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Thursday, June 04, 2026
Kuba vor dem Kollaps: Ende einer Revolution
Jun 4, 2026 | Kuba in der Krise. Seitdem die USA das kommunistische Land von allen Öllieferungen abgeschnitten haben, steht Kuba kurz vor dem Kollaps - wirtschaftlich und politisch.
Kein Strom, kein Benzin, kaum Wasser. Auf der Karibikinsel fehlt es an allem. Seit Januar ist praktisch kein Öl mehr ins Land gekommen. Donald Trump, so scheint es, will mit seinem Embargo die kommunistische Führung in die Knie zwingen, er betrachtet Kuba als "Hinterhof". Die USA haben einen Flugzeugträger und Soldaten in die Karibik entsandt: Drohkulisse und Eskalation, denn auch Kuba rüstet auf.
Kein Strom, kein Benzin, kaum Wasser. Auf der Karibikinsel fehlt es an allem. Seit Januar ist praktisch kein Öl mehr ins Land gekommen. Donald Trump, so scheint es, will mit seinem Embargo die kommunistische Führung in die Knie zwingen, er betrachtet Kuba als "Hinterhof". Die USA haben einen Flugzeugträger und Soldaten in die Karibik entsandt: Drohkulisse und Eskalation, denn auch Kuba rüstet auf.
Visa und Mastercard stoppen Zahlungen auf Kuba
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Washingtons Sanktionsdruck zeigt Wirkung: Eine ausländische Bank stellt die Abwicklung von Kartenzahlungen auf Kuba ein. Visa und Mastercard sind ab Samstag im Land nicht mehr nutzbar.
Wegen der neuen Sanktionen der US-Regierung gegen ausländische Geschäftspartner Kubas werden Kartenzahlungen mit Visa und Mastercard auf der sozialistischen Karibikinsel ausgesetzt. Wie die kubanische Zentralbank mitteilte, stellt die ausländische Bank, die die Transaktionen beider Kreditkarten auf Kuba abwickelt, ihre Beziehungen mit dem staatlichen Finanzdienstleister Fincimex ein. Welche Bank das ist, wurde nicht bekanntgegeben. » | Quelle: dpa/AFP | Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2026
Trumps Angriff auf die kubanische Regierung und das arme, unterdrückte kubanische Volk ist unerbittlich und schonungslos. Man kann nur hoffen, dass Gott im Jenseits ebenso gnadenlos mit ihm verfahren wird – als gerechte Strafe! Nichts als Grausamkeit! — © Mark Alexander
Wegen der neuen Sanktionen der US-Regierung gegen ausländische Geschäftspartner Kubas werden Kartenzahlungen mit Visa und Mastercard auf der sozialistischen Karibikinsel ausgesetzt. Wie die kubanische Zentralbank mitteilte, stellt die ausländische Bank, die die Transaktionen beider Kreditkarten auf Kuba abwickelt, ihre Beziehungen mit dem staatlichen Finanzdienstleister Fincimex ein. Welche Bank das ist, wurde nicht bekanntgegeben. » | Quelle: dpa/AFP | Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2026
Trumps Angriff auf die kubanische Regierung und das arme, unterdrückte kubanische Volk ist unerbittlich und schonungslos. Man kann nur hoffen, dass Gott im Jenseits ebenso gnadenlos mit ihm verfahren wird – als gerechte Strafe! Nichts als Grausamkeit! — © Mark Alexander
Au Brésil, le passage à la semaine de travail de 40 heures et aux deux jours de repos hebdomadaires divise
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le patronat est vent debout, dénonçant une hausse du coût du travail. La Confédération nationale de l’industrie (CNI) l’évalue annuellement entre 30 et 45 milliards d’euros.
Déjà très fréquentées, les plages mythiques de Rio de Janeiro pourraient bientôt connaître une plus forte affluence encore. La Chambre des députés vient d’approuver un projet de réforme constitutionnelle qui prévoit de faire passer la durée légale du temps de travail de 44 à 40 heures par semaine, sans baisse de salaire. Mais surtout, chaque salarié pourra bénéficier de deux jours de repos hebdomadaires, contre un seul actuellement. La proposition, qui doit encore être votée au Sénat, enflamme les débats. Pour certains, il s’agit d’une mesure sociale et nécessaire qui arrive tardivement ; pour d’autres, notamment le patronat, la réduction du temps de travail ralentira l’économie et fera grimper les prix à cause de l’augmentation des coûts de production.
