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The New York Times
- A Rising Texas Republican’s Advice for His 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.
- Kansas Supreme Court Allows Republican Voting Map to Stand May 19, 2022A lower court had declared the map an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling could cost Democrats a seat in Congress.
- 2 Children Have Been Hospitalized Because of Formula Shortage May 18, 2022A Memphis hospital has treated two children who can’t absorb nutrients properly because of a medical condition and don’t have access to the specific formula they need.
- U.S. Accuses Steve Wynn of Lobbying Trump on Behalf of China May 18, 2022The Justice Department said that by serving as a middleman for the Chinese government, Mr. Wynn acted as a foreign agent and must register as one.
- She Wrote ‘How to Murder Your Husband.’ Did She Do It? May 19, 2022Prosecutors are building a follow-the-string murder case against a romance novelist. She says their real story is one about love.
- One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky May 18, 2022A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending.
- Michigan Judge Suspends an Abortion Ban From 1931 May 17, 2022The law is obsolete because of Roe v. Wade but still on the books. Abortion rights advocates are worried that a potential Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe will revive it.
- 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.
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- 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 […]
- UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives May 18, 2022Phénéas 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 […]
- ‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda May 18, 2022Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial schemeIt took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan.Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing f […]
- UK deportation flight to Jamaica takes off with seven onboard May 18, 2022Home Office initially had 100 people on list of Jamaican nationals to be removed, say reportsA Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning with seven people onboard.Some media reports said the Home Office initially had 100 people on the list of Jamaican nationals that officials hoped to remove. Continue reading. […]
- Canada: trial of white men who killed two Indigenous hunters in 2020 begins May 17, 2022Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau believed that Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal were thieves, court hearsTwo white Canadian men followed and then shot dead two Indigenous hunters because they believed they were thieves, prosecutors have told a court at the start of a murder trial in Alberta.Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, ha […]
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- Ukrainian widow confronts Russian soldier accused of killing her husband May 19, 2022The 21-year-old serviceman has pled guilty to killing her husband in a village in Ukraine's north-east.
- Bush condemns Putin's invasion of 'Iraq' instead of Ukraine May 19, 2022The former US president corrected himself after saying Putin had invaded Iraq rather than Ukraine.
- Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban May 19, 2022Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.
- Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits May 19, 2022An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
- Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79 May 19, 2022The Greek musician won an Oscar for the 1981 film theme, and also wrote the Blade Runner soundtrack.
- Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US and Canada May 19, 2022Cases of the rare disease are now confirmed in four European countries, health authorities say.
- Russian McDonald's buyer to rebrand restaurants May 19, 2022The fast food giant says the new owner of its 850 Russian restaurants will operate them under a new brand.
- Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist allowed to watch Liverpool games on TV May 19, 2022A Nigerian judge grants Nnamdi Kanu dispensation to watch the climax of his favourite team's season.
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