Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, “What else could this mean?” – Shannon Alder

GLOBAL

New Court at the Hague Will Deal Exclusively with Art Disputes

Securing global cities: Best practices, innovation, and the path ahead 

EUROPE

EU policymakers support funds for cross-border defense industry cooperation 

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the findings of the Joint Investigation Team on the downing of flight MH17 

EU scolds Germany (again) for low investment, high taxes, and more 

Uber's CEO is on major charm offensive in Europe 

Illegal online sales of endangered wildlife rife in Europe 

UKRAINE

'I'm Still Alive.' Ukraine Faked the Death of a Journalist Who Was Critical of the Kremlin 

RUSSIA

G7 foreign ministers' summit opposes Russia's behaviour - U.S. official 

#MinskMonitor: Missiles on the Move to Taganrog? 

The Kremlin Takes on Telegram 

Pushing back Russia in the Middle East: A thought experiment 

Russia: U.S. strikes remove moral hurdles for S-300 missiles for Assad – RIA

ITALY

5Stars and League fail to deliver (for now) 

Italian court lifts ban on Berlusconi running for office 

5Stars and League reach deal to break Italian impasse 

Berlusconi rehabilitated, FI exults The plan to return to Parliament 

Far-Right And Anti-Establishment Parties Set To Form Italy’s New Government 

Paolo Savona, the eurosceptic at the heart of Italy's standoff 

IRELAND

Apple pays Ireland first tranche of disputed taxes 

Why rugby dads could hold key to Ireland’s abortion vote 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech president seeks to again name Babis as prime minister by mid-June 

CROATIA

WATCH: How the ‘Croatian Shirley Temple’ became a victim of the Holocaust 

Past Future Monuments of the Balkans 

'Life on the edge of civilisation': hiking in Croatia's mountains 

ARMENIA

Knesset speaker leads call for Israel to recognize Armenian Genocide 

CARIBBEAN

CDB renews programme of support for IMF-operated technical assistance centre   

BAHAMAS

Bahamas and St Kitts-Nevis removed from EU blacklist of tax haven jurisdictions   

READ

The Great Roach Race: A Novel Of Broken Pieces Sung In Twisted Tongue 

Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilisation

Humanism and Empire: The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy

Cal FICTION

CANADA

Trudeau’s Hipster Economics Looked Great Until Trump Cut Taxes 

Trudeau Says U.S. Borrowing Is Unsustainable

Favored in Ontario’s Election: A Trump-Like Populist Dangling Tax Cuts

The G7 minus one: Trump packs wrecking ball for Canada summit

PANAMA

How a Deadly Prison Island Became a Natural Paradise 

MALAWI

Cycling out of poverty 

KENYA

Mambas, medicine and one girl's race to survive Kenya's biting problem 

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