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)
Austrian government collapses over Russia scandal (Politico)
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 5/3/19 – India's most powerful cyclone in decades, Venezuelan plot unravels, UN alarmed at conditions for migrants in Yemen
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.
Venezuelan opposition left exposed after plot unravels (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)
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 5/1/19 – Venezuela roiled by protests, African Union sets deadline for Sudan, and India launches
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)
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)
Global News 4/30/19 – Asylum seekers face new restraints, ISIS leader is back, and Guidó calls for Maduro's overthrow
This Tuesday, asylum seekers face new restraints under latest Trump orders, ISIS leader Baghdadi is back, Venezuela's Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video, Sudan military and protesters fail to reach deal and world military expenditure grows to $1.8 trillion in 2018.
ISIS leader Baghdadi is back (Axios)
Venezuela: Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video (The Guardian)
World military expenditure grows to $1.8 trillion in 2018 (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
France harassment law hands out 447 fines in first months (BBC)
'Our water pollution is a cancer’ – Iraqi “waterkeeper” (BBC)
Emperor Akihito: Japanese monarch declares historic abdication (BBC)
Former U.S. diplomats lobby to stop South Sudan war crimes court (Foreign Policy)
Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch - mercenaries for Venezuela (Reuters)
Trump pushes to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group (NY Times)
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
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)
New headlines out of Sri Lanka:
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)