À l’origine, la proposition de réduction du temps de travail ne vient pas du président de gauche Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Lula et de son gouvernement, mais celui-ci l’a adoptée et l’a faite sienne. Et pour cause : la mesure est très populaire, surtout parmi ceux qui travaillent actuellement six jours par semaine. Environ 14,8 millions de personnes sont directement concernées, selon le ministère du Travail. Pour l’ancien métallurgiste et syndicaliste qui briguera un quatrième mandat lors de l’élection présidentielle d’octobre, c’est une façon d’avancer sur un programme de justice sociale. Il s’agit d’une « conquête historique et civilisationnelle », soutient Lula. » | Par Eléonore Hughes, à Rio de Janeiro | jeudi 4 juin 2026
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Islam Is Seen as Hostile to LGBTQ+ People. This Gay Muslim Says It’s Queerer Than You Think.
LGBTQ NATION: This queer Arab makeup mogul has never viewed his sexuality as contradictory to his faith.
Screenshot taken from this article. | Nour Tayara | Provided by AORA
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love.
But Nour Tayara doesn’t see it that way.
The queer Arab makeup mogul has never viewed his sexuality as contradictory to his faith. In fact, he believes in an Islam that has always embraced the beauty of human diversity.
Tayara is the founder of the plastic-free makeup brand AORA, which he launched in 2023 after working for over a decade at L’Oreal. He runs the company from Mexico, though he lived all over the world before settling there about five years ago.
Through it all, he has remained committed to his Muslim faith and to publicly expressing pride in his Arab roots. Tayra spoke with LGBTQ Nation about what keeps him connected to Islam, and why, in his view, the religion has always felt a little bit gay. » | Molly Sprayregen | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
While Islam lacks a central governing body to put forth any official stance on homosexuality, those who adhere strictly to the words of the Quran tend to interpret the text similarly to the traditionalist followers of the other Abrahamic religions – as condemning same-sex love.
But Nour Tayara doesn’t see it that way.
The queer Arab makeup mogul has never viewed his sexuality as contradictory to his faith. In fact, he believes in an Islam that has always embraced the beauty of human diversity.
Tayara is the founder of the plastic-free makeup brand AORA, which he launched in 2023 after working for over a decade at L’Oreal. He runs the company from Mexico, though he lived all over the world before settling there about five years ago.
Islam is about One Thousand and One Nights, the harems, men dressed in silk robes lying on gorgeous cushions in amazing interiors. It never felt austere. It never felt scary. It always felt like something so happy. For me, it always felt a bit gay.The company launched in the country in 2023 and then in the United States in 2025. Tayara found success quickly in the U.S. market, so much so that AORA was asked to do the makeup for this year’s Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Through it all, he has remained committed to his Muslim faith and to publicly expressing pride in his Arab roots. Tayra spoke with LGBTQ Nation about what keeps him connected to Islam, and why, in his view, the religion has always felt a little bit gay. » | Molly Sprayregen | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Jared Kushner's Albania Resort Project Triggers Mass Protests | Vantage on Firstpost
Kushner-linked Resort Plan Sparks Protests in Albania | DW News
Protests in Albania Grow over Jared Kushner-backed Luxury Resort
THE GUARDIAN: Conservation groups say work has begun in protected coastal area, while prime minister insists project will bring jobs and investment
This screenshot is from this Guardian article. | Protesters clash with police during third day of unrest in Albania. Photograph: Armando Babani/Getty Images
Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are set to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister “to discuss solutions”.
Thousands took to the streets of Tirana for a third straight day on Wednesday, some of them brandishing inflatable flamingos in a nod to feared environmental damage, amid mounting calls for the project to be blocked.
Protests are also planned for the south of the country, where groundwork on the $1.6bn (£1.19bn) complex recently began in an area long seen as one of the Mediterranean’s most environmentally sensitive.
“From start to finish there has been a total lack of transparency,” said Aleksandr Trajce, executive director of the country’s leading conservation group, the Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA). “We have seen no public consultation or public documentation regarding permits, and so now what we are saying is, if they remove the bulldozers, remove the fence and restore the habitats to what they were, then we can start talking.” » | Helena Smith in Athens | Thursday, June 4, 2026
The Kushners, just like the rest of the Trump menagerie, all have several characteristics in common: they are all corrupt; they are all ‘on-the-make; they all see dollar-signs in everything they do and undertake; and none of them can be trusted to do anything for the good of the community or wider society. Whatever they think of doing, if it doesn’t enrich them or benefit them in some way, they don’t touch the project. The project will be abandoned. It seems to me that the Albanians have got the measure of the Kushners. I should like to add the following: I would wager that there must be people at the top of Albanian society poised to enrich themselves from this. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY! — © Mark Alexander
Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are set to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister “to discuss solutions”.
Thousands took to the streets of Tirana for a third straight day on Wednesday, some of them brandishing inflatable flamingos in a nod to feared environmental damage, amid mounting calls for the project to be blocked.
Protests are also planned for the south of the country, where groundwork on the $1.6bn (£1.19bn) complex recently began in an area long seen as one of the Mediterranean’s most environmentally sensitive.
