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 4/18/19 – North Korea tests new weapon, major prescription opioid crime crackdown, and dozens arrested in Nicaragua protest

A photo released by the North Korean state news media, said to be of Kim Jong-un at a meeting this month of the ruling Workers Party in Pyongyang. Credit Korean Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

• North Korea says it tested new weapon, an apparent warning to Trump (NY Times)

• Major crackdown on prescription opioid crime (Axios)

• Nicaraguan opposition says dozens arrested in banned protests (Reuters)

• High-deductible health policies linked to delayed diagnosis and treatment (NPR)

• Two new tent cities will be built in Texas to hold migrants (NY Times)

• The problem with AI? Study says it's too white and male, calls for more women, minorities (USA Today)

• As rich lavish cash on Notre-Dame, many ask: What about the needy? (NY Times)

• Why nurses are striking (Axios)

• Death toll exceeds 200 in Tripoli fighting: WHO (Reuters)

• Brazil top court criticized for order to block news stories (Washington Post)

• Peace conference in jeopardy as Taliban object to Afghan delegation (NY Times)

• Gunmen ambush Pakistan bus, killing 14 (NY Times)

• Pro-EU alliance heads for majority but eurosceptic vote to rise: EU election survey (Reuters)

• Iraqi prime minister makes first visit to Saudi Arabia (Al Jazeera)

• At University of Colorado, a breach in football’s wall (NY Times)

Global News 4/15/19 – How China uses AI to profile Uighurs, Sudanese military promises civilian cabinet, and measles outbreak in Madagascar kills 1,200

Shoppers lined up for identification checks outside the Kashgar Bazaar last fall. Members of the largely Muslim Uighur minority have been under Chinese surveillance and persecution for years. Credit Paul Mozur

This Monday, an NY Times exposé of China’s surveillance of its Uighur population, the Sudanese military vows to install a civilian Cabinet in face of protests, and 1,200 killed, thousands more infected by measles in Madagascar. Read more below.

• One month, 500,000 face scans: How China is using A.I. to profile a minority (NY Times)

• New ruling Sudan military council promises civilian Cabinet (AP)

• Measles outbreak kills more than 1,200 in Madagascar (AP)

• New fears of hot war between Russia and the US (AP)

• The Death of an Adjunct (The Atlantic)

• UK under-18s face 'like' and 'streaks' bans on social media (BBC)

• Finland's Social Democrats win slim victory as far right surges (AFP)

• Five years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing (AFP)

• Dispute with U.S. energy trader worsens Haiti's fuel crisis (Reuters)

• China takes Australia's Huawei 5G ban to WTO (Sydney Morning Herald)

• Jack Ma of Alibaba again endorses extreme overtime as furor rages on (Bloomberg)

• Gene-edited babies: What a Chinese scientist told an American mentor (NY Times)

• You’re a widow. Now what? (NY Times)

• Fukushima: Japan begins removal of nuclear fuel from reactor site (BBC)

• In Matteo Salvini’s Italy, good Is bad and ‘do-gooders’ are the worst (NY Times)