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Scientists: humanity has exceeded the safe and just limits for four of Earth's five systems. Aerosol pollution is the sole exception — theconversation.com — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

House passes bill to raise debt ceiling — thehill.com — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

New US aid package for Ukraine will total about $300 million and include munitions for drones — AP.com — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon kills 5 Palestinian fighters, wounds 10 — ground.news: 55 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo gather in northern town after clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers — ground.news: 24 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Brazil's Indigenous people protest as lawmakers voted on 29 May to limit their land rights — ground.news: 30 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Trustee of bankrupt bank died by suicide, no foul play found in fall from building but family demand new investigation — ground.news: 9 media reports — 1 June 2023 (LINK)

Iran resolves two outstanding inquiries of International Atomic Energy Agency: Report — ground.news: ap / 49 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don't rule out lab leak but Chinese officials have investigated the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and found no "wrongdoing" in the lab: first indication by top Chinese scientist that Beijing takes lab leak theory seriously: nearly 7m people have died — ground.news: 33 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Sudanese army suspends ceasefire talks — ground.news: 72 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

UN appeals court increases sentences for 2 Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan wars — ground.news: 56 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Evacuation alert, sirens cause panic in Seoul after North Korea failed military satellite launch — ground.news: 15 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Thirteen members of the same family have died in Namibia after eating porridge that authorities believe became toxic when it was mixed with a fermented substance left over from a homemade alcoholic beverage, the state broadcaster reported — ground.news: 15 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president with one vote majority — ground.news: 33 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Jordan Celebrates First Major Royal Wedding in Years on 1 June — ground.news: 48 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

Zimbabwe presidential and parliamentary polls set for 23 August — ground.news: 20 media reports — 31 May 2023 (LINK)

WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere — news.un.org — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Humanitarian group MSF calls for support for refugees in Kenya affected by cholera crisis — ground.news: 38 media reports — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

US slaps sanctions on Chinese, Mexican entities in fentanyl action — ground.news: 17 media reports — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

US bombers fly over Bosnia in sign of support amid continued secessionist threats — ground.news: 20 media reports — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Twitter to exit Europe? Elon Musk pulls Twitter out of EU agreement to fight disinformation — www.firstpost.com — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine updates: Evacuations in Kyiv after new drone assault — dw.com — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

India's northeast remains on edge after ethnic clashes as home minister plans visit — ground.news: 16 media reports — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder to report to Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence — independent.co.uk — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison — AP.com — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Catchup: 15+ things that disappeared from society but no one noticed. Do you miss them too? — medium.com — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

Long COVID's 200 Symptoms Have Been Narrowed Down To Just 12 — iflscience.com — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

McCain makes executive office changes at WFP — www.devex.com — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Thousands evacuated as Philippines warns of possible flooding, landslides from Typhoon Mawar — ground.news: 54 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

UN Agencies Warn of Starvation Risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, Call for Urgent Aid — ground.news: 45 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots' — (LINK)

Libyan Court Sentences 23 IS Militants to Death and 14 to life in prison for their role in an Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015 — ground.news: 31 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukrainian capital with a more common nighttime barrage — ground.news: 100 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Russia damages Ukraine's Odesa port following drone attack — ground.news: 12 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris — ground.news: 55 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing 'to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus' — cnn.com — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Turkey's President Erdogan seals election victory to enter third decade in power — ground.news: 258 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Rescue groups say Malta coordinated the return of 500 migrants to Libya instead of saving them — ground.news: 19 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Ex-El Salvador President Mauricio Funes sentenced to 14 years for negotiating with gangs — ground.news: 51 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Seven plead guilty at start of Hong Kong legislature storming trial — ground.news: 7 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses bid to terminate national security trial — ground.news: media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Closed court trial begins for Iranian journalist arrested for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death — ground.news: 18 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Teenage girl in Guyana charged as adult with 19 counts of murder in dormitory fire after confiscation of cellphone — ground.news: 30 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Nepal honors Sherpa guides, climbers to mark 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest — ground.news: 23 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Jewish Settlers Erect Religious School in Evacuated West Bank Outpost After Israel Repeals Ban — ground.news: 19 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

India files graft case against Britain's BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce for "criminal conspiracy" in the procurement and licensed manufacturing of 123 advanced jet trainers — ground.news: 20 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Venice's Grand Canal briefly turns fluorescent green: due to fluorescein, a substance used to test wastewater networks — afp / the guardian.com — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Biden, McCarthy reach tentative US debt ceiling deal — reuters.com — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

— The deal would suspend the debt limit through January of 2025, while capping spending in the 2024 and 2025 budgets, claw back unused COVID funds, speed up the permitting process for some energy projects and includes some extra work requirements for food aid programs for poor Americans.

