International News
Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage
Al Jazeera
According to Rohingya activists and rights groups, dozens of women are now regularly arriving in Malaysia to marry Rohingya men, reviving a form of transnational human trafficking that once moved thousands of Rohingya a year.
A Rohingya activist in Thailand, who requested anonymity, told Al Jazeera it is impossible to know exactly how many Rohingya are entering Malaysia, but that there is now a constant flow of people.
Venezuela: Maduro regime has 'kidnapped' national assembly vice president, says Guaidó
The Guardian
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said authorities working on the orders of the Maduro regime have “kidnapped” the vice president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
“They try to break up the body that represents all Venezuelans, but they will not achieve it,” he tweeted.
Iran nuclear deal: Trump raises pressure with sanctions on metals
BBC World News
Mr Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on Iran's metals industry - its second biggest export earner after oil.
But he also said he hoped to meet Iran's leaders to work out a deal.
Iran's move to curb compliance with the 2015 international deal is an apparent bid to thwart the US sanctions policy.
South Africa votes with corruption, jobs as big issues
AP News
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans voted Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections, with signs of a relatively low turnout and voters saying they were disillusioned by widespread corruption and unemployment.
Despite the demise of apartheid 25 years ago, South Africa remains divided by economic inequality .
US News
New York Times: Tax documents show Trump businesses lost more than $1 billion in a decade
New York Times/ CNN
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's businesses reported losses of $1.17 billion from 1985 to 1994, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing information from tax documents from those years.
It appears Trump lost more money than nearly any other individual US taxpayer year after year, the Times reports, according to the 10 years of tax information the newspaper acquired.
Denver just voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
Vox News
Initiative 301 makes the personal use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms among people 21 and older the lowest possible law enforcement priority in Denver. It also prohibits the city from spending resources to pursue criminal penalties related to the use or possession of psilocybin mushrooms among people 21 and older.
Cubs finish investigation of racist hand gesture on TV, ban fan from Wrigley
Chicago Sun Times
The Cubs have concluded their investigation of an incident in which a fan sitting behind NBC Sports Chicago reporter Doug Glanville “more likely than not” used a racist gesture on air Tuesday night.
The fan used the gesture while Glanville, who is black, was making an on-air report during the Cubs’ 5-2 win over the Marlins. It’s been associated with white nationalists and right-wing trolls in recent years.
Science/ Environment News
Dying stars called collapsars may forge much of the universe’s gold
Science News
The gold in your favorite jewelry could be the messy leftovers from a newborn black hole’s first meal.
Heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium might be formed in collapsars — rapidly spinning, massive stars that collapse into black holes as their outer layers explode in a rare type of supernova. A disk of material, swirling around the new black hole as it feeds, can create the conditions necessary for the astronomical alchemy, scientists report online May 8 in Nature.