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Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum held under the shadow of Trump’s Greenland threats  CNN

Controversial Venezuelan executive courts investors after Trump oil deal  Financial Times Trump just brokered a deal with the country sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves  Fox News Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner  The New York Times

President Donald Trump’s revenge-fueled order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America was validated by Google on Sunday after the technology company changed the name of the lake on its service Google Maps, sparking outrage among countless critics. Trump imposed

Icelanders reject reopening talks to join the EU despite Trump’s Greenland threats  CNBC

Nepal-China flood disaster: What’s the latest toll, how many are missing?  Al Jazeera These men had a hellish escape from Nepal’s flooded hydro tunnels. They were the lucky ones  CNN In one Nepal district, flood catastrophe is measured in bodies and burial

Rescue underway after Turkish ferry carrying hundreds of people capsizes off Cyprus  CNN Six dead after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern Cyprus  The Guardian Boat carrying 259 passengers and 8 crew capsizes off northern Cyprus – follow live  BBC Ferry carrying

The Republican Party’s Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape  Politico

Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.  The Washington Post

Iceland rejects EU-accession talks plan in referendum  Al Jazeera Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum, public broadcaster reports  CNN Icelandic voters reject a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union  The Hill Iceland votes on resuming EU membership talks as

One of the Supreme Court’s worst ideas could save the midterms from Trump  vox.com