Report: At least 153 people arrested under special powers have died in Salvadoran prisons — ground.news: 17 media reports — 29 May 2023 (LINK)

Insurers Leave U.N. Climate Alliance Over ESG Pushback And Antitrust Claims — forbes.com ● — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison — aapnews.com — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

Gunmen kill two rangers in Congo's Virunga National Park — ground.news: 11 media reports — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie — ground.news: 75 media reports — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

Russian oligarch Melnichenko 'may be forced to leave Switzerland' — swissinfo.ch — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

Avalanche in northern Pakistan kills 11 members of nomadic tribe — ground.news: 60 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)

Major Hong Kong democratic party disbands amid China security clampdown — ground.news: 36 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)

Google withdraws Slavery Simulator game after racism outcry in Brazil — ground.news: 26 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)

Bill Gates' alleged former Russian lover linked to Kremlin spy Anna Chapman — ground.news: 7 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)

Yellen says US will run out of money by June 5 if debt ceiling not raised — thehill.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Insurers Leave U.N. Climate Alliance Over ESG Pushback And Antitrust Claims — forbes.com ● — 28 May 2023 (LINK)

U.S., Mexico ask WHO for emergency declaration over deadly fungal outbreak — cbsnews.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

67,000 accounts shut, 1.4 million social media posts deleted in China's latest crackdown on free speech — ground.news: 17 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Weather experts predict 'near normal' season, with 5 to 9 potential hurricanes — news.un.org — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

UN delivers aid to 5.4m, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines — source — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

UNESCO unveils new AI roadmap for classrooms — news.un.org — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote for alleged violations of electoral law — ground.news: 13 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Trump Rolled Back Decades Of Clean Water Protections. The Supreme Court Just Went Even Further — huffpost.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Swiss researchers use a wireless BCI to help a spinal injury patient walk more naturally — engadget.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

World Bank approves $300 million financing to help the poor in Lebanon — ground.news: 8 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

U.S., Mexico ask WHO for emergency declaration over deadly fungal outbreak — cbsnews.com — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists have released a report which states that the Taliban's severe restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan constitutes gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity — ground.news: 24 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Keeper killed by 40 crocodiles after falling into enclosure — ground.news: 15 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Iran frees jailed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele in prisoner exchange — ground.news: 62 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

British Cycling bars transgender women from competing in female category — ground.news: 45 media reports — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Most wanted Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa after decades on the run — ground.news: 82 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

US sanctions head of Russia's Wagner Group in Mali, accused of arms trafficking for Ukraine fight — ground.news: 37 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

Government-funded study creates first symptom-based long Covid definition, a step toward finding treatments — ground.news: 12 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

— Long COVID, or Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), includes 12 symptoms that present or persist more than 30 days after COVID-19 infection. Over 650 million people globally have been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Thousands of unidentified deep-sea species found in part of Pacific Ocean earmarked for mining — abc.net.au — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI — ground.news: 20 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

What causes sudden infant death syndrome? New study looks at brain 'abnormality' link — ground.news: 14 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

Cambodia's opposition disqualified from election, appeal fails — ground.news: 42 media reports — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

John Durham's Report Used Sketchy Intelligence That Might Be Russian Disinformation — — 25 May 2023 (LINK)

— The special counsel's 306-page report refers 65 times to the "Clinton Plan intelligence." That is a claim that Hillary Clinton, on July 26, 2016, approved a plan to "vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security services." Where does this supposed intelligence come from? Those very same Russian security services. The report notes that the "Clinton Plan intelligence" came from a "Russian intelligence analysis" that US intelligence agencies got their hands on.

Updated Pandemic Accord Draft Sees Watered Down Text on Publicly-Funded R&D; Pathogen Access and 'Benefit Sharing' Linkage Remain — healthpolicy-watch.news — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Cash-strapped UN human rights chief pleas for funds as crises clash and spiral — genevasolutions — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

ICRC to cut 1,800 jobs worldwide, 300 more than previously announced — swissinfo.ch — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns — tthe guardian.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

UN: Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million, including some 320K to neighboring countries — ground.news: 24 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

More than 1 million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN — ground.news: 17 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe — ground.news: 33 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Belarusian peace prize winner transferred to brutal prison — the guardian.oom.oom — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Top Female Alpinist Line van den Berg Dies in Switzerland — gripped.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

UNESCO names 18 new Global Geoparks — news.un.org — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Jan. 6 rioter who was seen in Pelosi's office is chided by judge at sentencing to 4.5 years in prison — abcnews.go.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

— U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper noted Barnett's lack of remorse, saying he didn't believe that Barnett was simply swept up in the rioting mob, as Barnett had testified. "You were an active participant," Cooper said.

