"HANOI/BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) – A Chinese research ship and five escort vessels were in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Friday close to gas blocks operated by Russian firms in the South China Sea, a day after Vietnam urged the ships to leave."

"It's good for us all to realize, there would be no climate crisis if there was no racism. There would be no climate crisis if there was no patriarchy. A mindset that sees things in a hierarchical way. White men are the things that matter and then everything else [is] at the bottom."
"Fonda failed to mention that China - which isn't run by white men - ranks as the world's largest polluter, emitting more greenhouse gases than all developed nations combined."

"When the circumstance was called to the Court's attention by opposing counsel, the Court issued Orders requiring plaintiff's counsel to provide an affidavit annexing copies of certain judicial opinions of courts of record cited in his submission, and he has complied. Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations. "

"According to reports, the children were being served 'khichdi' prepared by an NGO during the mid-day meal when a snake was found in one of the plates. As soon as the news spread in the school, the distribution of food was stopped. However, the students who had already eaten began vomiting and were immediately rushed to the Forbesganj hospital."

"The latest crackdown targeted accounts on popular Chinese social media apps including WeChat, Douyin, and Weibo that fall under the category of 'self media,' a term that broadly refers to accounts that publish news and information but are not government-run or state-approved."

“There’s a strong probability that it will make life much better and that we’ll have an age of abundance. And there’s some chance that it goes wrong and destroys humanity.”

"Jeffersonville Police began investigating the funeral home early last July after the county coroner's office reported a strong odor emanating from the building. The unrefrigerated bodies were found in various states of decomposition, and some had been at the funeral home since March."

"The stench was so bad that the school was evacuated twice in an attempt to find the source, while seven students were taken to the hospital for further care after complaining of headaches and nausea, according to an ABC 13 report."

"For people in countries with strict internet censorship, the Dark Web can be a lifeline, providing access to uncensored news and the ability to communicate freely with the outside world. Sites such as the BBC and ProPublica are available in the Dark Web."

"Immigrants are apparently getting the job done, with new government data finding that almost 1 in 5 workers last year were born outside the U.S. to parents who aren't American citizens, representing a record-high share of the workforce."

Before anything else, including being a debate judge, I am a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist.  . . . I cannot check the revolutionary proletarian science at the door when I’m judging. . . . I will no longer evaluate and thus never vote for rightest capitalist-imperialist positions/arguments. . . ." 

"In South Korea, which is battling the world's lowest fertility rate and declining productivity, this has become a serious concern. So much so that authorities are offering young recluses who meet a certain income threshold a monthly stipend to coax them out of their homes."

"To provide a historical perspective on whistleblowing and intelligence leaks, Stacker compiled 21 of the most impactful intelligence leaks in U.S. history from historical archives, government reports, and federal agencies."

"The car was ransacked. One man, who eventually auctioned the family collection of souvenirs, said, 'My grandfather grabbed a handful of stuff off of the floor of the car which the outlaws had been living in. He said the car was full of trash. When he got home, he saw that he had… a small screwdriver, a Bayer aspirin tin, the side temple of a pair of wire glasses, an unspent bullet… and a blood-stained silk stocking.'"

"The US arms sale to the island of Taiwan is 'an extremely wrong and dangerous move,' and China will firmly safeguard its national sovereignty and territorial security, the Chinese Foreign Ministry warned on Friday, after Taiwan's defense authorities confirmed that the first shipment of US FIM-92 Stinger missiles had arrived in the island..."

"Public commemoration of the massacre is banned in mainland China, while an annual candlelight vigil that used to mark the anniversary in Hong Kong's Victoria Park has fallen silent after more than three decades, its leaders in prison under a draconian national security law used to crack down on public dissent."

"In a statement released on Thursday evening by Interior Principle Secretary Raymond Omollo, the government said the allegations presented in the article were not subjected to authoritative proof of existence by the relevant persons from both the Kenyan and the Chinese governments."

"A Republican-controlled Texas House committee filed 20 articles of impeachmentagainst GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust, and a vote that could remove him from office is scheduled for Saturday."

"In the days after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Bank of America went through its own customers' financial and transaction records. These were the private records of Americans who had committed no crime; people who, as far as we know, had absolutely nothing to do with what happened at the Capitol. But at the request of federal investigators, Bank of America searched its databases looking for people who fit a specific profile"
"That 'profile' Carlson explained, was 'remarkably broad.'"

"Torres joins Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in calling for Feinstein to leave the upper chamber."

"Plano has placed first in Texas and 16th nationally in the nonprofit Trust for Public Land’s 2023 ParkScore rankings, which evaluates the best park systems among the 100 largest cities in the United States."

"It involved attempting to drop 'an object' from the Golden Gate Bridge as the Royal Yacht Britannia sailed beneath it."

"When students are creating their own surveys, if they want to include data for, teachers need to be sure they include both intersex and other as choices. [A]nd if the students want to include data for gender, a variety of choices need to be included, such as agender, genderfluid, female, male, nonbinary, transman, transwoman, and other."

"Luan Nam, 72, was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in."

"We must be uncompromising on the fundamentals, there is no such thing as 'legitimate' violence, whether it be verbal or [physically] targeting people. We must work tirelessly to counteract this process of décivilisation."

"Right now in the school district in which we live we have to provide residency, citizenship, health records and vaccination records on an almost annual basis. I have a child right now, and I must have five emails in my inbox stating that my child cannot return to school next year without a specific vaccine. So it's certainly inconsistent with what they're allowing for the migrant children coming into the Chicago public schools."

"Loadenthal also participated in another PREVENTS-OH seminar called 'White Nationalism Workshop' in which he explained how antifascists could pressure financial services including Paypal, Venmo, Patreon, and GoFundMe or pressure retailers like Amazon and service providers like Tinder and AirBnB to kick people off. Loadental openly boasted during the presentation that 'a lot of the things we're doing are illegal' and 'a lot of it involves breaking the law,' the report stated."

"The detainees, who include members of pro-Kurdish political parties, face accusations of 'disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization' and 'membership in a terrorist organization.' They are currently being held at provincial and district police departments."

"This statement by CBP is misleading as the federal government funds non-government organizations such as Catholic charities to assist in the travel, food, and shelter for illegal aliens and is coordinated by FEMA."

"The NAACP is silent about the scourge of black homicide victims while it focuses on its woke politics and supporting the Democratic Party no matter how much it lets down black America from Joe Biden down to the latest failed big city mayor."

"Though First Republic was widely known for offering generous rewards to staff, some potential rescuers were surprised by the compensation figures on display when the FDIC granted access to the bank’s data room days before the agency’s emergency intervention on May 1."

"Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of about 2,000 Tutsi refugees — women, men, children and elderly — at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He has been at large since 2001."

"The hacks constitute a three-year campaign that targeted eight of Kenya's ministries and government departments, including the presidential office, according to an intelligence analyst in the region."