French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes (AP)***Key mediator Qatar urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal (The Independent)***Türkiye pushes for peace in Gaza as Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan visits Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] (Daily Sabah)***President Zelenskyy [Ukraine] issues fresh plea for EU accession, NATO entry (Reuters)***EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Katarína Mathernová, says that Ukraine is ready to start negotiations in June regarding joining European Union (RBC Ukraine)***Analysis: US approving aid to Ukraine will help save lives and build world peace (The Patriot-News)***Central Asia’s Strategic Shift: Excluding Russia from “Birlestik-2024” military exercises conducted by 5 nations in region (Daily Wrap)***Ukrainians face prohibition on working in several professions in Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia, reports National Resistance Center of Ukraine (RBC Ukraine)***UK estimates 450,000 Russian soldiers lost since war began plus tens of thousands have deserted Russian military since February 2022 (Sky News)***US Secretary of State Blinken speaks to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and separately to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about Azeri-Armenian peace talks (Reuters)***Kenya to hold mediation in coming days between South Sudan government and its rebel hold-out groups (Sudan Tribune)***Prince William [UK] visits pupils in Birmingham [England, UK] and shares the benefits of being kind to animals for one’s mental wellness (The Telegraph)***UK migrant crisis: Small boat migrant arrivals by late April at highest level ever (Sky News)***State of Colorado passes US’s first brainwave privacy law protecting citizens’ biological data (StateScoop)***Bird flu confirmed in Colorado [US] dairy cows as outbreak spreads (Tribune News Service)***Analysis: Bird flu threatens US dairy industry (The Monroe Times)***Pharmaceutical corporation AstraZeneca admits for first time in [UK] court documents its COVID vaccine can cause blood clots and low platelet count [Thrombocytopenia Syndrome] amidst multi-million pound class action lawsuit (The Telegraph)***Dead bird found with West Nile Virus in Concord [California, US] (KRON San Francisco)***Genetic variants found in some individuals linked to Parkinson’s risk from pesticide exposure (News Medical)***Hunchbacked computer model shows what remote workers may look like by 2100 due to poor posture, lack of exercise, and other issues linked to working at home (LADbible)***Survey finds gardening helps “save” many people from grief by providing a safe space for reflection (Huffpost)***Schools closed, warnings issued as South and Southeast Asia swelters in extreme heatwave (France 24)***Portugal’s cork forests are major carbon sinks - but they face threats from climate change (Euronews)***Companies Coke and Pepsi top list in global count of plastic waste, study reveals (CBC)***Climate change is disproportionately impacting ethnic minority US communities, experts say (ABC News)***86% of Great Lakes [US & Canada] litter is plastic, a 20-year study shows. And the plastic is “just getting smaller and smaller’” (Tribune News Service)***Older Americans are struggling to afford food at an alarming rate – and it’s expected to get worse (Moneywise)***Ecuador: Climate change threatening local butterflies, and therefore humans too (DW) *** Maggot infestations and illegal pig incinerations among thousands of illegal practices found at England’s [UK] meat farms, investigation reveals (The i)***Exposed: US taxes fund a government program called Wildlife Services that kills wild animals to benefit the meat industry (One Green Planet)***Conservation actions are effective at slowing global biodiversity loss, major study says (BBC)***Humane Society for Greater Savannah [Georgia, US] helping regional shelters reach no-kill status through Best Friends Animal Society grant (Grice Connect)***Plan to halt greyhound dog racing track construction [Australia] revealed by animal rights group (Central Western Daily)***First reverse microwave in the US can chill food and beverages in as little as 60 seconds, eliminating the need for ice buckets or refrigerators (EcoNews)***Scientists find signature of gas “only produced by life” in atmosphere of planet K2-18b that is twice the size of Earth, 124 light-years away (GeoNews)***Tiny stray dog found wandering the streets of Los Angeles [California, US] becomes shining sitcom television star after chance encounter (ParadePets)***Ex-nurse Tony Westacott, from Bristol [England, UK], honored with Our Health Heroes Award for a career helping others (BBC)***For more relevant news from around our planet, please visit SupremeMasterTV.com/NWN