Opposition parties to boycott new parliament inauguration by India's Modi — ground.news: 35 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Swiss court acquits Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape, sexual coercion in 2008 — ground.news: 24 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

— The court also decided to compensate the former Oxford University professor for his legal costs, awarding him up to 151,000 Swiss francs ($167,000), but rejecting his claim for moral damages. Woman's lawyers said they would appeal against the ruling. Brigitte was in her forties at the time of the alleged assault. She filed a complaint 10 years later, telling the court she felt emboldened to come forward following similar complaints filed against Ramadan in France. In France, he is suspected of committing rape against four women, between 2009 and 2016. He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford and held visiting roles at universities in Qatar and Morocco. He was forced to take a leave of absence in 2017 when rape allegations surfaced in France at the height of the "Me Too" movement.

95-year-old woman tasered by police in Australia dies, and charges against officer could be upgraded — ground.news: 81 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Red Sea epidemic of unknown pathagen kills off sea urchins, imperilling coral — ground.news: 36 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Texas man who tried to enter the Speaker's Lobby at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison — thehill.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

— More than 1,000 people have been arrested for crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach since the 2021 incident, according to the DOJ.

Boris Johnson severs ties with lawyers after police referral — reuters — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

US Issues Fresh North Korea Sanctions on 'Illicit' IT Workforce — ground.news: 18 media reports — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

Pakistan aims to produce 1 million AI-trained IT graduates by 2027 — cointelegraph.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

— Some of the intended use cases for AI in Pakistan include predicting the weather, agriculture supply chain optimization and health services transformation.

Tina Turner Dies at home near Zurich: Legendary Rock & Soul Singer Was 83 — deadline.com — 24 May 2023 (LINK)

WHO chief: World must prepare for deadlier outbreak than COVID-19 — ground.news: 17 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization — ground.news: 16 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Separatists kidnap 30 women in norhwest Cameroon for protesting taxes that were imposed on them by the English-speaking fighters: officials — ground.news: 27 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

World's Richest Man Loses $11 Billion After LVMH Stock Rout — bloomberg.com ● — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Germany issues arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank chief — ground.news: 13 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Russia's sanctioned interior minister visits Saudi Arabia just after trip by Ukraine's Zelenskyy — ground.news: 34 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

India makes cough syrup testing mandatory for exports — ground.news: 24 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

'A drastic alert': Almost half the world's species are seeing rapid population declines, new study finds — ground.news: 13 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

— The paper by researchers from Queen's University Belfast examines changes in population densities of more than 70,000 species of animals from across the world's surface over time, making it the most comprehensive research of its kind to date.

Regulators should focus on the benefits of crypto: European Web3 Summit 2023 — cointelegraph.com — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

— Irakli Beridze, the head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the United Nations (UN) said there is a need to shift the narrative of crypto being used by terrorists and criminals and highlight to policymakers that there are benefits to Web3 and crypto as a solution and not just "used by criminals to hide money."

Turkish drone strike kills several Yazidi fighters in Iraq — ground.news: 9 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Police officer who tasered 95-year-old in care home suspended: Great-grandmother Clare Nowland is on end of life care in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the incident — ground.news: 15 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time after less than a week — ground.news: 38 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Breakthrough study challenges beliefs on how much water humans need: the average daily water intake of a man in his twenties should be 1.5 to 1.8 liters, while it should be 1.3 to 1.4 liters for a female in the same age group, not 3.7 liters (or 125 ounces) of water per day for adult men and approximately 2.7 liters (or 91 ounces) of water per day for adult women — thebrighterside.news — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens — AP.com — 23 May 2023 (LINK)

Colombia suspends truce with major rebel group in flashpoint regions — ground.news:36 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Ireland to become first country in the world to put health warnings on alcohol — ground.news: 31 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Apple's tax on AI inventions has begun. It will cost OpenAI and others hundreds of millions of dollars a year. — Business Insider — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Iran's president appoints new official in powerful security post, replacing long time incumbent linked to an alleged British-Iranian spy who was recently executed — ground.news: 63 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Roof collapses at school in Thailand, killing 7 sheltering from rain — ground.news: 17 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Turkey's third-placed presidential election candidate backs Erdogan — CNN — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Meta Fined Record $1.2 Billion in EU Over US Data Transfers — ground.news: 342 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Close to 20% of Swiss wildlife on the verge of local extinction — swissinfo.ch — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

— A further 16% are classified as vulnerable, according to two reports released by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) on Monday to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity. In total, populations have declined by 30% over the past 10 years.

Biden gets low ratings on economy (33%), guns, immigration in AP-NORC Poll — ap / ground.news: 51 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)

Clashes and air strikes reported as Sudan ceasefire officially begins> — ground.news: 31 media reports — 22 May 2023 (LINK)