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Joshua Katz says he was targeted because of his criticism of a campus protest group. A university report says the concerns are related to his inappropriate conduct with a female student.
Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions May 20, 2022
The legislation prohibits abortion from the moment of fertilization and relies on lawsuits from private citizens to enforce it. If the governor signs the bill, it would be the nation’s strictest measure, and take effect immediately.
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Wesley Hunt, a Black Republican poised to win a seat in Congress this fall, thinks his party’s future is in more candidates like him.

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Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country May 21, 2022
84-year-old who was ousted last year boards plane for Turkey to receive medical treatmentGuinean ex-leader Alpha Conde boarded a plane for Turkey on Saturday after the junta that toppled him authorised his travel abroad for medical treatment, officials said.The 84-year-old Conte, who was ousted last year, has been allowed to travel out of respect for his “di […]
Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body May 19, 2022
The South African government sent Anton Hammerl’s passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have itThe widow of a British-based photographer who was murdered by Col Gaddafi’s forces in Libya in 2011 has accused South Africa of withholding crucial information about her husband’s death that could help in efforts to locate his body.Ant […]
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 May 19, 2022
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report revealsConflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by “huge spikes” in fighting.People fleeing violence were […]
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups May 19, 2022
Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one anotherSmoke curls into the air, a drum beats, the dance begins, a chant is raised. Ten metres away, cars howl past on a busy road, drivers unaware of the sacred ritual taking place in the centre of a bustling South African city.Francisco Macken […]
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives May 18, 2022
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to dieOne of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Phénéas Munyarugarama, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, UN prosecutors have announced.Munyarugarama, a local army commander, “died of natural causes” and was buried […]
UK under pressure over Alexander Lebedev sanctions after Canada move May 21, 2022
Labour says the case for the British government to follow Ottawa’s lead is ‘extremely strong’Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe British government is under pressure to impose sanctions on Alexander Lebedev after Canada targeted the former KGB agent in a fresh wave of restrictions against Vladimir Putin’s regime.The billionaire Russian businessman, who lit […]
France and Spain swelter as Cyclone Yakecan wreaks havoc in South America May 21, 2022
Analysis: Another week of extremes with peaks pushing 40C in Spain and a rare subtropical cyclone in Uruguay and Brazil Unseasonably high temperatures have been affecting both Iberia and France over recent days. Temperatures have been about 10-15C above average thanks to a southerly flow of very warm and dry air from north Africa.On 17 May, temperatures acro […]

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Anthony Albanese will lead Australia's first Labor government in almost a decade.
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Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer May 21, 2022
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Spain heatwave brings record May temperatures May 21, 2022
Temperatures in southern Spain reach 40C, up to 15 degrees higher than average for this time of year.
Roger Angell: Baseball's reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 May 21, 2022
Although he disliked the accolade, Roger Angell was hailed for his innovative writing about the game.
'Nobody takes my husband away from me, not even the war' May 21, 2022
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska in rare interview with husband
Tornado in Germany injures 43 people, police say May 21, 2022
Officials said the tornado cut a path of destruction during violent storms in the west of the country.

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