Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua Region Kill 8, Military Says

JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s ⁠military ⁠said on Thursday ⁠that armed separatists in the country’s ​easternmost province of Highland Papua killed eight civilians ‌in the region of ‌Yahukimo. • In a statement, ⁠military ⁠official M. Wirya Arthadiguna condemned the killing of eight ​civilians working in the region as gold miners, adding that the evacuation …

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Trump Administration Pressures Palestinian UN Envoy to Drop General Assembly Vice Presidency Bid

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration threatened to ⁠revoke ⁠the visas of the Palestinian delegation to ⁠the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the ​vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. In a cable dated Wednesday, …

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Asian Shares Surge After Oil Prices Slip and Wall Street Resumes Its AI Rally

Shares rallied Thursday across Asia, tracking gains on Wall Street after pressure from the bond market eased and oil prices fell back. The advance was also powered by a stronger-than-expected quarterly report from chipmaker Nvidia, whose profit rocketed more than 200% higher in the February-April quarter from a year earlier, while revenue jumped 85%. Nvidia …

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Australian Judge Fines X $465,000 for Online Safety Breach After 3-Year Court Battle

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge fined X Corp. 650,000 Australian dollars ($465,000) on Thursday for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog in 2023 about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content. Federal Court Justice Michael Wheelahan also ordered the Texas-based social media giant to pay AU$100,000 ($71,000) of eSafety Commissioner …

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Mexico Arrests Municipal President, Five Others in Corruption Probe

MEXICO CITY, ⁠May ⁠20 (Reuters) – Mexican ⁠authorities arrested the ​municipal president of ‌Atlatlahucan and five ‌other ⁠political ⁠figures in an investigation into corruption ​and organized crime in central Morelos ​state, special prosecutor Ulises ⁠Lara ⁠said in ⁠a video ​message late on Wednesday. The ​former ⁠municipal president of Yecapixtla was among those ⁠arrested in the …

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