' to Julian Assange's possessions (The Guardian)

• Malawi's president makes final plea for re-election in tight race (Reuters)

• France's Macron to meet Libya's eastern commander Haftar next week (Reuters)

• What you need to know about the 2019 European Parliament elections (Bloomberg)

  • More: European elections will gauge the power of populism (NY Times)

  • More: Pro-EU rallies draw tens of thousands before elections (AP)

• Britain is making sexual harassment a hate crime (Foreign Policy)

• Argentine political fixer emerges from shadows to mount surprise presidential bid (Reuters)

• Guatemala’s anti-corruption fight inspired Latin America. It may be shut down. (NY Times)

• E.P.A. could get thousands of deaths off the books by changing its math (NY Times)