“From start to finish there has been a total lack of transparency,” said Aleksandr Trajce, executive director of the country’s leading conservation group, the Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA). “We have seen no public consultation or public documentation regarding permits, and so now what we are saying is, if they remove the bulldozers, remove the fence and restore the habitats to what they were, then we can start talking.” » | Helena Smith in Athens | Thursday, June 4, 2026
The Kushners, just like the rest of the Trump menagerie, all have several characteristics in common: they are all corrupt; they are all ‘on-the-make; they all see dollar-signs in everything they do and undertake; and none of them can be trusted to do anything for the good of the community or wider society. Whatever they think of doing, if it doesn’t enrich them or benefit them in some way, they don’t touch the project. The project will be abandoned. It seems to me that the Albanians have got the measure of the Kushners. I should like to add the following: I would wager that there must be people at the top of Albanian society poised to enrich themselves from this. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY! — © Mark Alexander
SpaceX Targets Biggest Ever Stock Market Debut, Putting Musk On Course to Be Trillionaire
THE GUARDIAN: IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.75tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealth
Space X is seeking to raise about $75bn through its imminent initial public offering, a company filing on Wednesday revealed, which would make it the largest IPO ever.
If the stock market launch – primed for next week – goes accordingly, founder Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, could be poised to make history as the first trillionaire.
The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said on Wednesday it will sell 555.6m shares at $135 a piece.
The offering would give SpaceX a market value of $1.77tn. Only six companies in the S&P 500 are currently worth more, with Nvidia topping the list at $5.2tn. » | Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencie | Thursday, June 4, 2026
Space X is seeking to raise about $75bn through its imminent initial public offering, a company filing on Wednesday revealed, which would make it the largest IPO ever.
If the stock market launch – primed for next week – goes accordingly, founder Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, could be poised to make history as the first trillionaire.
The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said on Wednesday it will sell 555.6m shares at $135 a piece.
The offering would give SpaceX a market value of $1.77tn. Only six companies in the S&P 500 are currently worth more, with Nvidia topping the list at $5.2tn. » | Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencie | Thursday, June 4, 2026
Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Four Men Are Burned to Death in Italy, Highlighting Abuse of Foreign Workers
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The immigrants had been working as fruit pickers in southern Italy, the authorities said, apparently as part of a system of criminal labor trafficking.
The brutal killing of four immigrant workers who were burned alive in a vehicle this week has Italian officials struggling to confront rampant labor exploitation by criminal gangs that have infiltrated Italy’s agricultural industry.
The killings on Monday at a gas station in Calabria, in southern Italy, were caught on camera, and the video has shocked Italians and drawn the attention of national officials all the way up to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Surveillance footage showed two people dousing a vehicle with gasoline and blocking the doors as the vehicle and its passengers burned. One person managed to escape the vehicle and has been speaking to Italian news media about the harrowing event.
Mohammad Taj Alamyar, 35, who is originally from Afghanistan, told investigators that he and the four others, who were from Afghanistan and Pakistan, had been working on the region’s strawberry harvests. He said they had asked the men who had arranged their work and accommodations, and who were driving them back from a shift on a farm after work, about wages that had been withheld, prompting the violent response. » | Ephrat Livni and Josephine de La Bruyère | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The brutal killing of four immigrant workers who were burned alive in a vehicle this week has Italian officials struggling to confront rampant labor exploitation by criminal gangs that have infiltrated Italy’s agricultural industry.
The killings on Monday at a gas station in Calabria, in southern Italy, were caught on camera, and the video has shocked Italians and drawn the attention of national officials all the way up to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Surveillance footage showed two people dousing a vehicle with gasoline and blocking the doors as the vehicle and its passengers burned. One person managed to escape the vehicle and has been speaking to Italian news media about the harrowing event.
Mohammad Taj Alamyar, 35, who is originally from Afghanistan, told investigators that he and the four others, who were from Afghanistan and Pakistan, had been working on the region’s strawberry harvests. He said they had asked the men who had arranged their work and accommodations, and who were driving them back from a shift on a farm after work, about wages that had been withheld, prompting the violent response. » | Ephrat Livni and Josephine de La Bruyère | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The House Votes to End the Iran War, in a Bipartisan Rebuke to Trump.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The House on Wednesday voted to direct President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war, after four Republicans sided with Democrats in a striking sign of growing opposition to a military campaign now in its fourth month.
