UK Foreign Secretary on Need for 'Concerted Approach' to Ebola

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Pandemic agreement talks near end with deal elusive
Last-ditch talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics went into the final hours on Friday with the chances of finalising a deal looking increasingly unlikely.This additional fortnight of talks was crammed in amid hopes of achieving a breakthrough but the negotiations will not stretch even further into overtime if nothing is finalised by the end of Friday.
The New York Times
As Gaza Talks Falter, Negotiators Look for a Deal or a Scapegoat
WASHINGTON — To understand what is happening now in the Middle East, it may be helpful to remember the dead cat. That was a favorite metaphor for Secretary of State James A. Baker III as he shuttled around the region in 1991 trying to negotiate a complicated deal. With each recalcitrant player, Baker would threaten to “leave the dead cat” at their door — in other words, to make sure they were the ones blamed if the whole thing fell apart. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Time
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Attorney for slain airman, sheriff dig in after release of shooting body-camera footage
A Florida sheriff's deputy killed Roger Fortson, a U.S. airman, on May 3 and redacted video of the shooting released Thursday. Here's what we know.
Associated Press
Makeshift shelter saves hundreds of dogs amid floods in southern Brazil
Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the Brazilian city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods since last week. Floods in Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 107 people. Since Sunday, the makeshift shelter, about the size of a football pitch, has welcomed hundreds of ill and agitated canines from inundated areas.
The New York Times
Stormy Daniels, Echoing Trump’s Style, Pushes Back at Lawyer’s Attacks
NEW YORK — Donald Trump, the onetime president, and Stormy Daniels, the longtime porn actor, despise one another. But when Daniels returned to the witness stand at Trump’s criminal trial Thursday, his lawyers made them sound a lot alike. He wrote more than a dozen self-aggrandizing books; she wrote a tell-all memoir. He mocked her appearance on social media; she fired back with a scatological insult. He peddled a $59.99 Bible; she hawked a $40 “Stormy, saint of indictments” candle, that carried
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in West Virginia's primaries
Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who’s running for Senate, is just one of a handful of high flyers in West Virginia who decided it was time for a change of pace. A former billionaire who owns the Greenbrier Resort, Justice is ineligible to run for reelection in West Virginia due to term limits. Instead of attempting to run for another term in Trump country, Manchin decided to pass, adding another open seat to the map in which the Republican nominee will be the heavy favorite in the fall.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska's presidential and state primaries
Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless be a decisive one in the race for the White House. Voters will also decide several contested state primaries, including the U.S. Senate, where both Republican incumbents are on the ballot. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump should easily win their primaries, as they already unofficially secured their parties’ nominations on March 12.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: US futures rise, Dow eyes 8th straight win as rate-cut hopes abound
Investors are listening out for a parade of Fed speakers to test a growing confidence that a rate cut is on the way.
AFP
India's top court releases jailed Modi opponent on bail
India's top court on Friday ordered a jailed opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be released on bail, allowing him to campaign in an ongoing national election.He was denied bail Friday in a separate court ruling by the same judges who ordered Kejriwal's release.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Carolina’s US House primary runoff
North Carolina's lone congressional runoff, in the state's 13th Congressional District, became a one-person race when former President Donald Trump endorsed Brad Knott this month, leading his opponent to suspend her campaign. Congressional candidate Kelly Daughtry will remain on the ballot because her withdrawal took place too late. Early in-person voting and mail-in voting started before she withdrew.
Reuters
FBI working towards nabbing Scattered Spider hackers, official says
The U.S. FBI is working towards charging hackers from the aggressive Scattered Spider criminal gang who are largely based in the U.S. and western countries and have breached dozens of American organisations, a senior official said. The young hackers grabbed headlines last year when they broke into the systems of casino-operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment, locking up the companies' systems and demanding hefty ransom payments. From health and telecom companies to financial services, they have hacked a range of organisations over two years, piling pressure on law enforcement agencies to thwart them.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maryland's presidential and state primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to add to their string of victories and pad their delegate totals in Maryland on Tuesday as the presidential primary campaign enters its final weeks. Voters will also decide contested primaries in a U.S. Senate race that has further complicated Democratic efforts to keep control of the narrowly divided chamber this fall. Maryland’s presidential primaries won’t have much of an impact on the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations, as both Biden and Trump have already been crowned as their parties’ presumptive nominees.
Reuters
US FDA pushes decision on Moderna's RSV vaccine to end of this month
The Food and Drug Administration's move prolongs the wait for Moderna's second approved product, but the company said the vaccine remains on track to be reviewed by a panel of advisers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 26 and 27. The CDC panel is expected to vote on recommendations for the vaccine's use and the intended population at the meeting, and success there is necessary for commercial launch. Moderna has been banking on its experimental shots to make up for vastly lower sales of its Spikevax COVID vaccine, its only marketed product, after the pandemic.
CBS News
Severe geomagnetic storm watch issued for first time in 19 years
The sunspot responsible for the odd series of strong solar flares is so big you can see it with your own eyes from Earth.
Reuters
Senator Warren chides US Treasury for slow progress in tackling racial discrimination
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren this week called on the Treasury Department to more swiftly address racial discrimination in the U.S. tax and banking systems by advancing reforms proposed by an advisory board set up in December 2022. In a letter dated May 9, Warren told Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen she was concerned that many recommendations made by the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE) had not been implemented, including reforms to the IRS audit process. Yellen named 24 experts to the committee to analyze U.S. economic factors that resulted in unfavorable conditions for Black, Latino and Native Americans.
AFP
UK economy exits recession in pre-vote boost for PM Sunak
Britain has emerged from a short-lived recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, boosting embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before this year's general election.Sunak -- whose governing Conservatives are trailing the main opposition Labour Party in polls before a general election -- has made growth one of his top priorities.
USA TODAY
Cicadas will soon become a massive, dead and stinky mess. There's a silver lining.
Cicadas aerate soil and will make great compost, after they die off later this year. Why experts say your garden will be fine.
Reuters
Two Britons to face trial next year accused of spying for China
Two Britons, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, were told on Friday they would go on trial next year accused of spying for China. The men, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged last month with providing prejudicial information to China in breach of the Official Secrets Act. Cash and Berry, who have not yet entered a plea, appeared for a brief hearing at London's Old Bailey Court on Friday where they spoke only to confirm their names and date of birth.
CBS News
Cornell University president Martha Pollack resigns
Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack will step down at the end of June, she announced Thursday. She's the third president of an Ivy League school to step down since December.
Reuters
Explainer-Catalonia's independence struggle – what now?
Spain's Catalonia region holds an election on Sunday with big implications for the Socialist-led national government and a pro-independence movement rumbling for a decade. WHEN DID THE INDEPENDENCE PUSH START? Support for independence was marginal in the wealthy northeastern region, which speaks its own Catalan language and borders France, until the 2012 eurozone financial crisis that led to widespread job losses.

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