China
Pentagon eyes rare earth supplies in Africa in push away from China Reuters
How US “good guys” wiped out an Afghan family Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Venezuela
Venezuela and the Hybrid Wars in Latin America Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
Cuba
Cuba rejects new travel restrictions for Americans ACN
Im/migrants and refugees
RI Farmer, Teacher Begins Jail Sentence for Protest to #ShutDownICE Washington Babylon
Iran
Why Trump now wants talks with Iran Pepe Escobar
If Tehran blocks the Strait of Hormuz it could send the price of oil soaring and cause a global recession
D-Day
Russia to West: D-Day wasn’t decisive in ending World War Two Reuters
D-Day And The Myth That The U.S. Defeated The Nazis Moon of Alabama
US abortion policy is ‘extremist hate’ and ‘torture’, says UN commissioner Guardian
Capitalist crisis
Chicken Farmers Thought Trump Was Going to Help Them. Then His Administration Did the Opposite. ProPublica
Another Sign of Economic Worry: Tumbling Oil Prices NYTimes
Trump’s Tariffs Could Nullify Tax Cut, Clouding Economic Picture NYTimes
Tiananmen Square
The Myth of Tiananmen Columbia Journalism Review
The problem is this: as far as can be determined from the available evidence, no one died that night in Tiananmen Square.
May was the 2nd wettest month in the U.S. since 1895 Axios
Earth’s carbon dioxide has jumped to the highest level in human history Axios
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