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• I legislatori iracheni hanno approvato giovedì un nuovo governo guidato dall'imprenditore Ali al-Zaidi, ponendo fine a mesi di stallo a Baghdad. • L'ufficio stampa del primo ministro ha dichiarato che il parlamento ha concesso la fiducia al gabinetto di Zaidi, mentre l'agenzia di stampa statale INA ha riferito che una maggioranza assoluta ha sostenuto 14 nomine ministeriali. • Zaidi, descritto come il primo ministro più giovane dell'Iraq a 40 anni, è stato scelto il 27 aprile dopo crescenti pressioni per ripristinare un'amministrazione stabile.

• Il Senato ha fatto avanzare una legislazione che sospenderebbe i compensi del Congresso durante i shutdown del governo federale, legando la retribuzione dei legislatori agli esiti delle negoziazioni sul budget. • La proposta rappresenta un passo procedurale per ritenere i funzionari eletti finanziariamente responsabili delle interruzioni delle operazioni federali e dei servizi pubblici causate dagli shutdown. • La misura riflette la crescente frustrazione per le ricorrenti impasse sul budget e il loro impatto sulla funzionalità del governo e sul sostentamento dei dipendenti federali.

• Il produttore di auto sportive prolunga la vita della Emira a motore a benzina, prodotta nel Norfolk, per continuare a servire il mercato statunitense. • Business live – ultimi aggiornamenti. Il capo del produttore di auto sportive di lusso Lotus ha chiesto il sostegno del governo per la sua fabbrica nel Regno Unito, mentre l'azienda di proprietà cinese ha insistito sul fatto che non abbandonerà le sue radici britanniche. • Lotus ha dichiarato di aver esteso il ciclo di vita della Emira, l'auto sportiva a benzina da 80.000 sterline prodotta da 900 dipendenti nel suo stabilimento del Norfolk, affinché il marchio possa continuare a servire il mercato degli Stati Uniti. Continua a leggere...

• Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved bills giving the government sole discretion over senior civil service appointments, reducing oversight mechanisms. • The committee deferred decisions on more radical proposals, including bills to cancel the Oslo Accords and restrict immigration and citizenship for non-Orthodox converts. • These moves signal a push toward greater executive control, amid ongoing debates on judicial and administrative reforms.

Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to work with other parties and press the UK government for extra powersUK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has vowed to form a stable minority government in the Senedd and said he would seek out mature cooperation from all opposition parties.Ap Iorwerth said his administration would press the UK government for extra powers over policy areas such as policing and justice and focus on results rather than engaging in political rows with Westminster. Continue reading...

Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalatesThe Trump administration announced earlier this month that hundreds of baby formula samples it tested for toxic chemicals “meet a high safety standard”, but public health advocates warn this claim contradicts data showing a majority were contaminated with dangerous substances, such as Pfas or phthalates.Independent scientists who reviewed the results say the data gaps and the contamination raise concerns, though they added the testing shows some bright spots, and praised the US Food and Drug Administration for expanding the testing program, then making the results public. Continue reading...

Denmark king asks Troeld Lund Poulsen to form government after PM struggles to gather supportThe king of Denmark has asked a centre-right politician to try to form a new government after a month-long effort by the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has failed to put together a ruling coalition.The announcement on Friday night shook the political establishment as Frederiksen has been a staple of Danish politics for decades. Her left-leaning party, the Social Democrats, won the plurality of votes in parliamentary elections in March. Continue reading...

• The Philippine Social Security System (SSS) rolled out an AI‑powered fraud‑detection platform on May 7, 2026, using anomaly‑detection models trained on 15 years of pension and contribution records. • Initial testing reportedly flagged over 44,000 suspicious claims during a six‑month pilot, with an estimated $187 million in potential fraudulent payouts prevented before the nationwide launch. • The system, developed in partnership with a local AI‑analytics startup, analyzes over 120 behavioral and transactional features per claimant and pushes alerts to human investigators via a dashboard.