Adoption of the resolution was a remarkable rebuke to Mr. Trump and his handling of the war, after he has repeatedly dismissed any effort by Congress to curb his power and as the G.O.P. has largely ceded its prerogatives to do so, deferring to him time and again. Republicans had abruptly postponed the vote two weeks ago, recognizing that they did not have sufficient votes to defeat the measure and wanting to spare themselves and the president the affront. » | Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro | Reporting from Washington | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Adoption of the resolution was a remarkable rebuke to Mr. Trump and his handling of the war, after he has repeatedly dismissed any effort by Congress to curb his power and as the G.O.P. has largely ceded its prerogatives to do so, deferring to him time and again. Republicans had abruptly postponed the vote two weeks ago, recognizing that they did not have sufficient votes to defeat the measure and wanting to spare themselves and the president the affront. » | Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro | Reporting from Washington | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Durchbruch bei EU-Beitritt der Ukraine: Ungarn gibt offenbar Blockade auf
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Zwei Jahre lang hat Ungarn die EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine blockiert. Nun kommt Bewegung in den Prozess. Das erste Verhandlungskapitel soll geöffnet werden.
ngarn hat offenbar sein zweijähriges Veto gegen die Aufnahme von EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine aufgegeben. Bei einem Treffen der EU-Botschafter in Brüssel am Mittwochabend signalisierte der ungarische Vertreter die Aufhebung der Vorbehalte, wie mehrere Diplomaten dem Nachrichtenportal Euronews bestätigten. Damit ist der Weg frei, das erste Verhandlungskapitel mit der Ukraine und der Republik Moldau formell zu eröffnen. » | Sophie Barkey | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
ngarn hat offenbar sein zweijähriges Veto gegen die Aufnahme von EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine aufgegeben. Bei einem Treffen der EU-Botschafter in Brüssel am Mittwochabend signalisierte der ungarische Vertreter die Aufhebung der Vorbehalte, wie mehrere Diplomaten dem Nachrichtenportal Euronews bestätigten. Damit ist der Weg frei, das erste Verhandlungskapitel mit der Ukraine und der Republik Moldau formell zu eröffnen. » | Sophie Barkey | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
Ana Kasparian Is Fired Up
I have always been pro-Israel, especially because of how the Jews suffered in the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, and how they have been persecuted throughout the ages. However, I am absolutely shocked that a people with such awful experience of pain and hardship are seemingly incapable of mercy and compassion for the people they now themselves persecute. This is utterly incomprehensible to me. — © Mark Alexander
Albanians Fight to Stop Jared Kushner From Turning Critical Habitat Into a Resort
Cuba: A National Crisis | ARTE.tv Documentary
June 3, 2026 | With the kidnapping of Venezuela's President Maduro by the USA, Cuba lost a loyal ally and with it the supply of Venezuelan oil, which covered a good half of its needs - a severe shock for the crisis-ridden island.
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Guerre au Moyen-Orient : Donald Trump a annoncé qu'il « aimerait rencontrer » le guide suprême iranien Mojtaba Khamenei
LE FIGARO : Marco Rubio, le chef de la diplomatie américaine, avait déclaré que les États-Unis considéraient Mojtaba Khamenei comme « vivant » et « de plus en plus impliqué » dans la direction de la République islamique.
Donald Trump a déclaré mercredi 3 juin qu'il « aimerait rencontrer » Mojtaba Khamenei, considérant dans une interview au site du New York Post que le guide suprême iranien était réellement « impliqué » dans les décisions de Téhéran. « J'aimerais le rencontrer. J'adorerais rencontrer tout le monde et nous allons probablement nous rencontrer, selon ce qui va se passer », a-t-il ajouté alors que les États-Unis et l'Iran s'accusent mutuellement de violer un cessez-le-feu toujours plus fragile. Les Iraniens « ont beaucoup de respect pour lui », a ajouté le président. Le nouveau guide n'est toujours pas apparu publiquement en Iran depuis sa nomination consécutive à la mort de son père, dans des bombardements américano-israéliens fin février. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 3 juin 2026
Donald Trump a déclaré mercredi 3 juin qu'il « aimerait rencontrer » Mojtaba Khamenei, considérant dans une interview au site du New York Post que le guide suprême iranien était réellement « impliqué » dans les décisions de Téhéran. « J'aimerais le rencontrer. J'adorerais rencontrer tout le monde et nous allons probablement nous rencontrer, selon ce qui va se passer », a-t-il ajouté alors que les États-Unis et l'Iran s'accusent mutuellement de violer un cessez-le-feu toujours plus fragile. Les Iraniens « ont beaucoup de respect pour lui », a ajouté le président. Le nouveau guide n'est toujours pas apparu publiquement en Iran depuis sa nomination consécutive à la mort de son père, dans des bombardements américano-israéliens fin février. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 3 juin 2026
Kuwait Says One Killed and Dozens Injured in Iranian Attack on Airport
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United States and Iran accused each other of launching new strikes. President Trump told The New York Post that Iran’s supreme leader is involved in peace talks, and he hopes to meet him.
Kuwait said one person was killed and more than 60 people were injured in an Iranian drone attack on a passenger terminal at the country’s international airport on Wednesday, after a new round of strikes between the United States and Iran.
