{"id":64554,"date":"2024-06-03T05:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/monday-briefing-11\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T05:25:12","slug":"monday-briefing-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/monday-briefing-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/02\/multimedia\/03ambriefing-europe-nl-safrica\/02safrica-scene-photo1-wlgq-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monday Briefing\" title=\"Monday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7dc6c5c0\">South Africa rejected the party that ended apartheid<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/01\/world\/africa\/south-africa-election-results.html\" title=\"\">The African National Congress lost its political monopoly<\/a> in South Africa for the first time since vanquishing the country\u2019s last white-led regime 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When votes were counted on Saturday, the A.N.C. received only about 40 percent of the vote, a steep drop from the nearly 58 percent that the party won in the 2019 election and far short of winning an absolute majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The party, which rose to international acclaim on the shoulders of Nelson Mandela, will now have two weeks to cobble together a government with one or more rival parties. Without an absolute majority, the A.N.C. can no longer handpick the country\u2019s president, and President Cyril Ramaphosa may not have a second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One major question is whether the A.N.C. will embrace or shun Jacob Zuma, its former leader, who resigned as president in 2018 because of corruption charges. A party he formed just six months ago won 15 percent of the vote. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/02\/world\/africa\/south-africa-elections-government.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what could happen next<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5aad3542\">Mexico poised to elect its first female president<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mexican voters awaited results in an election yesterday that will <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/02\/world\/americas\/mexico-election.html\" title=\"\">almost certainly conclude with the country electing its first female president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two main candidates were women: Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist representing the ruling party led by President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, and X\u00f3chitl G\u00e1lvez, a businesswoman on a ticket made up of opposition parties. The contest showcased the immense strides that women, who weren\u2019t even allowed to vote in Mexico until 1953, have made in the country\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7385a021\">Biden\u2019s cease-fire plan pressured Netanyahu<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden\u2019s proposal for a truce in Gaza has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/02\/world\/middleeast\/netanyahu-biden-truce-proposal.html\" title=\"\">put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in a bind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With Israel facing growing diplomatic isolation, Netanyahu appears to face a choice between the survival of his hawkish government and a deal to bring hostages home. Hard-right members of Netanyahu\u2019s coalition have said they will abandon it if he accepts the cease-fire before Hamas is destroyed, while centrist leaders have threatened to withdraw their support without a clear path forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Starlink, the satellite internet service, has brought the web to the Marubo, an Indigenous tribe that lives in remote villages in the Amazon rainforest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Marubo and other Indigenous tribes, which have resisted modernity for generations, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/02\/world\/americas\/starlink-internet-elon-musk-brazil-amazon.html\" title=\"\">are now confronting the potential and peril<\/a> of the internet all at once, while debating what it will mean for their identity and culture. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/americas\/100000009494114\/how-internet-access-is-transforming-life-in-this-amazon-tribe.html\" title=\"\">See this video<\/a> from my colleague Jack Nicas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> U Tin Oo was a former military leader in Myanmar who turned against his country\u2019s oppressive government and led a pro-democracy movement. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/01\/world\/asia\/u-tin-oo-dead.html\" title=\"\">He died at 97<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-4393a9e5\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">SPORTS NEWS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Real Madrid 2, Borussia Dortmund 0: <\/strong>Analysis from the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5532520\/2024\/06\/01\/borussia-dortmund-real-madrid-champions-league-final\/\" title=\"\">Champions League final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Las Vegas Grand Prix: <\/strong>Officials predict <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5529673\/2024\/05\/31\/f1-las-vegas-grand-prix-2024\/\" title=\"\">a smoother race<\/a> this year after the problems of the inaugural race in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3e3d9523\">Franz Kafka\u2019s online afterlife<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A century after his death, Franz Kafka has become a TikTok star. Known for nightmarish stories like \u201cThe Metamorphosis,\u201d the writer serves as a shorthand for a generation\u2019s growing sense of alienation, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/01\/arts\/franz-kafka-tiktok-centennial.html\" title=\"\">my colleague Amanda Hess writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe internet, the very place where we are now expected to craft a self, is also an identity-destabilizing machine,\u201d Hess continues. \u201cWhen Kafka wrote \u2018I have hardly anything in common with myself,\u2019 he could have been describing the experience of confronting one\u2019s own online persona.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">P.S. The Times released \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/animal-podcast\" title=\"\">Animal<\/a>,\u201d a six-part audio series in which the writer Sam Anderson engages with different creatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">You can reach Dan and the team at <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/03\/briefing\/mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Europe%20Morning%20Briefing%20Feedback\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">briefing@nytimes.com<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/03\/briefing\/south-africa-mexico-election.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa rejected the party that ended apartheid The African National Congress lost its political monopoly in South Africa for the first time since vanquishing the country\u2019s last white-led regime 30 years ago. When votes were counted on Saturday, the A.N.C. received only about 40 percent of the vote, a steep drop from the nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/02\/multimedia\/03ambriefing-europe-nl-safrica\/02safrica-scene-photo1-wlgq-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,3635],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64556,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64554\/revisions\/64556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}