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Day in Photos: Montenegro Marks Independence, Raúl Castro Indicted, and Academy Commencement Ceremony theepochtimes.com/article/day-in…

The U.S. military command operating in the Western Hemisphere said on May 20 that an aircraft carrier strike group entered the Caribbean Sea, as the Trump administration heaps pressure on the Cuban communist regime. theepochtimes.com/world/us-deplo… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

President Donald Trump said on May 20 that the United States was prepared to resume attacks on Iran within days if negotiations fail to produce what he called the “right answers.” theepochtimes.com/world/trump-sa… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Bea Ferdinandsen Kaas held up her phone. The traditional Greenlandic tattoos on her fingers fanned out around the image of a child: her granddaughter. She’s fighting to be able to raise the young girl, who she says was taken from her daughter by the police and a social worker soon after her birth in early 2025. theepochtimes.com/article/greenl… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Vanessa Trump, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, announced Wednesday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and recently underwent a medical procedure as she begins treatment. theepochtimes.com/entertainment/…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will not escalate actions against Cuba, in comments following the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealing murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro. theepochtimes.com/world/trump-sa…

Wilfrid Laurier University professor David Haskell says proposed legislation that removes religious exemption to hate speech laws would be detrimental to the rights of Christians in Canada, which he argues are already under sustained attack. theepochtimes.com/world/removal-… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Tesla rolled out supervised full self-driving in Lithuania on May 20, making the European country the second to use the technology on public roads following the Netherlands, according to the company’s announcement on X. “Making European roads safer, one by one,” Tesla Europe, Middle East and Africa said. theepochtimes.com/world/tesla-la… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said that his country will inevitably be drawn into a conflict in Taiwan, given its proximity to the democratic self-ruled island claimed by Beijing. theepochtimes.com/world/marcos-s… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Co-hosting the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada will cost slightly over $1 billion, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). Canada will host 13 of the 104 soccer games played across North America, Mexico, and Canada between June 11 and July 19. Six will be played in Toronto, and seven in Vancouver. theepochtimes.com/world/governme… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Wednesday that future U.S.–Israeli military strikes against the country would lead to a greater conflict. “The regional war that was promised will this time be extended beyond the region, and our crushing blows will bring you to ruin in places you cannot imagine,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said through Iran’s semi-official Mehr News agency on May 20. theepochtimes.com/world/iran-thr… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

The airport in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius suspended flights on May 20 due to a drone warning, the country’s national crisis management center said. The alert was issued after a drone was seen in the neighbouring nation of Belarus flying toward Lithuania, the center said, adding that the drone’s origin had not been confirmed. Citizens in Vilnius were asked to take shelter. theepochtimes.com/world/lithuani… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the strength of China–Russia ties on May 20 during talks in Beijing, presenting their partnership as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world even as key economic issues, including a long-delayed gas pipeline deal, remained unresolved. theepochtimes.com/china/putin-me…

A new Ebola outbreak is spreading in central Africa, prompting officials around the world to take precautions to try to avoid the disease from entering their countries. The outbreak is centered in Congo, a mostly landlocked country with a population of about 109 million people. theepochtimes.com/article/what-t… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

European lawmakers reached a provisional agreement on May 20 to remove import duties on U.S. goods, ahead of President Donald Trump’s July 4 tariff deadline for the bloc to implement its trade deal commitments. theepochtimes.com/world/eu-advan…

Day in Photos: Bolivians Demand Presidential Resignation, Ballroom Proposal, and Tunisian Freedom Rally theepochtimes.com/article/day-in… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

A Labour leadership hopeful has placed the possibility of undoing Brexit high on the political agenda in an expected contest to oust British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Prompting accusations that Labour is preparing for a Brexit “betrayal,” Wes Streeting said on Saturday that the UK should rejoin the bloc “one day.” Streeting resigned as health secretary last week, saying he had lost confidence in Starmer. theepochtimes.com/world/brexit-b… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

Australia’s online safety regulator has launched enforcement action against an Argentina-based AI nudify service, alleging it is failing to adequately protect children from accessing sexually explicit deepfake material.The regulator alleges AI nudify service enables users to upload images of real individuals and generate sexually explicit synthetic content on demand. eSafety said the service was visited “tens of thousands of times a month” in Australia. theepochtimes.com/world/unnamed-… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post

MOUNT HOPE, N.Y.—The former town of Chester highway superintendent was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision on May 18 for shooting a delivery driver in 2025. theepochtimes.com/us/chester-man…

A panel of federal appeals court judges on May 19 grappled with the Trump administration’s efforts to procure unredacted voter registration records from California and Oregon.The department said the information is necessary to determine whether states are complying with federal voter roll maintenance laws. theepochtimes.com/us/ninth-circu… ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=uk_post