The fresh hostilities came as President Trump said in an interview with The New York Post published Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was involved in the negotiations to end the war and that he hoped to meet with him.
There was no immediate comment from the Iranian authorities, and it was far from clear whether the hard-line ayatollah — who is believed to have been injured in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war and has not been seen in public for months — would be willing to meet with Mr. Trump.
Even as the two sides negotiate over a framework to end the war and maintain that the cease-fire between them remains in effect, the United States and Iran have launched a series of attacks in recent days. The U.S. military has described its actions as self-defense, while Iran has said it is retaliating against American attacks.
The Kuwaiti authorities said on Wednesday that the attack on Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1 had wounded at least 63 people. Iran War Live Updates » | Leo Sands, Vivian Nereim and Yan Zhuang | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Kuwait said one person was killed and more than 60 people were injured in an Iranian drone attack on a passenger terminal at the country’s international airport on Wednesday, after a new round of strikes between the United States and Iran.
The fresh hostilities came as President Trump said in an interview with The New York Post published Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was involved in the negotiations to end the war and that he hoped to meet with him.
There was no immediate comment from the Iranian authorities, and it was far from clear whether the hard-line ayatollah — who is believed to have been injured in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war and has not been seen in public for months — would be willing to meet with Mr. Trump.
Even as the two sides negotiate over a framework to end the war and maintain that the cease-fire between them remains in effect, the United States and Iran have launched a series of attacks in recent days. The U.S. military has described its actions as self-defense, while Iran has said it is retaliating against American attacks.
The Kuwaiti authorities said on Wednesday that the attack on Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1 had wounded at least 63 people. Iran War Live Updates » | Leo Sands, Vivian Nereim and Yan Zhuang | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Ukrainian Drones Hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ Opens in City
THE GUARDIAN: Energy and military sites targeted as guests gather for economic forum where Putin is due to speak on Friday
Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early on Wednesday hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum, in a blow to Vladimir Putin.
Several long-range drones crashed into oil storage facilities after Russian air defences tried unsuccessfully to shoot them down. There were loud explosions and black smoke rose high above the city from the blazing oil terminal.
The St Petersburg’s governor, Alexander Beglov, said the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts were targeted. Ukraine also struck the Kronstadt naval base and shipyard in Leningrad oblast, the port home to Russia’s Baltic fleet. Vessels were reportedly damaged.
The strikes will be deeply embarrassing for the Kremlin, taking place about 10 miles from the forum, where Putin is due to make a keynote speech on Friday. Guests arrived for Wednesday’s opening ceremony under a pall of thick smoke. Others were unable to fly in after St Petersburg’s airport was temporarily closed.
About 20,000 visitors from 130 countries are expected to attend the three-day annual summit, which has been described as Russia’s answer to Davos. They include the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the far-right American influencer Candace Owens and the Tate brothers. » | Luke Harding, Pjotr Sauer and agencies | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early on Wednesday hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum, in a blow to Vladimir Putin.
Several long-range drones crashed into oil storage facilities after Russian air defences tried unsuccessfully to shoot them down. There were loud explosions and black smoke rose high above the city from the blazing oil terminal.
The St Petersburg’s governor, Alexander Beglov, said the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts were targeted. Ukraine also struck the Kronstadt naval base and shipyard in Leningrad oblast, the port home to Russia’s Baltic fleet. Vessels were reportedly damaged.
The strikes will be deeply embarrassing for the Kremlin, taking place about 10 miles from the forum, where Putin is due to make a keynote speech on Friday. Guests arrived for Wednesday’s opening ceremony under a pall of thick smoke. Others were unable to fly in after St Petersburg’s airport was temporarily closed.
About 20,000 visitors from 130 countries are expected to attend the three-day annual summit, which has been described as Russia’s answer to Davos. They include the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the far-right American influencer Candace Owens and the Tate brothers. » | Luke Harding, Pjotr Sauer and agencies | Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Germany's Economic Woes Weigh on Its Job Market | DW News
Guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’aéroport du Koweït touché par des drones et des missiles iraniens, plusieurs blessés et le trafic aérien suspendu
LE FIGARO : L’armée américaine a affirmé mardi avoir repoussé plusieurs attaques iraniennes, par missiles et drones, contre ses bases et ses alliés dans la région, et voir répliqué en bombardant au sol une île iranienne. EN DIRECT » | Par Théo Sivazlian | mercredi 3 juin 2026
Friedrich Merz warnt vor Amerika, die Border Patrol widerspricht: „Das ist die sicherste Grenze unserer Geschichte“
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Reisehinweise, Festnahmen durch ICE und Kanzlerkritik prägen derzeit das deutsche Amerika-Bild. Für die Border Patrol ist diese Sichtweise kaum nachvollziehbar.
