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- Bush Dynasty, Its Influence Fading, Pins Hopes on One Last Stand in Texas May 21, 2022George P. Bush is running to unseat the incumbent attorney general. His family, once powerful in Texas, has become an albatross as well as an asset.
- Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali May 21, 2022In other words, yes, the director has made a movie about Elvis.
- What’s Next for California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant May 20, 2022The Diablo Canyon plant near San Luis Obispo was scheduled to close in 2025, but that plan now appears to be in flux.
- Bodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas May 22, 2022As climate change fuels grim discoveries across the West, Las Vegas is awash in bets on the identity of a suspected murder victim dumped in a barrel.
- Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions May 20, 2022The 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.
- Thousands of Migrants Have Been Waiting for Months to Enter U.S. May 19, 2022People from around the world have been lingering on the border, awaiting the end of pandemic restrictions. Their fate remains one of the Biden administration’s biggest challenges on immigration.
- Census Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Shows May 19, 2022The coronavirus pandemic, hurricanes and political attitudes might have contributed to an undercount in six states, mostly in the South. The census likely overcounted in eight others.
- Wesley Hunt’s Advice for the Republican Party: Update Your Look May 19, 2022Wesley 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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- Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis May 22, 2022Campaigners say ministers must change course as millions face famine in Africa and the Ukraine war threatens to disrupt global food suppliesMinisters have been accused of choosing the “worst moment in history” to slash the foreign aid budget, as provisional figures showed that UK overseas humanitarian funding was cut by more than half last year.MPs and chari […]
- Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country May 21, 202284-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, 2022Case 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, 2022The 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, 2022Those 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, 2022Building 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 […]
- UK under pressure over Alexander Lebedev sanctions after Canada move May 21, 2022Labour 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, 2022Analysis: 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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- Australia election: Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change May 22, 2022Anthony Albanese vows to take the nation in a new direction, creating a renewable energy superpower.
- Zelensky: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war May 21, 2022Only a negotiated solution will work, says Ukraine's president, as fighting intensifies in Donbas.
- Turkey: Huge rally for opposition's Canan Kaftancioglu May 21, 2022Canan Kaftancioglu has been convicted for insulting President Erdogan and the Turkish state.
- Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer May 21, 2022On a visit to the region, President Joe Biden said the US could provide Covid-19 jabs "immediately".
- Spain heatwave brings record May temperatures May 21, 2022Temperatures 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, 2022Although 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, 2022Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska in rare interview with husband
- Governments should subsidise food and energy, says IMF boss May 22, 2022Managing director Kristalina Georgieva says state subsidies can help with the cost of living.
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