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- Southern Baptist Leaders Mishandled Sex Abuse Crisis, Report Alleges May 23, 2022Executives of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ignored victims, resisted reforms and were concerned with avoiding ‘potential liability,’ the third-party investigation says.
- In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat May 22, 2022Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased.
- What Donald Trump Didn’t Count On in Georgia May 22, 2022Brian Kemp, the incumbent governor, is at the top of the former president’s enemies list. But to many Georgia Republicans, he is ‘one of us.’
- Has California’s Fire Season Begun? May 23, 2022Severe drought conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures are already raising the risks of fire.
- Ex-City Official in Florida Is Sentenced to 3 Years for Killing a Shoplifter May 23, 2022The former commissioner, Michael Dunn, 51, of Lakeland, Fla., had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after shooting a man he had suspected of stealing a hatchet in his store in 2018.
- Supreme Court Limits Inmates’ Challenges Based on Bad Legal Help May 23, 2022Splitting 6 to 3, the justices ruled that federal courts may not hold evidentiary hearings in suits from state prisoners claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.
- Early Voting Surges as Georgia Watches for Impact of Election Law May 23, 2022Republicans argued that their new election law was not suppressing votes. Democrats said voters were simply overcoming new hurdles. Ultimately, it is too early to draw firm conclusions.
- U.S. Military Airlifts Baby Formula From Europe May 23, 2022A shipment that arrived on Sunday was the first of two intended to address shortages in the United States. Another shipment is set to arrive this week, the White House said.
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- Sole survivor of 2009 Comoros plane crash recalls terrifying ordeal May 23, 2022Bahia Bakari, who was 12 at the time, tells French court of the moments leading up to crash in which 152 diedA woman who was 12 when she became the sole survivor of the 2009 Yemenia Airways crash in the Comoros islands that killed all 152 others on board has described the terrifying moments leading up to her plunge into the ocean and subsequent rescue as par […]
- Médecins Sans Frontières pulls images of teenage rape survivor after outcry May 23, 2022NGO takes down photos of girl, 16, from DRC from website after critics call them unethical and racist Médecins Sans Frontières has removed photographs of a teenage rape survivor from its website after criticism that the images were unethical and racist.MSF took down two photos of a 16-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who was gang […]
- Number of displaced people passes 100m for the first time, says UN May 22, 2022‘Staggering milestone’ calls for urgent international action to address underlying causes of conflict, persecution and the climate crisis, says high commissioner for refugeesThe UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said the global number of forcibly displaced people has passed 100 million for the first time, describing it as a “staggering milestone”.The UN high com […]
- UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak May 22, 2022Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 daysPublic health officials are to announce more UK monkeypox cases on Monday, as efforts ramp up to contain the first multinational outbreak of the virus that has led to cases in at least 14 countries.The unusual outbreak of the rare disease has sparked a wa […]
- 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 […]
- Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating May 23, 2022Max Mendoza has been arrested after a judge said his 32-year enrollment at university on a government salary may be a crimeMax Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student – and a profitable one: he has been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated, much of it while being paid a government salary to serve as a student l […]
- Canada storms: at least eight dead amid trail of destruction May 23, 2022Huge clean-up after Ontario and Quebec hit by tornado-like weather, felling trees, uprooting utility poles and cutting power to more than 500,000The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces has risen to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to restore power to half a […]
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- Ukraine war: Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin jailed for life over war crime May 23, 2022The tank commander admitted killing an unarmed civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.
- Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO May 23, 2022More than 100 cases of the virus have now been confirmed in 16 countries outside Africa.
- Biden vows to defend Taiwan in apparent US policy shift May 23, 2022The US leader warned China against invading the island, likening such a move to Russia's war in Ukraine.
- North Korea's Kim Jong-un is seen at state funeral not wearing a mask May 23, 2022The North Korean leader attends the funeral of a top military official as the country faces a Covid outbreak.
- Iran vows revenge after Revolutionary Guards colonel is assassinated May 23, 2022Sayad Khodai was shot outside his home - the latest high-level figure to be killed in Iran.
- Southern Baptist Convention vilified sex abuse survivors - report May 23, 2022Survivors of sex abuse at the hands of clergy were stonewalled and vilified, a new report finds.
- French street artist Miss. Tic dies aged 66 May 23, 2022She is seen as one of the founders of stencil art, famous for her graffiti of female figures in Paris.
- Millionaires at Davos say 'tax us more' May 23, 2022At the annual meeting of the business and political elites, wealthy attendees call for fairer tax.
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