Wer derzeit einen Flug in die Vereinigten Staaten bucht, dem wird spätestens beim Online-Check-in ein Warnhinweis angezeigt. Das Auswärtige Amt hat seine Reisehinweise für die USA bereits vor Wochen erweitert, nachdem es in den vergangenen Monaten auch zu Festnahmen deutscher Staatsbürger durch die amerikanische Einwanderungsbehörde ICE gekommen war.
Selbst Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz erklärte vor wenigen Wochen: „Ich würde meinen Kindern heute nicht empfehlen, in die USA zu gehen, dort ausgebildet zu werden und dort zu arbeiten.“ Der Eindruck, der dadurch entsteht, ist eindeutig: Die Vereinigten Staaten sind nicht mehr jenes Land, das für viele Deutsche jahrzehntelang als Sehnsuchtsort galt. Ganz im Gegenteil. » | Sophie-Marie Schulz | Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026
Wer derzeit einen Flug in die Vereinigten Staaten bucht, dem wird spätestens beim Online-Check-in ein Warnhinweis angezeigt. Das Auswärtige Amt hat seine Reisehinweise für die USA bereits vor Wochen erweitert, nachdem es in den vergangenen Monaten auch zu Festnahmen deutscher Staatsbürger durch die amerikanische Einwanderungsbehörde ICE gekommen war.
Selbst Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz erklärte vor wenigen Wochen: „Ich würde meinen Kindern heute nicht empfehlen, in die USA zu gehen, dort ausgebildet zu werden und dort zu arbeiten.“ Der Eindruck, der dadurch entsteht, ist eindeutig: Die Vereinigten Staaten sind nicht mehr jenes Land, das für viele Deutsche jahrzehntelang als Sehnsuchtsort galt. Ganz im Gegenteil. » | Sophie-Marie Schulz | Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026
Weltkriegsbomben entdeckt: Evakuierung in drei Städten Brandenburgs
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Die Sprengung von Weltkriegsmunition legt Teile Brandenburgs lahm. Tausende Einwohner in Hohen Neuendorf, Oranienburg und Frankfurt (Oder) sind betroffen.
Wegen der Sprengung von Munition aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg müssen am Mittwoch rund 3000 Menschen in Brandenburg ihre Wohnungen verlassen. Betroffen sind Hohen Neuendorf, Oranienburg und Frankfurt (Oder). » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
Wegen der Sprengung von Munition aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg müssen am Mittwoch rund 3000 Menschen in Brandenburg ihre Wohnungen verlassen. Betroffen sind Hohen Neuendorf, Oranienburg und Frankfurt (Oder). » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
Einbürgerungen auf Rekordniveau: Türken und Russen holen stark auf
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Einbürgerungen in Deutschland 2025: Erstmals liegt die Zahl bei über 300.000. 90 Prozent der Einbürgerungsverfahren enden erfolgreich.
Erstmals seit Einführung der Statistik im Jahr 2000 sind in Deutschland innerhalb eines Jahres mehr als 300.000 Menschen eingebürgert worden. Besonders stark stieg die Zahl bei den türkischen und russischen Staatsangehörigen, die sich in vielen Fällen eine doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft sicherten. » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
Erstmals seit Einführung der Statistik im Jahr 2000 sind in Deutschland innerhalb eines Jahres mehr als 300.000 Menschen eingebürgert worden. Besonders stark stieg die Zahl bei den türkischen und russischen Staatsangehörigen, die sich in vielen Fällen eine doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft sicherten. » | Maximilian Eichgrün | Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2026
600 mètres de long, avec électricité et un système de rail : un tunnel dédié au trafic de cocaïne découvert entre la Californie et le Mexique
LE FIGARO : Creusé à près de 17 mètres sous terre, ce souterrain avait des murs renforcés et disposait d’un monte-charge hydraulique pour y accéder, selon un communiqué du ministère américain de la Justice publié lundi.
Six cents mètres de long, avec électricité, ventilation et un système de rail pour faire transiter la drogue: un vaste tunnel utilisé pour faire passer plus de 45 millions de dollars de cocaïne a été découvert à la frontière entre la Californie et le Mexique, ont annoncé les autorités américaines. Creusé à près de 17 mètres sous terre, ce souterrain avait des murs renforcés et disposait d'un monte-charge hydraulique pour y accéder, selon un communiqué du ministère américain de la Justice publié lundi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 3 juin 2026
Blanche Says Justice Dept. Won’t Proceed With Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The acting attorney general told lawmakers that he would leave in place an order forcing the I.R.S. to drop investigations into President Trump, his family and his businesses.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday he was withdrawing a proposal to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming to be victims of unfair prosecution, amid a revolt among Republicans who saw it as an ethical and political disaster.
