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 5/20/19 – 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)

Global News 4/29/19 – Socialists win Spain election, Sudan military & opposition agree on joint council, Algeria top general target of protests

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain delivering a speech at an election night rally in Madrid on Sunday. His party claimed victory after winning 123 of the 350 seats in Parliament. Credit Javier Soriano/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This Monday, Socialists win Spain election amid far-right breakthrough, Sudan’s military and opposition agree on joint council after Bashir ousting, Algeria’s army chief a top target in 10th week of protests, synagogue shooting keeps religious leaders on edge: ‘No one should be gunned down in worship,’ and Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move.

• Spain election: Socialists win amid far-right breakthrough (BBC)

• Sudan's military and opposition agree on joint council after Bashir ousting (The Guardian)

• Algeria’s army chief a top target in 10th week of protests (AP)

• Synagogue shooting keeps religious leaders on edge: ‘No one should be gunned down in worship’ (NY Times)

• Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move (Reuters)

• Venezuelan government denounces regional OAS forum (AP)

• Pope donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico (BBC)

• Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes (BBC)

• Xi: China wants to expand sprawling infrastructure project (AP)

• Saudi fugitives accused of serious crimes get help to flee while U.S. officials look the other way (ProPublica)

• TurboTax deliberately hide its free file page from search engines (ProPublica)

• Syrian refugees toil on Turkey’s hazelnut farms with little to show for it (NY Times)

• “No one feels safe here”: Life in Alabama’s prisons (NY Times)

• Pakistan’s war on polio falters amid attacks on health workers and mistrust (NY Times)

• Partisan bickering over Puerto Rico aid strands farmers devastated by extreme weather (NY Times)

• 1 big thing: Youthful minorities will drive elections (Axios)

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)