Four universities in Taiwan to close due to dip in enrolment (www.straitstimes.com)
India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government (apnews.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election after his political party failed to win a majority on its own....
Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden’s cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday....
U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts (www.nytimes.com)
South Korea restarts anti-North Korea loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation for trash balloons (apnews.com)
South Korea on Sunday resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks....
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas (www.theguardian.com)
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard...
Danish PM ‘shaken but fine’ after Copenhagen street attack (www.bbc.com)
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she feels “saddened and shaken” but “fine” after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen....
Italy's hard-right leader tells EU center parties their time is up as she votes in European election (www.pbs.org)
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined voters in Italy and a half dozen European Union nations in casting a ballot during the penultimate day of European Union parliamentary elections on Saturday. The bloc’s premier hard-right politician threw down the gauntlet to the traditional center parties, telling them their time to run...
Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds (apnews.com)
Four Israeli hostages rescued alive; at least 210 people killed in Gaza, officials say (www.washingtonpost.com)
Samsung workers in South Korea stage first-ever strike over pay (www.france24.com)
Israeli Police Detain Palestinian Journalist Attacked by Settler Mob (truthout.org)
Trial of jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi opens in her absence (www.theguardian.com)
Massive forest restoration project makes steadfast progress: 'This will be the largest natural structure on the planet' (www.thecooldown.com)
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule (www.theguardian.com)
Milei vows veto as deputies approve new pension formula | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)
In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation (apnews.com)
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As cheap, illegal imports gain ground in Indonesia, concerns mount over job losses | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Israel rescues 4 hostages kidnapped in a Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7. (apnews.com)
Israel said Saturday it rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in a Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7....
China Protests Against Modi's Nod to Taiwan President's Congratulatory Post (thewire.in)
US expects Israel will accept Gaza ceasefire plan if Hamas does (www.bbc.com)
Speaking to ABC News on Sunday morning, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US had “every expectation” that Israel would “say yes” to the proposed ceasefire deal if Hamas accepts....