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European leaders meet on response to US Ukraine shift
European leaders met on Monday for emergency talks in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron to agree a coordinated response to a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by the new US administration of Donald Trump.Macron held telephone talks with Trump just before the summit, the French presidency said.
NBC News
New DNC chair kicks off multistate tour as he takes over the party
Ken Martin, the newly installed chair of the Democratic National Committee, is kicking off his first major trip as party leader in an effort for the organization to “get out of D.C.”
AFP
Muhsin Hendricks: S.Africa's gay imam who broke the mould
Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam who was gunned down last weekend in South Africa, stood as a man who valued authenticity -- both in action and words. On returning to South Africa, he married a woman from Cape Town in 1991.
AFP
WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal
The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was "now or never" to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, after the United States withdrew from negotiations.Spark Street Advisors, a health sector consultancy, said the world had changed since the last negotiations in December, with the global multilateral system "under siege".
AFP
Families of Israeli hostages in Gaza mark 500 days of captivity
Holding pictures of their loved ones, families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza marked 500 days of captivity on Monday, urging authorities to secure their release.Relatives of some hostages gathered in parliament, holding up pictures of those still held in Gaza -- 70 out of 251 people abducted during the 2023 attack.
Associated Press
Top Greek scientist says the Santorini earthquake outlook remains uncertain
The Greek government’s chief seismologist says the frequency of earthquakes affecting Santorini and nearby islands has eased in recent days, but that the outlook for continued tremors in the coming weeks remains uncertain. A state of emergency has been declared on Santorini and the nearby islands of Ios, Amorgos, and Anafi after a swarm of undersea earthquakes this month – sometimes felt every few minutes – prompted thousands of residents and workers to move to the Greek mainland.
Associated Press
Trump nominates Ed Martin, an ally who defended Jan. 6 rioters, to stay as top DC federal prosecutor
Conservative activist Ed Martin, who echoed Donald Trump's baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and defended Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by the president on Monday to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington on a permanent basis. Martin had been serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on an interim basis since just after Trump, a Republican, was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 20. “Since Inauguration Day, Ed has been doing a great job as Interim U.S. Attorney, fighting tirelessly to restore Law and Order, and make our Nation’s Capital Safe and Beautiful Again,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Associated Press
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry. The visit by Liu Zhongyi, China’s vice minister of public security and commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, was part of a stepped-up effort by the three countries to address the online scam problem, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai told reporters. Areas of Myanmar bordering Thailand have been serving as havens for criminal syndicates employing an estimated hundreds of thousands of people from Southeast Asia and elsewhere who help carry out online scams including false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.
AFP
Italy probing Amazon over 1.2b euros in third-party seller VAT
Italian prosecutors are examining whether online giant Amazon.com evaded 1.2 billion euros in value-added tax (VAT) it should have paid on behalf of certain third-party sellers, sources told AFP Monday.The Italian law came ahead of a reform of EU e-commerce rules, which took effect in July 2021, that sought to simplify how online platforms collect VAT. A review of transactions from 2019 to 2021 by Italy's financial crime police found "unpaid VAT" by Amazon amounting to 1.2 billion euros, a sour
CBS News
"Devastating flooding" hits small town of Pikeville, Kentucky
In Pikeville, Kentucky, a town with a population of roughly 7,000 people, "nearly every home" in one neighborhood saw flooding impacts, the mayor said.
The Conversation
Trump has purged the Kennedy Center’s board, which in turn made him its chair – why does that matter?
This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization jeopardize that big source of funding?
AFP
Israeli military set to miss Lebanon withdrawal deadline despite pushback
Israel was poised to again miss a deadline for withdrawing its troops from Lebanon after the military said Monday it would remain in five "strategic points" despite pushback from Beirut."Based on the current situation, we will leave small amounts of troops deployed temporarily in five strategic points along the border in Lebanon," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told journalists on Monday.
Politico
A Warning to Trump Targets: The Law Isn’t on Your Side
The law protecting defendants from vindictive prosecutions wasn’t built for the Trump era.
USA TODAY
Storm brings flooding rain, widespread power outages to multiple states: See photos
A powerful storm brought flooding rain and widespread power outages to portions of Kentucky and Tennessee, among other states, this past weekend.
AFP
France cuts prison activities to smooth facial massage outcry
France's powerful justice minister on Monday announced the government was restricting nearly all recreational activities for prisoners after it emerged inmates from one institution had been offered facial massages.The FO Justice union had last week angrily denounced the offering of facial massages to prisoners at a prison in the southern city of Toulouse.
CNN
Disconnected helplines, undiagnosed HIV cases and unfinished classrooms: Ukraine counts the costs of USAID suspension
Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly cut last month.
CNN
Hamas rejects disarmament, vows to fight ‘Israel’s agents’ in Gaza after the war
A senior Hamas official said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave.
AFP
Pope's condition 'complex', hospital stay extended: Vatican
Pope Francis, hospitalised for bronchitis four days ago, faces a "complex clinical picture" that will require the 88-year-old to stay longer than originally expected, the Vatican said on Monday."All the tests carried out until now are indicative of a complex clinical picture that will require adequate hospitalisation."
NBC News
New Zealand's 'everyone must go' tourism campaign mocked by locals heading for the exit
A New Zealand tourism campaign called “Everyone Must Go” is drawing derision at a time when New Zealanders themselves are leaving the country in droves.
Reuters
Italy's Meloni vows to overcome all obstacles to Albanian migrant deal
Italy's prime minister on Monday vowed to push ahead with a plan to deport irregular migrants to camps built in Albania, which has been stalled by national judges, saying the government had a popular mandate to curb arrivals. Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government has built two facilities in the Balkan country to hold migrants while processing their asylum requests, but Rome courts have issued repeated counter orders, bringing anyone taken there to Italy. The judges have cited doubts over the scheme's compliance with a recent ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which questioned the legality of repatriating migrants to nations that might not be considered totally safe.

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