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The New York Times
- Southern Baptists Release List of Alleged Sex Abusers May 27, 2022The document’s existence, once kept secret, was revealed just days ago, sending shock waves through the denomination.
- College Enrollment Drops, Even as the Pandemic’s Effects Ebb May 27, 2022A generation of students may be weighing the value of college versus its cost, questioning whether college is still the ticket to the middle class.
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill That Bans Most Abortions May 26, 2022The law prohibits abortion at the point of fertilization, and relies on civilian enforcement to sidestep Roe v. Wade.
- ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Writer Convicted of Murdering Husband May 25, 2022Nancy Brophy, a 71-year-old romance novelist, was accused in the shooting death of her husband. She said prosecutors had sketched a flawed plotline.
- The Stupefying Tally of American Gun Violence May 25, 2022An attack at a Buffalo supermarket. A California church pierced by gunfire. And now 19 elementary school students killed in Uvalde, Texas.
- After George Floyd, Change Comes Slowly to Minneapolis May 26, 2022The two years after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer have seen a raft of policy changes, but many residents say that genuine change has been slow.
- Four Killed as House Explodes in Pennsylvania May 27, 2022Two others were hospitalized in Pottstown on Thursday night, officials said. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.
- U.S. to Begin Allowing Migrants to Apply for Asylum Under a New System May 27, 2022The rollout of the process for some arrivals at the southwestern border will be small, but could represent the tip of broad changes to the asylum system.
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- Spain and Morocco feel the heat as unseasonal snow falls on Colorado May 27, 2022Analysis: high temperatures affect southern Europe, while in US state mercury rapidly drops more than 30CExtremely hot and mostly sunny conditions have been experienced across southern Europe this week. Parts of Spain have had record-breaking temperatures for the month of May, with the southern city of Jaén in Andalucia recording 40.3C (104.5F) on Friday 20 […]
- ‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border May 27, 2022As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before The rain will determine what time Uwimana Nsengiyuava gets on the truck to Nyakabande transit centre, where Uganda is hosting 20,000 refugees who, like her, have fled fresh fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).S […]
- Former head of Louvre charged in Egyptian artefacts trafficking case May 26, 2022Jean-Luc Martinez is accused of conspiring to hide origin of works taken out of Egypt during Arab springThe former president of the Louvre museum in Paris has been charged with conspiring to hide the origin of archaeological treasures that may have been taken out of Egypt during the Arab spring uprisings, in a case that has shocked the world of antiquities.J […]
- Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor May 26, 2022Medical charity’s president calls publication of controversial photographs ‘a mistake’ and says guidelines will be tightenedThe international president of Médecins Sans Frontières has apologised for publishing photographs of a teenage rape survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its website, following criticism that the images were unethical an […]
- Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief May 26, 2022Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in LibyaEurope has been accused by a senior international official of acquiescence over the plight of thousands of migrants in Libya held in arbitrary detention in “deplorable conditions”.Federico Soda, chief of mission at the International Organisation […]
- Eleven newborn babies die in Senegal hospital fire May 26, 2022President Macky Sall announces deaths of infants after blaze at hospital in TivaouaneEleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, western Senegal, the country’s president has said.Macky Sall tweeted on Wednesday night: “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of […]
- Toronto police fatally shoot man seen carrying rifle near elementary school May 26, 2022Officers responded to reports of a man in his late teens or early 20s carrying a firearm in Scarborough’s Port Union areaPolice in Toronto have shot and killed a man after he was spotted carrying a rifle near an elementary school, prompting an emergency lockdown for hundreds of students.Officers responded to reports of a man, described as being in his late t […]
- Chile government apologizes to woman for forced sterilization May 26, 2022Doctors performed procedure in 2002 without consent while Francisca was under anesthesia because she was HIV positiveThe Chilean state has apologised to a woman who was forcibly sterilised by doctors because she was HIV positive.The woman, known only as Francisca and then 20, was diagnosed with HIV in March 2002 while pregnant with her first child. But while […]
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- Uvalde shooting: Texas police change key details as criticism mounts May 27, 2022Questions remain over why officers took more than an hour to storm the school and stop the attack.
- Texas school shooting: Husband of killed teacher 'dies of grief' May 27, 2022Joe Garcia reportedly dies of a heart attack two days after his wife was shot at Robb Elementary.
- Brazilian man allegedly gassed to death in police car boot May 27, 2022Genivaldo de Jesus Santos was stopped in the street by highway police in the city of Umbaúba on Wednesday.
- Biloela family: Australia frees asylum seekers after public outcry May 27, 2022The Tamil asylum seekers had been detained since 2018 - a move that infuriated their Queensland town.
- Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies May 26, 2022The band say they are "shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness" in a statement on social media.
- Geetanjali Shree is first Indian winner of International Booker Prize May 27, 2022The prize's judges say Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand is a "luminous novel of India and partition".
- Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Pompeii victims May 26, 2022It is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from people who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
- How ex-Gambia President Yahya Jammeh's US mansion was seized May 27, 2022The US says the money raised by selling Yahya Jammeh's luxury home will be used to help his victims.
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