Brazilian Flotilla Activist Returns Home, Alleges Torture During Israel Detention

SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) – Brazilian activist ⁠Thiago ⁠Avila returned to Sao ⁠Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where ​he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in ‌custody. Avila and Spanish national Abu ‌Keshek were part of the second Global Sumud Flotilla that …

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Malaysia Searches for 14 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s ⁠maritime ⁠agency has launched ⁠a search and rescue operation for ​14 people missing after a boat believed to be ‌carrying undocumented Indonesian migrants ‌sank off its western coast on Monday. A ⁠fisherman ⁠alerted authorities early Monday after discovering victims floating ​in the waters off Pangkor island, Perak state …

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Analysis-Stung by Iran War, Trump Heads to China in Need of Wins

By Mei Mei Chu, Antoni Slodkowski and Trevor Hunnicutt BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) – A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that ⁠towering trade ⁠tariffs would bring America’s main economic rival to heel. He heads to ⁠China this week with that ambition blunted by court rulings, narrowing his goals to a few deals on …

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5/11: CBS Evening News – CBS News

5/11: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Americans enter quarantine after returning from hantavirus cruise ship; President Trump aims to suspend gas tax amid high prices due to war with Iran.

Trump Administration Cancels Rule That Made Conservation a ‘Use’ of Public Lands

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant to refocus the Interior …

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