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 4/25/19 – 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 4/23/19 – Why did Sri Lanka not stop Sunday's attacks? Climate change has made the global wealth gap worse. New malaria vaccine to be tested.

Surveying the damage at St. Sebastians Church in Negombo on Monday. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times

This Tuesday, we found out that Sri Lanka was warned of attacks. Why didn’t it stop them? The global wealth gap would be smaller today without climate change. A new child malaria vaccine will be tested in Malawi. The Supreme Court will decide if the US Census can ask about citizenship. Read more below.

• Sri Lanka was warned of possible attacks. Why didn’t it stop them? (NY Times)

• Global wealth gap would be smaller today without climate change, study finds (NY Times)

• Innovative child malaria vaccine to be tested in Malawi (BBC)

• Can the census ask if you’re a citizen? The Supreme Court will decide. (NY Times)

• Five Algerian billionaires arrested in anti-graft investigation (Reuters)

• ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings (NY Times)

• Nigerian 'children killed' after car hits Easter parade in Gombe (BBC)

• Six Philippine troops killed in Communist rebel ambush on Samar island (South China Morning Post)

• More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine (South China Morning Post)

• 57-year-old woman arrested over Northern Ireland Journalist Lyra McKee's death (CNN)

• Bahrain's king reinstates citizenship of 551 tried in courts (BBC)

• A Texas couple who enslaved a West African girl for 16 years were sentenced to prison. (NY Times)

• Myanmar’s highest court upholds conviction of Reuters journalists (NY Times)

• ICE faces migrant detention crunch as border chaos spills into interior of the country (NY Times)

Global News 4/22/19 – 🌎 Earth Day 🌍 – Sri Lanka Easter bombings death toll rises to 290, CIA offers proof of Huawei connections to Chinese military, and the new push against Iranian oil exports

Relatives unloading the coffin on Monday of Sneha Savindi, 11, who was killed in a suicide bombing at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times

This Earth Day, more information about Sri Lanka’s terror attacks on Christians and foreigners, the CIA gives proof of Huawei’s connections to Chinese military, and the US makes new push against Iranian oil exports.

• Sri Lanka: Terrorist group is identified, and death toll rises (NY Times)

• Religious minorities across Asia suffer amid surge in sectarian politics (NY Times)

• CIA offers proof Huawei has been funded by China's military and intelligence (Forbes)

• The new push against Iranian oil exports (Axios)

• Two arresting Earth Day facts (Axios)

• Silicon Valley came to Kansas schools. That started a rebellion. (NY Times)

• Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide (BBC)

• Sudanese protesters suspend talks with military (AP)

• US arrests 'member of border militia' in New Mexico (BBC) 

• Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades (AP)

• Climate protesters march in London again; arrests hit 710 (AP)

• Syria war: IS 'kills 35' government troops in desert attacks (BBC)

• The giants at the heart of the opioid crisis (NY Times)

• Supreme Court to decide whether bias law covers gay and transgender workers (NY Times)

• Strong earthquake strikes Philippines, killing at least 5 (NY Times)