Bangkok (AFP) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha says the formation of the new government will be in process after the preliminary results of the election pointed to a heavy defeat for his military-backed parties with the progressive Move Forward party claiming victory.
Wallowa (United States) (AFP) – A cultural and political dispute is unfolding in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. While many eastern Oregonians feel a series of mountains in the Rockies that mark the state’s border with Idaho is no longer relevant, many voters out in the rural east are tired of what they describe as feeling dispossessed by the urban elite who live along the Pacific coast. A radical solution has been brewing: to move the Idaho-Oregon border to the west and create a “Greater Idaho” encompassing half of present-day Oregon. N°33F66TN
Ukhia (Bangladesh) (AFP) – Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees begin repairing damaged homes, cutting up fallen trees, searching through debris and retrieving scattered possessions, after Cyclone Mocha swept through the South Asian nation. Bangladesh officials said they had evacuated 750,000 people and that no-one had died in the cyclone.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Yevgeniya Kolesnichenko and Svitlana Povar’s lives changed after their husbands were killed at war, motivating them to join the war effort and Ukraine’s defence forces. Kolesnichenko is now a medic and Povar an artillerist. “My husband used to say that we have to pass on our faith in God, love for country, the gift of mercy to our children — and not war. We have to end it, not our children,” says Povar, who’s husband Semyen was killed around Vugledar.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN members deplore the killing of Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist Arman Soldin who was killed last week near Bakhmut, in Ukraine during a Security Council meeting on maintaining peace and security in Ukraine. “Journalists who courageously cover the conflict to establish the facts are also exposed, as the death of French journalist Arman Soldin has tragically demonstrated,” French ambassador to the UN Nicolas de Rivière says. The death of Soldin brought to at least 11 the number of journalists, fixers or drivers for media teams killed since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, according to advocacy groups.
Cannes (France) (AFP) – “I don’t know what the image of Johnny Depp is in the United States,” says Thierry Frémaux, the Cannes Film Festival director, ahead of the opening of the festival. Depp, who was accused of domestic violence, embodies Louis XV in “Jeanne du Barry”, the festival’s opening film.
Istanbul (AFP) – The two contenders for power in Turkey, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, both claim to be in a position to win in a second round on 28 May.
Chequers (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Rishi Sunak hosts Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at Chequers, the UK Prime Minister’s official country residence, for talks on increased British support for Kyiv, before the Ukrainian leader departs the country. The trip comes after the Ukrainian leader secured fresh promises of military aid during weekend visits to France and Germany, ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive against Russia.
Barcelona (AFP) – Both the men’s and women’s teams of FC Barcelona celebrate winning their La Liga titles with an open top parade starting from Camp Nou and ending up at the Spanish city’s Arc de Triomf.
Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) claims victory in the country’s election as its leader Pita Limjaroenrat says “people have been through enough in the past decade and today is a new day.” +COMPLETES VIDI33F42YK_EN/VIDI33F42XA_EN+
