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Why Many Hawaiians Are Making Las Vegas Their Home

New York Times The scenery can’t compare. So why are Hawaiians increasingly moving there? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/hawaii-las-vegas-migration.html

How Ukraine Reversed the Momentum in Bakhmut

New York Times Seizing an opening as Russia rotated troops, Ukraine pressed ahead with three days of maneuvers that gained ground on the flanks of Bakhmut. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/europe/ukraine-bakhmut.html

Eric Adams’s Criticism of Biden Angers Aides and Reveals Democratic Rift

New York Times The New York mayor has loudly blamed President Biden for an influx of migrants, amplifying concerns many Democrats share but irritating Mr. Biden’s aides and weakening his political position. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/eric-adams-biden-democrats.html

G7 countries express commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons — statement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The G7 leaders also reaffirmed “the importance of disarmament and non-proliferation efforts to create a more stable and safer world” https://tass.com/world/1620491

G7 countries reaffirm commitment to maintaining stability around Taiwan — statement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. There is no change in the basic positions of the G7 members on Taiwan, including stated one China policies https://tass.com/world/1620489

G7 countries call on Iran to stop supporting Russia in Ukrainian conflict — statement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In particular, The Group of Seven call upon Iran to cease transferring armed UAVs https://tass.com/world/1620487

Iranian leader of women trafficking network executed by Islamic Republic

Jerusalem Post Shahrouz Sokhnori was sentenced to death and found guilty of corruption for trafficking women across the Middle East and Asia. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-743647

Russian general, who ordered to break through border to Kharkiv Oblast, served notice of suspicion

Pravda Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has collected evidence on Lieutenant General Andrei Ruzinski, the commander of the 11th Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, and served him with notice of the suspicion. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/20/7403069/

US Embassy in Brazil releases instructional video on the ‘importance of using neutral pronouns’

Fox News The U.S. Embassy in Brasília, Brazil, published a video teaching the “importance” of using gender-neutral pronouns, including “xe/xem” and “ze/hir.” The video was posted to the Embassy’s social media on Wednesday for the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The video description said there is a “range of gender identities beyond male…

Lawyers: Nouri’s solitary confinement ‘world record’, jail treatment ‘heinous’

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Lawyers of Iranian national Hamid Nouri, who has been illegally detained in Sweden for more than three years, criticize his trial process and the way he is being treated in jail, saying the…