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We share stories, explainers and analysis to offer context for the top news of the day. All posts are created and curated by Flipboard’s editorial team especially for Mastodon. Not a bot.

Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting.

For much more news, follow Flipboard's federated News Desk (https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk) and Politics Desk (https://flipboard.com/@ElectionCentral).

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NewsDesk, to india
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Political analysts are still dissecting India's election results. Yes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a historic third term. But his BJP party lost a significant number of seats.

What does it all mean for the world's largest democracy? Business Insider has a great selection of stories covering all the angles. Dive deep here: https://flip.it/ctg0ik

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Children are among the dozens killed in strike on Gaza school that Israeli military says was being used by Hamas.

NBC News reports: "Local health officials said at least 30 people had been killed, including 23 women and children, and dozens injured."

https://flip.it/AKFHK0

NewsDesk, to USpolitics
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"Georgia's Court of Appeals paused court proceedings Wednesday in former President Trump's state 2020 election subversion case while it reviews appeals, including whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on the case."

@AxiosNews reports: "The pause in proceedings makes it unlikely that the Georgia case goes to trial before the November election."

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For U.S. presidential election coverage, follow @2024

#Trump #TrumpTrial #FaniWillis #USPolitics #Politics #Election #News

NewsDesk, to india
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Indian voters reject Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a one-party state in win for competitive democracy.

CNN reports: "In what opposition parties have declared as a victory for pluralism, voters in the world’s largest democracy partially rejected Modi’s populist vision for a Hindu-first nation, reducing the BJP’s share of the vote by 63 seats – bringing its total down to 240, far below the 272 required for a parliamentary majority."

https://flip.it/RzoZdh

#Modi #India #Election #BJP #Politics #Democracy #News

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It’s not summer yet, but more than 17 million people in the western United States are already under excessive heat warnings as temperatures climb 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average, with large swaths of California expecting to see thermometers hit 108F (42.2C). Meteorologists are saying the scorching weather is caused by a heat dome, when high pressure traps heat over an area, making it hotter the longer it lasts. The BBC has more.

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#Heat #Heatwave #California #Nevada #Arizona #Summer

NewsDesk, (edited ) to news
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Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, and will be sentenced on July 11. MSNBC's Katie Phang looks at the "novel legal theory" prosecutor Alvin Bragg chose to employ in this trial. "It’s important to take a minute to digest what the prosecution had to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt: Trump, with the intent to defraud, made (or caused to be made) false entries in an enterprise’s business records, and his 'intent to defraud included an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof,'" Phang writes.

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#News #DonaldTrump #TrumpTrial #USLaw #Law

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"Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisis."

ABC News reports: https://flip.it/xzIlpX

More more top news, follow @news

NewsDesk, to USpolitics
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A journalist tried to fact-check the résumé of a baseball star turned U.S. Senate candidate.

He writes for Slate: "And as I fell down the rabbit hole, I uncovered some bizarre biographical details Steve Garvey isn’t keen on discussing."

(Subscription may be required) https://flip.it/7nVaPR

NewsDesk, to USpolitics
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According to some recent polling, President Joe Biden has lost an extraordinary amount of standing with young and nonwhite voters. Is this because of the president's support of Israel?

Vox explores the reasons, including an alternative theory: https://flip.it/InqMNA

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Papua New Guinea says Friday’s landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help.

AP reports: "Determining the scale of the disaster is difficult because of challenging conditions on the ground, including the village’s remote location, a lack of telecommunications and tribal warfare throughout the province which means international relief workers and aid convoys require military escorts."

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NewsDesk, to Weather
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Deadly storms turn toward the northeast U.S. with 68 million Americans at risk of severe weather on Memorial Day.

NBC News reports that at least 19 people were killed over the weekend in weather-related incidents.

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An Israeli airstrike killed at least 35 people on Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern city of Rafah, Palestinian health workers say. The report came hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv. AP reports: https://flip.it/fTMULA

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Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal. AP reports: https://flip.it/Ipa7ku

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Looking for more news in your feed? 🗞️ 📺 Consider following these Magazines (topical collections) found on @Flipboard

Politics from Axios: @politics

Israel-Hamas War from Politico: @politico

Europe from Euronews: @europe

World from The Christian Science Monitor: @world

Business from Semafor: @business

The Latest LGBTQ+ News from The 19th: @the

Digiday Daily: @digiday

Fast Company News: @fast

NewsDesk, to USpolitics
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America has been consumed by reproductive rights battles since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two summers ago.

@RollingStone has curated a collection of stories about abortion issues on @Flipboard

(Subscription may be required) https://flip.it/PWLDGf

For more coverage, follow @abortion

NewsDesk, to india
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Vox has an important investigation about the "world's largest democracy" and its attempts to silence critics abroad.

Inside India’s secret campaign to threaten and harass Americans: https://flip.it/LwSk7C

NewsDesk, to uk
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a July 4 general election, as polls show Conservative Party in trouble.

NBC News reports: "Most polls suggest that if the vote were held tomorrow, the opposition Labour Party could enjoy a landslide win that would make Sir Keir Starmer the country's leader."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-election-pm-sunak-calls-vote-conservatives-labour-rcna153440

NewsDesk, to Aviation
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One dead, several injured after severe turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight.

CNN reports the flight from London to Singapore diverted to Bangkok: https://flip.it/BgllSl

NewsDesk, to worldwithoutus
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More than 200 million people in the world people have schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm that lodges itself in blood vessels, causes organ damage and diminishes learning ability if left untreated. Experts say 50 million young children are at risk, mostly in Africa. An effective treatment, a pill called praziquantel, is available to adults and school-aged children but has been complicated to dose for anyone younger. A version of the drug for preschoolers is in the works, but distributing it won’t be a straight-forward task. NPR has more.

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#Africa #Medicine #Parasite #Children #Doctors

NewsDesk, to news
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An airstrike kills 27 people, mostly women and children, in central Gaza as Israel’s increasingly divided leadership debates who should govern the territory after the war, now in its eighth month. AP reports: https://flip.it/E.DkW9
#News #WorldNews #MiddleEast #Israel #Gaza

NewsDesk, to news
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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi’s condition “unclear” after helicopter “crash landing,” state media says. NBC News reports:
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Houston distributes water as 500,000 remain without power after tornadoes, windstorms kill at least seven. NBC News reports:
https://flip.it/I1HCWh

NewsDesk, to college
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U.S. President Joe Biden is set to give a commencement address this Sunday at Morehouse, a historically Black college in Atlanta that counts Dr. Martin Luther King among its graduates. But the president’s coming speech has sparked consternation from the graduating class. Some students see Biden using Morehouse as a political tool for Black votes in an election year, and others are considering ways to protest his Middle East policies without overshadowing the celebration for their families. NPR has more.

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NewsDesk, to Texas
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott granted a full pardon to Daniel Perry, a man convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in downtown Austin in 2020, after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended the move. Perry claimed during the trial that he shot Garrett Foster, who was carrying an AK-47 rifle, in self-defense. Prosecutors argued Perry was seeking out the confrontation. Read more from USA Today.

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#Texas #Pardon #BLM #Protest #Guns

NewsDesk, to Ukraine
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“It’s the world’s fault,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in frustration at the dire situation in the city of Kharkiv, where Russian troops are advancing. “They gave the opportunity for Putin to occupy,” he says, but adds “now the world can help.” Zelenskyy canceled a planned trip to Spain in order to be in the country as the Russian onslaught intensifies, saying “It’s really important for me to be here.” Read more from ABC News.

https://flip.it/s5JWM-

#Ukraine #Russia #War #UkraineWar #Zelenskyy #Putin

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