(2024-05-07). Cuba and Laos seek to build fairer society. plenglish.com Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Organization Secretary Roberto Morales made that remark during the visit to Havana by Bounthong Chitmany, a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). | Both leaders participated in this capital on Monday in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Theoretical Seminar between the two political groups, aimed at analyzing the role of those organizations in human development to meet needs, preserve culture, and strengthen national values. | According to Morales, Cuba and Laos are united by the desire to build sociali…
(2024-05-07). "Arcadia" – Interview with Director Chloe Xtina on Plans to Film "Arcadia" in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Chloe Xtina is a Sundance Ignite x Adobe fellow and she'll be shooting her third short film in Santa Cruz in mid-May. "Arcadia" is the story of a young woman's "sexual awakening infused with the precarity of climate collapse."
(2024-05-07). Sri Lankan Tamil parties debate tactics in the presidential election. wsws.org Workers and poor in the North and East must reject the sordid political manoeuvres of the Tamil parties which represent the interests of the Tamil elites not those of working people.
(2024-05-07). Amazon Says Will Invest $9 Billion In Singapore. latintimes.com Amazon said Tuesday it would invest US$9 billion in Singapore over the next four years to expand its cloud computing capabilities in the city.
(2024-05-07). 70 years after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. uwidata.com May 7 commemorates the seventieth anniversary of the victory of the Vietnamese people in the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which ended French colonial power throughout the Indochinese peninsula. This battle, together with the Algerian war of independence concluded in 1962 and the battle of Cuito Cuanavale that ended in November 1988 due to the …
(2024-05-07). India's service sector confidently starts the first quarter of 2024-2025. tvbrics.com 
Business in India continues to grow…
(2024-05-07). Saudi Arabia hosts Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024. tvbrics.com 
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference was held in Riyadh, where sustainable development through energy transition takes center stage…
(2024-05-07). UAE and Uzbekistan expand economic co-operation in many sectors. tvbrics.com 
On the sidelines of the fifth session of the Joint Economic Commission in Tashkent, the UAE and Uzbekistan agreed to develop partnership in new economic sectors…
(2024-05-07). Indian PM Modi casts his vote as giant election reaches half-way mark. geo.tv 
After voting's first phase, Modi's campaign focused more on firing up BJP's Hindu base by attacking rivals as pro-Muslim…
(2024-05-07). How's Neom's unique name linked to Prince Mohammed bin Salman. geo.tv 
Ever wondered meaning behind Saudi Arabia's 'Neom'? Here's the answer…
(2024-05-07). How Modi's BJP plans to win a supermajority in India's election. geo.tv 
Congress is the only party that crossed 400 mark in India's history following Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984…
(2024-05-07). Hours before liftoff, Sunita Williams' third space mission scrapped. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: In what was poised to be a groundbreaking moment, Sunita Williams' much-awaited journey to space, marking her third mission, has been abruptly halted due to a technical snag in the launch vehicle, Boeing Starliner. Scheduled to make history as the first woman to embark on a maiden crewed mission of a new space shuttle, Williams faced disappointment as the launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Cape Canaveral was called off just 90 minutes before liftoff.The launch delay was attributed to an off-nominal condition detected in an oxygen relief valve of the Atlas V rocket, prompting NASA to pos…
(2024-05-07). KRG President Eulogizes Meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Nechervan Barzani hailed the delightful, fruitful and problem-solving meeting he held with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, saying Erbil will do its utmost to enhance relations with Tehran.
(2024-05-07). The Antisemitism Awareness Act is a full frontal assault on free speech. mronline.org 
This blatant political chicanery would penalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.
(2024-05-07). No books burned this time in Berlin despite ominous parallels. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN — It was May10 in Germany's terrible year, 1933. Hitler had been in power for hardly three months, when students and staff emptied the university libraries of forbidden books and threw them, an estimated 20,000 books by over a hundred authors, into the flames of a giant bonfire. Most authors were German — Jewish, …
(2024-05-07). Pakistani journalist Muhammad Siddique Mengal targeted, killed by bomb. cpj.org New York, May 7, 2024 — Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Muhammad Siddique Mengal, who died in a bomb attack on World Press Freedom Day, and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. An unidentified motorcyclist placed a bomb on Mengal's vehicle at a…
(2024-05-07). Syria/Dabbagh case : First trial in France of the crimes of the Syrian authorities. fidh.org
(2024-05-07). Amazon commits US$9 billion investment in Singapore to expand its cloud computing infrastructure. scmp.com The outlay, to be done over the next four years, doubles the investment of subsidiary Amazon Web Services in the city state.
(2024-05-07). Qatar envía delegación a Egipto para mediar alto al fuego en Gaza. telesurtv.net Qatar se muestra optimista de que estas conversaciones puedan culminar en un acuerdo para un alto el fuego inmediato y permanente en la Franja de Gaza, así como en un intercambio de rehenes por presos palestinos.
(2024-05-07). India : popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change. cadtm.org With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put together—the Indian elections are hailed as the largest exhibition and celebration of democracy. The nation's economic growth over the past 30 years —one of the fastest in the world—also makes the elections noteworthy on a global scale.
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(2024-05-07). India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj. cadtm.org A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world's population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll will spread across India and take up to 4 June to complete. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term, and win by (…) | – | / |
(2024-05-07). Turkey opens another former Byzantine church as a mosque. newarab.com 
Turkey formally converted
(2024-05-07). US repatriates 11 citizens from northeast Syria. newarab.com 
The The United States also helped repatriate six Canadians, four
(2024-05-07). Turkey strikes PKK militants in northern Iraq. newarab.com 
Warplanes struck suspected positions of the
(2024-05-07). Saudi Arabia team in Pakistan for talks on gold mine stake. newarab.com 
Executives from The mine, located in Pakistan's restive southwestern
(2024-05-07). UK could use Iraq in Rwanda-style refugee processing scheme. newarab.com 
The Government documents seen by Sky News revealed that the government wanted to process asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK and was in correspondence with Iraqi officials. | The UK government currently advises its nationals against all travel to Iraq apart from t…
(2024-05-07). India 2024 elections: Bollywood flooded with pro—Modi films. newarab.com 
(2024-05-07). Qatar 'committed' to Gaza mediator role, refuses 'pressure'. newarab.com 
(2024-05-07). Inspired by demos in US, students in Lebanon protest for Gaza. presstv.ir They were inspired by similar demonstrations taking American and European campuses by storm.
(2024-05-07). Thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest in Bangladesh. presstv.ir Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.
Singapore has announced that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over as the country's next leader on May 15. Wong, 51, has garnered unanimous support from lawmakers within the People's Action Party (PAP). He will succeed Lee Hsien Loong, who has held the top job for 20 years. Wong, who earned praise for his 
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Riot police arrested a number of people staging a sit-in protest outside According to the London-based non-profit organisation, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the protest was peaceful but was quickly dispersed. | The protest was launched at around 10 a.m. Bahrain local time, with the families chanting for the release of prisoners, some of whom they say were on death row. | "At least two women were arrested, and later calle…