International relations

Colombia joins China's Belt and Road Initiative during the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing. (AFP via RFI)

• https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250514-colombia-joins-belt-and-road-initiative-as-china-courts-latin-america

Law and crime

Russian election observer Grigory Melkonyants [ru] is convicted on charges of working with an "undesirable organization" and sentenced to five years in prison. (The New York Times)

• https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%86,_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/europe/grigory-melkonyants-russia-golos.html