Globe Trot: Obama calls for nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima visit

JAPAN: President Barack Obama gave an historic speech at Hiroshima today, saying the site of the 1945 atomic bombing “teaches this truth. Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well.” The president also called for disarmament: “Those nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them.”

NIGERIA: In the first of a two-part story, WORLD investigates the troubling ties of Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation to some really sleazy Nigerian businessmen. Consider the complexity, that perhaps the largest donor to the Clinton “charity” is an illicit oil trader who learned the ropes from Marc Rich, the fugitive billionaire President Bill Clinton pardoned (a 65-count indictment worth of pardon) on his last day in office.

Thumbs down for The Wall Street Journal’s story celebrating the “return” of Amina Ali Nkeki, the kidnapped and raped Chibok schoolgirl who was rescued last week. Amina Ali is missing, along with her mother, not seen by locals in Chibok or her brother (her sole remaining sibling after 11 others died) since she was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at Abuja’s state house last week. We are following this story with sources there.

SUDAN: Authorities rearrested a leading Sudanese pastor, Kuwa Shamal, who joins two others awaiting charges that could carry the death penalty.

EUROPEAN UNION: After demanding Netflix and similar providers provide 20 percent European offerings to customers in the EU, the European Commission discovered they already provide 21 percent.

TURKEY is trying to blackmail the EU over its migrant crisis.

UPCOMING: On Monday, Elton John may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss gay rights, at Putin’s request.

DON’T MISS: Speaking on international development at the Trinity Forum, Michael Gerson takes needed shots at the “rhetorical camouflage” experts use to equate foreign policy realism with cynicism and the relentless search for resources.

“I know this is not an exhaustive description of America’s role in the world. I know it because I’ve seen it. … We know … fighting disease and promoting national security are good in the long run, because danger grows in disorder … but also because of a moral commitment shared by millions of Americans.”

Gerson also learns: “You can never be too careful when you travel. You can go in search of disease and poverty and stumble upon holy ground.”

MEMORIAL DAY: Remembrances from that first Memorial Day after 9/11; of “blood that speaks” with war dead U.S. Army Cpl. Matthew Phillip Wallace; and a walk through Arlington Cemetery.