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Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody

JERUSALEM — A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a hunger strike of nearly three months, Israel’s prison service announced. His death set off a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and raised fears of a further escalation. Late Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had started airstrikes on Gaza targets, in response to earlier rocket salvos from the coastal strip, run by the militant Hamas group. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage and the aerial bombardment stopped in the early hours. The case of the Palestinian prisoner ...

Brazil orders Google to halt campaign against speech bill

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Justice Ministry on Tuesday ordered Google to stop conducting what it called a propaganda campaign against Brazilian legislation aimed at curbing misinformation, or face about $200,000 per hour in fines. The company later Tuesday took down an article the ministry had labeled propaganda, but it was not immediately clear if the big tech giant was in complete compliance with the agency’s order. The legislation, hotly contested by big tech companies including Google, would establish fines and deadlines for removing misinformation and hate speech from ...

Little progress in Serbia, Kosovo leaders’ EU-backed talks

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels on Tuesday for talks to implement a European Union-backed plan to normalize ties, and agreed to cooperate on resolving cases of missing persons. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell convened the meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti of Kosovo. Their agenda included endorsing a declaration on people who remain missing from the 1998-99 war in Kosovo, which was a Serbian province with an armed pro-independence movement at the time. A statement issued not long after the ...

Man arrested outside Buckingham Palace with suspected weapon

LONDON — London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a man was arrested there on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. The Metropolitan Police said officers arrested the man after he approached the palace gates and threw items suspected to be shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds. A bag that police deemed suspicious was found in the suspect’s possession, the police force said. Police said the incident was not being treated as terrorism-related. “Officers worked immediately to detain the man ...

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Histories

Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2023. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labour government in parliamentary elections. On this date: In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city. In 1937, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, “Gone with the Wind.” In 1947, Japan’s postwar constitution took effect. In 1948, the Supreme Court, ...