Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker A major union representing tens of thousands of people at the South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that workers will go on strike for the first time, potentially threatening key global semiconductor supply chains. A spokesperson said union members, around 20% of the company workforce, or 28,000 people, would use annual leave to strike for one day on 7 June, leaving the door open for a potential general strike down the road.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/samsung-union-strikeFrench Minister Says New Caledonia Capital 'Under Control'French security forces have regained control throughout New Caledonia's capital Noumea, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday, two weeks after deadly riots broke out in the Pacific territory. Around 400 police had cleared 26 barricades and arrested 12 people in the Riviere-Salee district in the city's north, Darmanin wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/french-minister-says-new-caledonia-capital-under-control-3c5b9f25https://archive.is/CTTFzSikh separatist contests India election from jail, a worry for governmentA win for him in an election to parliament could give Singh some legitimacy and spark concerns of a revival of a militancy that killed tens of thousands of people in the 1970s and 1980s.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/sikh-separatist-contests-india-election-jail-worry-government-2024-05-31/Red Sea tensions: Yemen’s Houthis ‘attack’ US carrier after deadly strikesHouthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced the attack on the Eisenhower carrier on Friday; the group earlier claimed that at least 16 people were killed in US and UK assaults on the Hodeidah province, the highest publicly acknowledged death toll from multiple rounds of strikes over the group’s assault on shipping.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/red-sea-tensions-yemens-houthis-attack-us-carrier-after-deadly-strikeshttps://archive.is/WbwP9 Two SDF 2 fighters killed as Turkey attacks Til Koçer and Til Hemis The occupying Turkish state carried out 8 attacks with Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) in Til Koçer and Til Hemis areas on Friday. The town of Topiz and the village of Herêma Şêxo in Qamişlo were also bombed. The invaders' attacks continue.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/two-sdf-2-fighters-killed-as-turkey-attacks-til-kocer-and-til-hemis-73545Israeli captives' families feel 'abandoned', told no deal will be made soonHanegbi told relatives that he believed that the first stage for a hostage exchange could happen in "a few short months" but admitted that fighting will continue in Gaza and in the north, referring to Israel's aerial bombardment of southern Lebanon. After that, he was reported to have said that only then would the government "sit down to evaluate the situation".
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-aide-tells-captives-families-no-deal-be-made-soonDiane Abbott allowed to stand after outrage forces Sir Keir into U-turnThe Labour leader gave the green light for her candidacy in Hackney North and Stoke Newington today, having previously refused to do so. His 11th-hour decision comes amid uproar at the party’s “purge” of left-wing candidates and accusations of racism levelled at its leadership.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/diane-abbott-allowed-to-stand-after-outrage-forces-sir-keir-into-u-turnDutch MPs call for inquiry into reports Israel spied on ICC lawyersKati Piri, an MP in the Green-Labour alliance, submitted a series of written questions to the Dutch justice, home and foreign affairs ministers on Wednesday saying the Netherlands had a “special responsibility to protect court employees and people who [want to] bear witness to war crimes”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/dutch-mps-call-for-inquiry-into-reports-israel-spied-on-icc-lawyersZuma big election ‘winner’ as South Africa heads for coalition governmentWith more than 90 percent of votes counted on Friday evening, the MK appeared to be on the cusp of grabbing power in KwaZulu Natal, comfortably leading in a province where the ANC has never previously lost since the first post-apartheid elections in 1994.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/zuma-big-election-winner-as-south-africa-heads-for-coalition-governmenthttps://archive.is/ULYcQArgentina hosts naval drills with US fleet as ties tighten under MileiThe joint exercise, called "Gringo-Gaucho" in a tongue-in-cheek reference to slang terms for Americans and Argentines, is the first such operation since 2010 and comes less than six months into the libertarian Milei's administration.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/argentina-hosts-naval-drills-with-us-fleet-ties-tighten-under-milei-2024-05-31/