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 4/30/19 – Asylum seekers face new restraints, ISIS leader is back, and Guidó calls for Maduro's overthrow

Customs and Border Protection agents with migrants hoping to apply for asylum at the border between Mexico and the United States. Credit Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

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.

• Asylum seekers face new restraints under latest Trump orders (NY Times)

• ISIS leader Baghdadi is back (Axios)

• Venezuela: Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video (The Guardian)

• Sudan military and protesters fail to reach deal (BBC)

• 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)

• 'More than 90 Ebola cases in four days' in DR Congo (BBC)

• Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch - mercenaries for Venezuela (Reuters)

• Trump pushes to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group (NY Times)

• Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, said that he would leave the Justice Department on May 11. (NY Times)

• Workers sending $700 billion back home (Axios)

• Data du jour: How's democracy working for you? (Axios)

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 4/17/19 – AG Barr withholds bail from asylum seekers, hundreds of Denver/Front Range schools close as FBI searches for Columbine-obsessed woman

Asylum seekers last week in Tijuana, Mexico, at the El Chaparral port of entry. Credit Guillermo Arias/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

This Wednesday, AG Barr denies bail to asylum seekers, hundreds of Denver schools close due to Columbine-obsessed woman, Trump vetoes bill to end US involvement in Yemen war, & Mulvaney destroys a consumer protection agency.

• In new effort to deter migrants, Barr withholds bail to asylum seekers (NY Times)

• Denver/Front Range schools close as FBI hunt 'Columbine-obsessed’ woman as 20th anniversary nears (NY Times)

• ‘When glaciers disappear, those species will go extinct’ (NY Times)

• Trump vetoes measure to force end to U.S. involvement in Yemen war (NY Times)

• Mick Mulvaney’s master class in destroying a bureaucracy from within (NY Times)

• Trump to increase pressure on Cuba by lifting lawsuit limits (NY Times)

• Indonesia's 'everyman' leader on track to beat firebrand ex-general (AFP)

• Venezuelans receive first Red Cross aid amid crisis (BBC)

• UN: Crisis prompted 60,000 Nicaraguans to flee in past year (VOA) 

• At least 32 people killed as severe weather slams India (Al Jazeera) 

• Israel is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS support (Vox)

• Iran parliament brands US troops in Middle East as terrorist (The Guardian)

• Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears (BBC)

• Gun research is suddenly hot (NY Times)

• EU law fixes minimum rights for 'gig economy’ workers (BBC)