France’s Macron woos conservative moderates as row simmers with ally

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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens to mark the abolition of slavery and to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade, in Paris, France, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

France’s Macron woos conservative moderates as row simmers with ally

Reuters
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens to mark the abolition of slavery and to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade, in Paris, France, May 10, 2017.

Trump’s Comey firing sets off new round of leaks

The Hill
President Trump is besieged by internal leaks as he tries to weather the fallout from his firing of FBI director James Comey. Media reports about the run-up to Trump’s decision paint him as isolated and consumed by anger and paranoia, prompting

North Korea writes rare letter to House protesting new sanctions

USA TODAY
For weeks, North Korea has been in high-outrage mode because President Trump has threatened it with military action over its ballistic and nuclear weapons tests, and over its claims that it thwarted a CIA plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un with a

Belt and Road Initiative: China Plans $1 Trillion New ‘Silk Road’

NBCNews.com
Workers package bricks of tea leaves for export in Wuyi, China, on Thursday. Their company plans to export on trade routes being developed as part of China’s “Belt and Road” trade initiative.

AP fact check: No, Trump didn’t invent ‘prime the pump’

The Mercury News
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump took credit in an interview for coining the phrase “prime the pump,” seemingly unaware that it was popularized during the Great Depression more than 80 years ago and has been used frequently ever since.

Changes to visa program could set back Kushner family’s real estate company

Washington Post
Changes to a controversial visa program under consideration by the Trump administration could hurt a real estate project partially owned by the family of White House adviser Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.

General election 2017: May targets Labour’s ‘deserted’ voters

BBC News
Conservative PM Theresa May will claim Labour has “deserted” working-class voters as she campaigns in the north-east of England on Friday.

In Afghanistan, Trump Is Poised to Re-Escalate a Hopeless War

The Atlantic
Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter. Republicans are supposedly becoming more nationalistic, less willing to bear the burdens of global empire.

Bomb kills 25 as it hits convoy of the Pakistan Senate deputy

Reuters
FILE PHOTO – Ghafoor Haideri speaks during an anti-U.S. rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 31, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/File Photo.

US-backed Syrian forces expects Raqqa assault soon, await weapons

Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters warm themselves by a fire on the bank of the Euphrates river, west of Raqqa city, Syria April 8, 2017.

Mexican mum who investigated daughter’s death is killed

BBC News
A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed. Miriam Rodríguez Martínez was shot in her home in the town of San Fernando in Tamaulipas state.

Former UK PM Blair says Northern Ireland peace deal needs Brexit amendment

Reuters
Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at a meeting of the European People’s Party in Wicklow, Ireland, May 12, 2017.

South Korea’s New Leader Abolishes State-Issued History Textbooks

New York Times
A high school in Seoul, South Korea. The three history books prepared by the government were meant to instill patriotism, but critics accused them of minimizing the darker chapters of Korean history.

Vice President Mike Pence Met Privately With Top Russian Cleric

TIME
A top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin met privately with Vice President Mike Pence Thursday morning and urged the U.S.

13 students, driver hurt in school bus crash near St. Louis

ABC News
The top of the damaged school bus is seen as first responders clean up after a school bus crashed near Kirkwood, Mo., on Thursday, May 11, 2017.

Iran election: Could women decide the next president?

BBC News
When Iranians go to the polls to choose a new president next Friday, all the names on the ballot paper will be male. In the nearly four-decade history of the Islamic Republic, no woman has been allowed to stand for the top office.

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