Briefly with OZY

The Kansas City, Missouri, area was the latest to be hit during a 12-

day stretch that’s seen at least eight tornadoes strafe the Midwest. Meanwhile,

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has asked a Texas judge to rule against a law

restricting U.S. federal spending on Huawei-made gear.

While last weekend’s European Parliament elections failed to

produce the far-right populist surge some had predicted, the results did suggest

that Europe’s electorate is more fractured than ever. Meanwhile, two people were

killed and at least 16 others — including more than a dozen schoolgirls — were

injured in a mass stabbing in the Japanese city of Kawasaki.

Following four days of voting across the 28-member bloc, its two

major centrist forces appeared set to lose their combined grip over the European

Parliament as liberals, environmentalists and nationalists all posted significant

gains. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo

Abe struggled to show a united front in Tokyo.

The Brexit prime minister is leaving. Theresa May announced her June 7 resignation on Friday after failing multiple efforts to secure an agreement to end Britain’s European Union membership. Now a hard-line Brexiteer Boris Johnson is likely to replace her. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump faces louder calls for his impeachment while GIs head to the Middle East.

Hobbled by months of unsuccessful attempts at forcing through a

Brexit deal to withdraw from the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa

May announced today that she’ll resign from her post June 7. Meanwhile, U.S.

Justice Department prosecutors announced 17 new charges against WikiLeaks

founder Julian Assange, accusing him of violating the Espionage Act by

publishing classified information containing U.S. diplomatic and military sources.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata

Party appeared headed for a major win Thursday as India’s Election Commission

continued counting ballots from the country’s massive seven-phase general

election. Meanwhile, after President Donald Trump stormed out of a White House

meeting yesterday with Democratic leaders, observers are wondering if the

potential for bipartisan legislating is over.

Indonesian election results, which have returned President Joko Widodo to office, have inflamed supporters of his biggest challenger, Prabowo Subianto, who’ve clashed with police in violence that’s left six dead. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping warns his nation that it’s in for a “Long March” before finding a resolution to a trade war with the United States.

A federal judge has handed President Donald Trump his first defeat

in the legal showdown over his finances, ruling that Trump’s accounting firm

must provide congressional Democrats the documents they subpoenaed.

Meanwhile, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said the U.S. effort to block the

company from its mobile networks “underestimates our strength.”

Tensions over Iran continue to simmer as Riyadh has pledged to

respond with “all strength” in a conflict that President Donald Trump tweeted

yesterday would be the “official end” of the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Exit

polls are predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu

nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party after the seventh and final phase of India’s

marathon six-week election ended yesterday.

President Donald Trump has dismissed reports that his top foreign policy officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton, are at odds over America’s antagonistic moves toward Iran. Meanwhile Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, going into Sunday’s final election day, condemned members of his own Hindu nationalist party for praising Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin.