Today is May 10, 2018. Below are the the world news articles collected and shared by @bayuya.

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'I would do it again,' McCain writes about release of Steele dossier to FBI

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., apparently has no regrets about his role in the release of the so-called Steele dossier, which is said to contain salacious allegations about then-candidate Donald Trump. See the full story

10 magical European opera festivals to visit this summer

Europe bursts into song in summer. Here's where to find sublime voices in magical settings. continue reading

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Armenia's new PM signals continuity on Karabakh, seeks talks with Azerbaijan

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia’s newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signaled continuity on Wednesday in policy on the long-running issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, saying he was ready for more talks with Azerbaijan but wanted the separatists to take part too. read more...

EU Is Engaging With U.K. Trade Plan in Boost for May

The European Union is starting to engage with Theresa May’s proposal for how to keep trade flowing after Brexit -- a plan it had branded unworkable. European negotiators are still struggling to see how the complicated and untested scheme -- which May’s own foreign minister has called "crazy" -- could work, but they have asked a series of questions with a view to finding a way forward, according to two EU officials. read more...

Why Not Treat Northern Ireland Like Hong Kong, EU Suggests to U.K.

The search for an answer to Brexit’s most intractable problem -- what to do about the Irish border -- has thrown up a radical idea. That the U.K. should think of Northern Ireland as a separate customs area, similar to Hong Kong. European Union officials have made the comparison during discussions in Brussels, according to people familiar with the matter speaking on condition of anonymity. Read more..

FNE at 6th CineDOC Tbilisi IDFF: Simon Lereng Wilmont's War Film Wins CineDOC Top Prize

TBILISI: Simon Lereng Wilmont's film The Distant Barking of Dogs won the main award of the international competition of the 6th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the first international documentary film festival in the Caucasus, which concluded on 8 May 2018. continue reading

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