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• World at Large: Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected
  IEA chief warns commercial oil inventories are depleting rapidly, only weeks left
  Almost All Non-Iran Tankers That Entered The Persian Gulf During The War, Have Successfully Exited With A Cargo
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US Holding Off 'Planned' Attack On Iran At Request Of Gulf Allies, 'Deal Will Be Made'
  San Diego mosque shooting: What we know about the victims and the attackers
  Oil prices rise after Trump warns Iran over stalled peace talks
• China: Marcos says Philippines would be involved in any Taiwan conflict
  US Secures $17 Billion Annual Chinese Commitment For U.S. Farm Goods
  China denounces Taiwan foreign minister's Geneva visit amid WHO assembly
• Russia: Belarus Rattles Europe With Drills Involving Russian Tactical Nukes
  Belarus launches drills involving Russian nuclear weapons
  More than half of Russian companies already implementing AI — PM
• United Kingdom: Former UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces bid to replace Starmer
  
  
• India: India rejects Hague court ruling on Indus Water Treaty, says pact remains in abeyance
  Russia, America, and the Gulf Are All Bidding to Supply India’s $52B Oil Needs
  
• France: Sweden Selects France’s Naval Group for $5 Billion Frigate Deal
  
  
• Germany: Greece to Pay Off €6.9 Billion in June, Ending Its Run as Eurozone's Most Indebted Nation
  "Closely Monitoring The Situation": Germany Fears Next Migration Wave After Spanish PM Welcomes Hundreds Of thousands Of Illegals
  Germany to deploy Patriot air defense unit to Türkiye under NATO mission
• Japan: Japanese Bonds Crater After PM Takaichi Prepares To Issue Much More Debt To Pay For Gasoline Subsidies
  Japan Lower House passes bill to create disaster management agency
  Japanese prime minister travels to meet South Korea president for second leg of hometown summits
• Spain: Spanish PM Sánchez's party suffers historic loss in key Andalusia regional election
  
  
• Canada: ‘Failed to make credible progress’: U.S. pausing long-standing military board with Canada
  Canadian national health agency confirms positive hantavirus test
  
• Australia: WHO Director-General opens 79th World Health Assembly
  
  
• South and Central America: Humanitarian aid ship from Mexico and Uruguay arrives in Havana
  Cuba warns of ‘bloodbath’ as US imposes new sanctions amid rising tensions
  Lawfare? Royal Caribbean Sinks After Mexican President Orders Review Of Resort Project
• Saudi Arabia Pakistan Deploys Thousands Of Troops, Jet Fighter Squadron To Saudi Arabia
  UAE Paid New York Firm Millions To Bury Article On Ambassador's Links To Sex Traffickers: Report
  
• Continental Africa: Kenya paralyzed by deadly protests, strikes due to fuel cost
  Gunmen abduct 39 students, 7 teachers in attacks on Nigeria schools
  

• White House:
  Iran's new offer is insufficient, risks war resumption: senior U.S. official
  President Trump’s Intel Deal and Soaring Markets Prove America First Works
  President Donald J. Trump Announces Expansion of TrumpRx.gov to Bring Americans Transparency and Choice on Everyday Medicines
• State Department:
  Greenland says US talks make progress but island is not for sale
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Joint Interagency Task Force 401 Awards $500 Million Counter-UAS Contract
  Russia Reports: United States to conduct test launch of nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM on May 20
  Army Advances Barracks Modernization Efforts to Improve Quality of Life
• Justice (DOJ):
  Software CEO Convicted In Massive $1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors
  President Trump Directs DOJ Probe Of Maryland's 500,000 "Illegal" Mail-In Ballots
  
• Senate:
  Senate parliamentarian deals blow to $1B security proposal for White House
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC (24-1238): Held that a negligent hiring claim involving motor vehicle safety is not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act
  Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties (25-83): Addressed federal court jurisdiction over arbitral awards after a stay under the Federal Arbitration Act
  

• U.S. Treasury sell-off eases, traders eye highest 30-year yield since 1999
  Combined NextEra-Dominion Would Have 130-GW Large-Load Pipeline Creating Largest Public Utility
  Ryanair has plans for 'Armageddon' scenario as CFO warns weaker European carriers may not survive jet fuel crunch

• This Pompeii victim was likely a doctor trying to help survivors
  Undersea volcanic eruption visible from space
  

• Pope Leo launches Vatican commission on artificial intelligence
  OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site
  

• Over 2,000 Sudanese Refugees Return Home From Egypt and Libya
  Mysterious giant sharks that outlived the dinosaurs lurking in Puget Sound
  

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