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Kerala politics LIVE: All eyes on Congress equations in Satheesan’s home turf ahead of Cabinet formation
[The Hindu] — 5/16/2026, 4:05:44 AMAsia

Differences over Kerala Chief Minister selection will be resolved smoothly, says K.C. Venugopal

Ukrainian plane carrying explosives grounded in Trinidad and Tobago
[The Hindu] — 5/16/2026, 4:05:10 AMAsia

The plane, coming from the Bahamas, landed on Thursday (May 14) at Piarco International Airport in Port of Spain to refuel and was then due to fly on to Libya via Cape Verde, raising police suspicions

UAE pushed GCC to join coordinated war against Iran, bloomberg reports
[Middle East Eye] — 5/16/2026, 4:05:07 AMMiddle East

UAE pushed GCC to join coordinated war against Iran, bloomberg reports Bloomberg reported that the United Arab Emirates unsuccessfully attempted to persuade fellow members of the Gulf Cooperation Council to join a coordinated military campaign against Iran during the early stages of the US-Israeli...

Resource Curse? The only school in this Akwa Ibom oil community lies in ruins
Resource Curse? The only school in this Akwa Ibom oil community lies in ruins
[Premium Times Nigeria] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:06 AMAfrica

Between May 2023 and December 2025, the administration of Governor Umo Eno received N2.53 trillion in revenue, with the largest chunk coming from the 13 per cent oil derivation fund. The post Resource Curse? The only school in this Akwa Ibom oil community lies in ruins appeared first on Premium...

Eurovision 2026 : la participation d’Israël suscite la controverse
[Le Monde] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:03 AMInternational

De manière inédite, cinq pays (l’Espagne, l’Irlande, l’Islande, les Pays-Bas et la Slovénie) boycottent l’événement pour protester contre la présence d’un candidat de l’Etat hébreu. Des manifestions propalestiniennes sont prévues, samedi 16 mai, dans la capitale autrichienne, où se déroule la...

Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast
[The Guardian] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:02 AMWorld

The US supreme court dealt a devastating blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states cannot consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority-Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm...

Brussels, a city without garbage containers
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

In the European capital, a door-to-door collection model for sorted waste is the primary system of trash disposal, but the system is being questioned

The flip side of New York’s skyline: Crumbling public housing
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

One in 20 New Yorkers, mostly African Americans and Latinos, live in aging buildings. Refurbishing them would be more expensive than tearing them down

Venezuela: The risk of changing so everything stays the same
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

The opposition, which is awaiting US support to move forward with a schedule for elections, is skeptical about the institutional reforms undertaken by the government

The Indigenous leaders who saved Guatemala’s election have spent a year in jail on ‘terrorism’ charges
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

Amnesty International considers Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, who prevented the derailment of the election result in 2023, to be prisoners of conscience

Takeshi Yoro, anatomist: ‘In Japan, we don’t see a robot as a threat: it’s simply another form of presence in the world’
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

The 88-year-old Japanese physician swapped autopsies for popular science writing. In his best-seller, he argues that we have vast amounts of information but fail to understand one another because of an ‘invisible wall’ made up of prejudice, bias, self-assurance, and the failure to listen

Reyna Grande, author: ‘Trying to find the joy is an act of resistance’
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

In ‘Migrant Heart’, her latest book published this week, the writer debuts in the essay genre and reflects on the psychological wounds resulting from her family relationships and her experience as an undocumented migrant

How Trump is inadvertently driving US support for the Catholic Church
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

The pope’s latest symbolic rebuke to the president is appointing a Salvadoran who entered the country as an undocumented migrant as bishop

Underinvestment, crumbling walls and rave parties: Spain doesn’t know what to do with its castles
[El Pais] — 5/16/2026, 4:00:00 AMInternational

Experts are calling for an updated official inventory to fully understand the state of the fortifications and halt their progressive deterioration: more than half are in danger of collapsing

Video: Araghchi says US-Iran talks ‘suffering from lack of trust’
[Middle East Eye] — 5/16/2026, 3:56:04 AMMiddle East

Video: Araghchi says US-Iran talks ‘suffering from lack of trust’ Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that ongoing US-Iran negotiations are “suffering from the lack of trust", emphasising that Tehran seeks clear and well-defined terms before agreeing to any deal. Speaking in New...

UN expert condemns Israeli response to sexual abuse allegations
[Middle East Eye] — 5/16/2026, 3:53:04 AMMiddle East

UN expert condemns Israeli response to sexual abuse allegations Francesca Albanese criticised Israel’s foreign ministry after it described a New York Times article documenting alleged sexual abuse against Palestinians in Israeli prisons as “hideous and distorted lies” and announced plans to file a...

Stolen car involved in alleged shooting spotted at SA prison staff car park days earlier
[ABC News (Australia)] — 5/16/2026, 3:52:54 AMAustralia

The Public Service Association is calling for urgent and immediate security upgrades after a stolen car allegedly involved in a shooting was seen at the Yatala Labour Prison in the days before the incident.

Breaking: Trump says the US has killed second-in-command ISIS leader
[ABC News (Australia)] — 5/16/2026, 3:51:49 AMAustralia

US President Donald Trump says American and Nigerian forces have killed the second-in-command leader of ISIS.

FDA turmoil deepens as top drug chief departs claiming she was fired
[The Guardian US] — 5/16/2026, 3:48:44 AMUS

Dr Tracy Beth Høeg, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, says she was fired from agency after declining to resign In a major shake-up at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), top regulators left on Friday – including Tracy Beth Høeg, the acting drug chief, who says she was...

Trump: “Eliminato Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, secondo in comando dell'Isis a livello globale”
[La Repubblica] — 5/16/2026, 3:47:29 AMInternational

il presidente Usa: “Operazione condotta da forze statunitensi e nigeriane”