“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Mr. Blanche told members of a House Appropriations subcommittee. He repeated himself to make clear that he meant the fund proposal would be permanently withdrawn.
His statement could break an impasse with Senate Republicans, who had demanded the fund be scrapped as a precondition for passing a major immigration enforcement bill. Opponents had described the proposal as a slush fund for allies of President Trump.
But Mr. Blanche said he would leave in place an order he signed last month that would, in effect, block the I.R.S. from investigating Mr. Trump, his family and his businesses for existing tax violations. » | Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday he was withdrawing a proposal to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming to be victims of unfair prosecution, amid a revolt among Republicans who saw it as an ethical and political disaster.
“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Mr. Blanche told members of a House Appropriations subcommittee. He repeated himself to make clear that he meant the fund proposal would be permanently withdrawn.
His statement could break an impasse with Senate Republicans, who had demanded the fund be scrapped as a precondition for passing a major immigration enforcement bill. Opponents had described the proposal as a slush fund for allies of President Trump.
But Mr. Blanche said he would leave in place an order he signed last month that would, in effect, block the I.R.S. from investigating Mr. Trump, his family and his businesses for existing tax violations. » | Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Menomale! Quit the graft! — © Mark Alexander
New Danish Government Vows to Resist Greenland Pressure and Tackle Cost of Living
THE GUARDIAN: Mette Frederiksen, who returns for third term as PM, says minority coalition will ‘improve everyday lives’
This screenshot is from this Guardian article. | Denmark’s incoming prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, presents the platform for a new Danish government on 2 June. Photograph: Liselotte Sabroe/EPA
Denmark’s new left-leaning government has pledged to keep pushing back against US pressure over Greenland and address the cost of living crisis, with measures including halving VAT on food and offering free public transport to young people.
“We present a government that will help improve the everyday lives of Danes,” Mette Frederiksen, who will return for a third consecutive term as prime minister at the head of the four-party minority coalition, said on Tuesday.
“We want to provide targeted support to those Danes who have been hit hard by rising petrol and diesel prices,” the prime minister said, adding that the measures were “concrete” and “reflect the way we want to be as a government”.
Announced late on Monday, the agreement between Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, the Green Left and the centrist Moderates ended two months of uncertainty after March elections in which 12 parties won seats in parliament.
The new government coalition marks a shift to the left for the 48-year-old prime minister, who for the past four years has headed an unlikely left-right alliance. With only 82 of the 179 seats in parliament, it will rely mainly on the support of the left-wing Red-Green Alliance for a parliamentary majority. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Denmark’s new left-leaning government has pledged to keep pushing back against US pressure over Greenland and address the cost of living crisis, with measures including halving VAT on food and offering free public transport to young people.
“We present a government that will help improve the everyday lives of Danes,” Mette Frederiksen, who will return for a third consecutive term as prime minister at the head of the four-party minority coalition, said on Tuesday.
“We want to provide targeted support to those Danes who have been hit hard by rising petrol and diesel prices,” the prime minister said, adding that the measures were “concrete” and “reflect the way we want to be as a government”.
Announced late on Monday, the agreement between Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, the Green Left and the centrist Moderates ended two months of uncertainty after March elections in which 12 parties won seats in parliament.
The new government coalition marks a shift to the left for the 48-year-old prime minister, who for the past four years has headed an unlikely left-right alliance. With only 82 of the 179 seats in parliament, it will rely mainly on the support of the left-wing Red-Green Alliance for a parliamentary majority. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Deux ans et demi après l’arrivée au pouvoir de Javier Milei, la stabilisation macroéconomique tarde à se traduire dans les portefeuilles. À Buenos Aires, rencontre avec les gagnants discrets et les perdants silencieux d’un pays encore dans le doute.
« Forte augmentation du coût des aliments ». À Palermo, au nord de Buenos Aires, les téléviseurs des cafés tournent en boucle sur l’évolution de l’inflation qui frappe le portefeuille des Argentins. L’indice des prix est un sujet de préoccupation au quotidien, décortiqué au comptoir et débattu en toutes situations. À la manière du trader qui suit les cours de la Bourse, l’Argentin scrute en direct le moindre soubresaut de l’économie nationale. Les prévisions tablent sur une inflation de 2 % sur le mois de mai et un taux annuel qui avoisine les 30 %.
