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Festival honoring Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup brings thousands to Vilnius
May 30, 2026 - World 
A festival honoring Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup brought tens of thousands of visitors Saturday to its capital city, which was fully decked out in pink.
Looming Iran peace deal shows how Trump’s maximalist goals have shrunk
May 30, 2026 - World 
Sobering reality for president after three-month odyssey that threatens to take him back to where he startedAfter the hubristic beginnings came the reality.The road travelled since the most momentous foreign policy decision of his presidency seems to have delivered Donald Trump to a sobering destination: that Iran has been the nemesis of several US presidents before him for a reason and is an adversary not to be taken lightly. Continue reading...
Israeli troops push deeper into Lebanon as the two sides start military talks at the Pentagon
May 30, 2026 - World 
Israeli troops entered a southern Lebanese village early Friday, pushing deeper into the country as Lebanese and Israeli military officials held direct talks at the Pentagon over the deadly conflict.
Chinese dissident says he was berated by ‘pro-regime’ interpreter for UK police
May 30, 2026 - World 
Hong Qi, who orchestrated protest against Communist government, claims interpreter on 101 call launched political tiradeA Chinese dissident who orchestrated an anti-government protest in China after fleeing to the UK has claimed that a “pro-regime” interpreter used by a British police force berated him when he sought help.Hong Qi, who made headlines last year after using a mobile phone while in the UK to remotely project anti-regime slogans on to a building in his home city, Chongqing, contacted police after discovering that his bank accounts had been frozen. Continue reading...
Colombia prepares to go to polls in election shadowed by resurgence of political violence
May 30, 2026 - World 
Sunday’s presidential vote is contest between left and right – and between contradictory proposals for dealing with the decades-long armed conflictMateo Pérez Rueda was one internship away from completing a degree in political science. The 24-year-old also worked as a bicycle delivery rider and sold fruit salads and juice to finance his passion: the Colombian independent digital magazine El Confidente.On 4 May he travelled to Briceño, in the western province of Antioquia, to report on the long-running conflict between the army, paramilitaries and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Continue reading...
