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May 23 2000 UTC Brief
In U.S. news
The White House app is drawing privacy complaints after researchers said it shares user data with third-party services and leaves parts of its disclosures incomplete. The app was launched in March and is also being criticized for how it surfaces presidential messaging and for showing up on government-issued phones. Small detail, enormous confidence.
The CDC has expanded enhanced Ebola screening to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for travelers arriving from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan, part of the federal response to a recent outbreak.
In Texas, a Houston woman is in jail and her girlfriend is wanted after investigators accused them of abusing two young children and coordinating false statements to police. Deputies say the injuries were severe, including a brain bleed, broken bones, bruising, and possible liver trauma.
In international news
Gunmen killed at least 25 people in two attacks on Honduras’s coast, including six police officers, according to authorities. The shootings are being treated as separate assaults on the same day.
In Serbia, tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters have taken to the streets again, with students pressing for early elections and keeping up a movement that began after the Novi Sad disaster last year.
Iran says it will move its 2026 World Cup preparation base from Arizona to Mexico after FIFA approval, a reminder that even football has to work around geopolitics now.
Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, met senior Iranian officials in Tehran as Islamabad and Doha work on a memorandum aimed at ending the war involving Iran and Israel.
Police in Spain detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla and their supporters at Bilbao Airport.
Gisèle Pelicot says she has learned to trust and love again after the years-long abuse orchestrated by her former husband in France, and used a festival appearance in Wales to urge society to confront violence against women.
In sports
Leinster were beaten heavily by Bordeaux in the Champions Cup final, their fifth defeat in the competition’s final. The loss has renewed pressure on head coach Leo Cullen and defense coach Jacques Nienaber, with some fans already calling for changes.
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