La lutte contre l’inflation était le principal cheval de bataille de Javier Milei, élu président, fin 2023. Le mandat que lui avait confié l’électorat était clair : redresser les comptes de l’État et éviter la catastrophe, symbolisé à l’époque par la chute des cours du peso, la monnaie nationale. Sur ce front, l’expérience de la tronçonneuse, des coupes massives, est une réussite. Alors que l’hyperinflation menaçait, du temps du gouvernement péroniste d’Alberto Fernandez (2019-2023), les indicateurs macroéconomiques semblent assainis avec une inflation contrôlée, un excédent budgétaire et un peso renforcé. Suffisant pour parler d’un miracle argentin ? La réalité du quotidien est plus nuancée, car marquée par une perte globale de pouvoir d’achat et un net recul de l’activité en février, de 2,1 % par rapport à l’année dernière. » | Par Fabien Palem, à Buenos Aires | mardi 2 juin 2026
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L’expérience anarcho-capitaliste de Javier Milei était téméraire dès le départ ! Elle était vouée à engendrer le chaos dans l’économie et à causer la misère au plus grand nombre, même si elle pouvait profiter à une minorité. Ce que les politiciens d’aujourd’hui semblent oublier, c’est qu’une économie bien gérée et efficace doit œuvrer pour le bien de tous les citoyens, et non pour celui d’une poignée de privilégiés. Cela signifie que les décisions judicieuses et sensées sont souvent le fruit d’un compromis. À quoi sert, au final, une nation si l’élite s’enrichit considérablement tandis que le peuple souffre et meurt de faim ? — © Mark Alexander
How Britain, Europe and the West Were Changed by Brexit
Brexit was a STUPID act of SELF-HARM. By choosing Brexit, the nation decided to commit suicide in slow motion! This nation is living through that slow death right now! Moreover, it should be added that Cameron showed his naïveté as a politician by giving the nation a referendum in the first place. And for several reasons. These are just a few of them…
Politically, it is very unwise to ask the people to decide on, and vote on, an issue of such humungous importance when even many politicians struggle to understand the intricacies and all-encompassing nature of the institution they were asked to vote on. The Europe question was also an issue of huge constitutional importance. So, to ask one’s granny living up the road, who probably knows little about geopolitics, and understands even less of it, to vote on such an issue which would PERMANENTLY change the future trajectory of the nation was nothing short of STUPID and RECKLESS!
Further, the WEAKENING of the EUROPEAN UNION was Putin’s greatest DREAM. It was speculated that he pumped millions into trying to bring Brexit about. He was certainly pleased to learn the news that the European Union had been weakened significantly by Britain’s exit from the Union.
Many British voters voted in favour of Brexit not for sound economic reasons, but for irrational reasons of emotion. “We don’t want “them forinners” in Brussels telling us what to do!” 😊
The whole caboodle needs to be reversed in whole at the very earliest possible convenience. No ifs and no buts! This nation needs to get back on track. — © Mark Alexander
Berlin benennt Straße am Reichstag um: Dorotheenstraße wird Yad Vashem-Straße
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Ein Abschnitt der Dorotheenstraße soll künftig den Namen der israelischen Holocaust-Gedenkstätte tragen. Die feierliche Umbenennung ist für den 85. Jahrestag der Wannseekonferenz vorgesehen.
Dieser Screenshot stammt aus diesem Artikel der Berliner Zeitung. | Nach einem Beschluss des Berliner Senats soll ein Abschnitt der Dorotheenstraße künftig den Namen der israelischen Holocaust-Gedenkstätte Yad-Vashem tragen. | © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa
Der Berliner Senat hat beschlossen, einen Abschnitt der Dorotheenstraße im Bezirk Mitte in Yad Vashem-Straße umzubenennen. Die betreffende Strecke verläuft zwischen Ebertstraße und Wilhelmstraße in unmittelbarer Nähe des Reichstagsgebäudes und führt beidseitig am Jakob-Kaiser-Haus des Deutschen Bundestages vorbei, in dem Büros von Bundestagsabgeordneten untergebracht sind.
„Wir begrüßen die Entscheidung des Senats für die Straßenumbenennung sehr und bedanken uns auch ausdrücklich bei Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner, die diesen Prozess mit großem persönlichem Einsatz maßgeblich mit vorangetrieben hat", sagte der Vorsitzende des Freundeskreis Yad Vashem e.V., Kai Diekmann. » | Mario Jacob | Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026
Der Berliner Senat hat beschlossen, einen Abschnitt der Dorotheenstraße im Bezirk Mitte in Yad Vashem-Straße umzubenennen. Die betreffende Strecke verläuft zwischen Ebertstraße und Wilhelmstraße in unmittelbarer Nähe des Reichstagsgebäudes und führt beidseitig am Jakob-Kaiser-Haus des Deutschen Bundestages vorbei, in dem Büros von Bundestagsabgeordneten untergebracht sind.
„Wir begrüßen die Entscheidung des Senats für die Straßenumbenennung sehr und bedanken uns auch ausdrücklich bei Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner, die diesen Prozess mit großem persönlichem Einsatz maßgeblich mit vorangetrieben hat", sagte der Vorsitzende des Freundeskreis Yad Vashem e.V., Kai Diekmann. » | Mario Jacob | Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026
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