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May 13, 2026

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☰ × CBC Canada

-	Why a song contest has emerged as Europe’s most controversial election
-	Former Mountie found not guilty on allegation of foreign interference
-	Mother charged with murder in death of baby girl, Toronto police say
-	Retrial set for lawyer Alex Murdaugh after convictions overturned in deaths of wife, son
-	Boys are falling behind in school, and some experts say it starts in kindergarten
-	Islanders' Matthew Schaefer first unanimous NHL rookie of the year recipient since 1993
-	Erectile dysfunction ads are targeting young men. But many don’t need the meds, experts say
-	Federal, Manitoba governments breached First Nations' child welfare rights, judge says in 'historic' decision

☰ × BBC World

-	Trade, Iran and Taiwan on the agenda as Trump arrives in China for high-stakes talks with Xi
-	Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and orders new trial
-	Dozens of dogs rescued and suspect arrested in Uganda after BBC investigation
-	Woman isolating on British island in South Pacific after hantavirus contact
-	What to know as Trump visits Xi in China
-	Lockdown in Philippine Senate after gunshots fired
-	Israeli strikes on cars in southern Lebanon kill 12, health ministry says
-	Epstein abused me while under house arrest, survivor tells US lawmakers

☰ × Global News

-	Utah grief author Kouri Richins gets life sentence in husband’s poisoning death
-	Flight cancellations rise at New Brunswick airports as jet fuel prices climb
-	Nova Scotia has contracted four water bombers to help with wildfire season
-	‘Extraordinarily innovative’ oil sector can weather increased carbon price: ATCO CEO
-	11 plane crash victims rescued after hours drifting at sea off Florida coast
-	As oil prices leap, should Canada keep or sell the Trans Mountain pipeline?
-	Batten down the hatches: 100 km/h winds, rain — or snow — to sweep across Alberta
-	‘Canada has so much to offer’: Artemis crew on Canadian space exploration

☰ × NPR News

-	Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.
-	Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as next chair of the Federal Reserve
-	Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago
-	Greetings from Seville, where springtime means caracoles
-	Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case
-	Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate as police try to arrest senator
-	War in Iran costs $29 billion so far. And, students are finally improving in math
-	Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile

☰ × The Guardian

-	‘Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
-	Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
-	Gaborone gold rush: how Botswana rose to the top of men’s sprinting
-	Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa
-	Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco
-	Les Simpson: return of Québécois show spares viewers from ‘European French’
-	US man accused of killing rock singer in 1993 arrested after decades on the run
-	Trump urged to rule out ‘unlawful’ Cuba takeover and stop using Guantánamo Bay for migrant detention

☰ × Al Jazeera

-	Republicans break ranks, but Senate fails to curb Trump’s Iran war powers
-	Russia unleashes massive drone barrage on Ukraine killing six
-	New eye scan detects diseases years before symptoms appear
-	Will the boycott of Eurovision have any impact?
-	Hamas must disarm, not ‘disappear’ from Gaza: Board of Peace’s Mladenov
-	Netanyahu visited UAE in ‘secret’ during US-Israel war on Iran, office says
-	There’s an app for that: Gaza’s developers use tech to solve war problems
-	Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations against cartels

☰ × The Verge

-	The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.
-	Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO
-	Netflix’s ad ambitions just keep growing
-	Everything at The Criterion Collection is 30 percent off right now
-	Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos
-	Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
-	Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
-	Sony ups its new A7R VI to 66.8 megapixels and jumps the price to $4,500

☰ × TechCrunch

-	Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
-	Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are
-	This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives
-	Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand
-	X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles
-	Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal
-	Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M
-	Who trusts Sam Altman?

☰ × TechRadar

-	iBuyPower slashes up to $350 off gaming PCs powered by a 16GB RTX 9070 XT, Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 32GB RAM in its Memorial Day sale
-	'A decade or so away, we’ll be viewing it as a more normal way to build data centers': Google and SpaceX are reportedly in talks to build data centers in orbit
-	Bad news employee — most executives admit using AI makes them value human workers less
-	Meta workers revolt against mouse tracking technology — flyers ask if they want to work at 'the Employee Data Extraction Factory'
-	iOS 27 will bring updates to key apps on your iPhone, report claims, but don’t expect big Liquid Glass changes
-	Microsoft reveals another way it's making Windows 11 faster, with more performance boosts promised for the likes of File Explorer
-	How to watch Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final 2 online for FREE
-	Messaging app Tokee may have leaked 1.2 million user profiles — experts say exposed personal data 'presents significant privacy, security, and regulatory risks'

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