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May 31 2000 UTC Brief
In U.S. news
Five people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bus crash in Virginia early Friday, and the driver has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter. It was a brutal morning on the road, the kind that leaves a long trail of questions after the sirens fade.
In Newark, crowds have been gathering outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center as detainees protest inside and videos show clashes with ICE outside. The site has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s deportation push, with hunger strikes adding to the pressure.
Former Vice President Mike Pence called a new $1.8 billion settlement fund tied to Donald Trump’s dispute with the IRS “deeply offensive,” saying it could be used to pay people involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
In international news
Hungary’s president, Tamás Sulyok, says he will not resign after a deadline passed on Sunday night, and he says he will wait for the Venice Commission’s opinion. He argues the dispute should be handled under the constitution, which is a neat way of saying the political deadline was not his problem.
Donald Trump said the United States is in no hurry to reach a deal with Iran, even as the war there enters its fourth month. The conflict is also pushing up fertilizer prices, which have risen 40 percent since late February and are now squeezing farmers looking for alternatives.
An explosives-store blast in a village in Myanmar killed dozens of people, with no further details given. In Brazil, health officials are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection, which would be the first confirmed cases outside Africa since the outbreak began in Congo. And in New Delhi, a five-storey building collapsed, with nine people reportedly rescued and more feared trapped.
Nicaraguan Indigenous rights leader Brooklyn Rivera has died after nearly three years in detention, ending a long and painful chapter for a man who spent years pressing for rights that his government was not interested in granting.
In business and technology
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that artificial intelligence could eliminate entire professions as it grows more powerful, saying the shift is irreversible. Meanwhile, the 2026 World Cup will bar a small goalkeeper timeout tactic, because even football has its paperwork.
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