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 5/3/19 – India's most powerful cyclone in decades, Venezuelan plot unravels, UN alarmed at conditions for migrants in Yemen

A cyclone relief shelter in Puri on Friday. Credit Dibyangshu Sarkar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This Friday, Indians shelter from powerful Cyclone Fani, Venezuelan opposition left exposed after plot unravels, UN ‘alarmed’ over migrant conditions in Yemen, India seizes cash, booze, gold used to corrupt democracy, and Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council.

• Cyclone Fani: Indians shelter from powerful storm (BBC)

• Venezuelan opposition left exposed after plot unravels (Axios)

• UN ‘alarmed’ over migrant conditions in Yemen (AP)

• India: Cash, booze, gold and democracy (Axios)

• Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council (BBC)

• Benin troops in protest clampdown after contested vote (AFP)

• Myanmar troops kill six in Rakhine for suspected rebel links (Al Jazeera)

• Afghanistan's Loya Jirga calls for immediate cease-fire (RadioFreeEurope)

• German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market (BBC)

• Saudi Arabia temporarily releases four detained women's rights activists (Time) 

• Jared Kushner on 'two-state' solution: 'Let's just not say it’ (Al Jazeera)

• In Cuba, Carnival cruise ships have been using stolen ports, original owners say (NY Times)

• A $37 million temporary fix: U.S. builds 2 new migrant detention centers (NY Times)

• How a lone Norwegian trader shook the world’s financial system (NY Times)

• 'Low rains, a heatwave. Then floods': Bad harvest pushes North Korea to the brink (BBC)

Global News 4/25/19 – Kim Jong-Un meets Putin, three Sudanese generals agree to quit, and Mozambique cyclone survivors forced into trading sex for food

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un posing for a photo prior to their talks in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say they have had fruitful talks about how to defuse a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

This Thursday, Kim Jong-un meets Putin in Russia, three top Sudanese generals agree to quit as protests continue, Mozambique cyclone victims forced to trade sex for food, tropical tree losses persist at high levels, and Brazil’s indigenous people "fight for the right to exist."

• Kim Jong-un meets Putin in Russia with U.S. talks faltering (NY Times)

• Sudan crisis: Three top generals agree to quit as protests continue (BBC)

• Mozambique: Cyclone victims forced to trade sex for food (Human Rights Watch)

• Deforestation: Tropical tree losses persist at high levels (BBC)

• Brazil's indigenous people: 'We fight for the right to exist’ (BBC)

• Belt and Road forum: China's 'project of the century' hits tough times (The Guardian)

• How the U.S. miscounted the dead in Syria (Foreign Policy)

• Saudi sisters tell Google and Apple to pull 'inhuman' women app (Al Jazeera)

• Across 27 countries, most don’t mind more religion in society (Christianity Today)

• Over 20 million children a year miss out on first dose of measles vaccine (NY Times)

• Texas executes white supremacist in dragging death (NY Times)

• Health: 1 big thing: Everything's deadlier in the South (Axios)

• WHO: Get kids away from the screens (Axios)

• Addiction recovery as free labor (Axios)

• The sound of justice: The original records of Nazi atrocities are at risk of being lost — but it’s not too late to save them (The Verge)

Global News 4/24/19 – Navy SEALs warned against reporting war crimes, Trump signs law punishing websites for sex trafficking, & Mexico detains Central American migrants

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher during a deployment in Iraq in 2017, in a photo provided by his lawyer. (NY Times)

This Wednesday, Navy SEALS were warned against reporting their chief for war crimes, Trump signs law to punish websites for sex trafficking, Mexico begins detaining Central American migrants in caravans, industrial-scale snooping, exported to the world, and more news out of Sri Lanka. 

• Navy SEALS were warned against reporting their chief for war crimes (NY Times)

• Trump signs law to punish websites for sex trafficking (Reuters)

• Mexico begins detaining Central American migrants in caravans (WSJ) 

• Industrial-scale snooping, exported to the world (NY Times)

• New headlines out of Sri Lanka:

  • Sri Lanka calls bombers ‘well educated’ and warns of ongoing threat (NY Times)

  • Death toll in Sri Lankan bombings rises to 359, police arrest another 18 suspects (Straits Times)

  • Sri Lanka explosions: Top officials deliberately withheld intelligence on attacks, Parliament told (Straits Times)

• UK cyber boss downplays threat of Five Eyes security rift over Huawei (Reuters)

• Drones to deliver vaccines, blood and drugs across Ghana (Reuters) 

• More than 50 dead in South Africa after heavy rains (Reuters)

• Algerian military's patience wearing thin with daily protests (Bloomberg) 

• Russia, U.S., China aim to cajole Taliban into inter-Afghan talks (Reuters)

• Twitter unveils new tool against EU elections meddlers (Reuters)

• At least 17 killed in blast in Syria's rebel-held Jisr al Shughour: rescue workers (Reuters)

• Three days of festivities end with Egypt saying Yes to more Sisi (Bloomberg)

• California tried to fix its prisons. Now county jails are more deadly. (ProPublica)

• The biggest nations' climate culpability (Axios)

Global News 4/12/19 – Sudan protests continue, White House considered releasing immigrants in sanctuary cities, and tech helps the rich get richer

Protesters outside the Defense Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan, on Friday after the army announced that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir would be replaced by a military-led transitional council. Credit Reuters

It's Friday – Sudan won't extradite al-Bashir, & protesters now protest military plan to rule, White House considered releasing migrants in sanctuary cities, tech makes the rich richer, Brazil accused of using prisoners as slaves, and Pakistan market bomb kills 16. Read more below.

• Military ousts Sudan's Bashir, protesters demand civilian government (Reuters)

• White House considered releasing migrants in ‘sanctuary cities’ (NY Times)

• Tech helps rich get richer ... big get bigger (Axios) (Two-part series)

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

• Volunteers or slaves? Brazil accused of illegal jail labor (Reuters)

• Pakistan market bomb kills 16, half of them minority Hazaras (The Straits Times)

• Kim Jong Un consolidates power as North Korea shuffles leadership (The Straits Times)

• Poland’s judiciary reforms ‘violate’ EU law, says court adviser (Politico)

• U.S. denies entry to leader of movement to boycott Israel (NPR)

• Germany exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia and UAE — reports (DW)

• Georgetown students agree to create reparations fund (NY Times)

• Ohio governor signs law banning abortions after detection of fetal heartbeat (Axios)

• Native American women are facing a crisis (NY Times)

• The poor spend much more of their income on health care (Axios)

• Bill to limit IRS’s ability to offer free tax filing service is getting new scrutiny (ProPublica)

• Under Modi, a Hindu nationalist surge has further divided India (NY Times)