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Police deploy in schools in Serbia as opposition plan march

Washington Post Police have deployed in schools throughout Serbia in an effort to restore a shaken sense of security following two mass shootings last week — including one in a primary school — that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/serbia-shootings-schools-protest/4903e8f4-ed8f-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

The New Surge at the Border

New York Times The new surge at the U.S.-Mexico border highlights a broader reality about immigration policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/briefing/migrants-southern-border-surge-title-42.html

Russia Launches Large Wave of Drones at Ukraine’s Capital

New York Times Ukraine’s Air Force said that it shot down all of the drones, the fourth large-scale assault on Kyiv this month. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/08/world/russia-ukraine-bakhmut-wagner-news

China says relations with the U.S. must be stabilized, avoid ‘downward spiral’

Washington Post The meeting with the U.S. ambassador could lead to more senior-level exchanges after high-level contacts were frozen with the discovery of a Chinese balloon floating over the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/china-us-qin-burns-relations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Heavy rains lead to flooded roads, basements in Germany

Washington Post Heavy rains in southwestern Germany have flooded roads and basements, forced train routes to close temporarily, and left some residents trapped in their homes because they were surrounded by water https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/germany-floods-baden-wuerttemberg-rhineland-palatinate/4da49970-ed8b-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia vows on Victory Day to crush ‘neo-nazism’ in Ukraine as Zelenskyy marks World War II holiday

Fox News Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev commemorated his country’s Victory Day on Tuesday — which marked the defeat of Nazis in Germany — by defending Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In a lengthy tweet Monday, Medvedev, also the deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said Russia would defeat the “hideous…

UN calls on Taliban to end public executions, lashings and stonings in Afghanistan

Fox News The United Nations slammed the Taliban on Monday for continuing its use of public executions, lashings and stonings since taking control of Afghanistan nearly two years ago. According to a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, 274 men, 58 women and two boys have been publicly flogged in…

Macron leads ceremony marking end of WWII in Europe

Washington Post French President Emmanuel Macron has led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday commemorating May 8, the day that marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/fe-day-macron-france/0de9125a-ed83-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Homemade, Cheap and Lethal, Attack Drones Are Vital to Ukraine

New York Times Fighting superior Russian firepower, Ukrainian forces turn off-the-shelf drones into deadly weapons by adapting them to carry explosives. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-attack-drones.html

Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage

New York Times The annual spectacle, featuring fanciful caravans and riders on horseback, and is arguably the most potent visual representation of Andalusian culture. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/travel/el-rocio-pilgrimage-spain.html