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Hungary police say 'no grounds' to ban Budapest Pride parade

Hungarian police said Friday that they would not ban next month's Pride parade in Budapest, a reversal from last year when the event was barred under the former nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban.

Radio France Internationale

EU to release €16bn to Hungary previously frozen under Orbán

Decision comes as police announce policy U-turn to allow Pride parade to take place in Budapest

The Guardian - UK

Pam Bondi admits to ‘redaction errors’ in Epstein files but defends DoJ’s handling

Ex-attorney general tells House committee she did not ‘lead every aspect’ of effort but rather delegated to Todd Blanche

The Guardian - US

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Trump says he has ‘no interest’ in Kennedy Center after judge orders his name removed from memorial – as it happened

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The EEOC chair knows gutting diversity reporting will blind the agency to discrimination. She's doing it anyway.

In April, Andrea Lucas told Harvard students that demographic data collection is sometimes necessary. A month later, her agency proposed to stop the reports.

Fortune

Emirates issues travel rules amid Ebola outbreak as US, Canada increase airport screening measures

Emirates has issued a travel advisory due to tightened Ebola-related entry requirements by the US and Canada for travelers from Uganda. This response to Uganda's latest outbreak includes enhanced health screenings and monitoring, reflecting increased global aviation caution following the pandemic.

The Times of India

‘Essentially diving in coffee’: Australian diver among team rushing to rescue people trapped in flooded Laos cave

Josh Richards joins international mission to help five found alive and search for missing divers, with one person extracted successfully

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Gas explosion rips through Dallas apartment building, kills 3 including child

At least three people, including a child, were killed and five others injured in a gas explosion that triggered a massive fire and destroyed a two-storey apartment building in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighbourhood on Thursday.

The Times of India

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL — Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad during a test Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, though officials said no injuries were reported from the incident.

Bangkok Post

Afternoon Update: Jeff Bezos’s rocket explodes; James Valentine farewelled; and Marilyn’s friendships in Hollywood

Nasa plan to return humans to moon in two years in jeopardy after launchpad explosion

The Guardian - AU

Leaders of ASEAN nations to meet with Putin at June summit in Russia

The Philippines' top diplomat says Southeast Asian leaders will hold a commemorative summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia in June

The Independent UK

Blue Origin rocket explodes during launch pad test in Florida

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday, marking another setback for Jeff Bezos’s space company. No injuries were reported after the dramatic fireball engulfed the heavy-lift rocket, which is central to the company’s ambitions in commercial spaceflight and…

France 24

Trump refiles $10bn lawsuit against WSJ over report on alleged Epstein ties

Legal action claims newspaper tarnished reputation by describing card to Jeffrey Epstein as bearing his signature

The Guardian - US

Guatemala requests US military cooperation against drug trafficking

Central American country says its president spoke with Pete Hegseth to confirm terms of cooperation

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Ukraine war briefing: Gripen fighter jet deal ramps up after Zelenskyy visit to Sweden

Ukraine to receive first 16 of the Swedish planes in early 2027; US congressmen back Zelenskyy plea for more Patriots. What we know on day 1,556

The Guardian - AU

Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in latest setback for Jeff Bezos-owned company

No personnel were harmed in the incident, the company said on social media, calling the explosion an ‘anomaly’

The Guardian - US

California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted of charges including child endangerment and facilitating forcible sexual assault

The Guardian - US

Federal jury finds army veteran and two other ICE protesters guilty of conspiracy

Case involving June 2025 protest is escalation in Trump officials’ attack on first amendment rights, say experts

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The Independent UK

Ghanaian mother and child detained at airport for days after arriving on valid visas, lawyers say

A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her son so he could get medical attention has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents

The Mary Sue

California Couple Found Dead After Sending $30K to a Facebook Scammer The Wife Swore Was Tom Selleck

The scam began when the wife posted about a friend’s passing on Facebook.

The Guardian - US

Three dead after gas explosion causes fire in Dallas apartment building

Officials say bodies of two women and a child found in rubble and four other people taken to hospital

The Independent UK

Water shortages worsen across Cuba as oil supplies dwindle

Nearly 3 million Cubans are experiencing water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a U.S. energy blockade

Motorsport

How to watch NASCAR at Nashville: Weekend schedule, weather, start time, TV

NASCAR heads to Music City for another triple-header weekend of racing

France 24

Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52 guerrillas on eve of election

Fighting between rival armed groups killed at least 52 guerrilla fighters in the Colombian Amazon, one of the groups said Thursday. The clashes come just days ahead of crucial presidential elections that centre in part around rival strategies towards dealing with the country's decades-old insurgencies.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s Memphis crime taskforce accused of using ‘immense force’ in intimidation campaign

Exclusive: community observers claim agents have tailed cars, surveilled homes and even ‘falsely arrested’ someone

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