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Border crossings down, but many migrants released to U.S. to ease crowding

Washington Post About 11,000 recent border crossers were deported in the past week. But 21,000 were released to await a U.S. court date, which may spur others to try to cross. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2023/05/19/border-crossers-deported-released/

Serbian leadership holds rally in defiance of mass gun violence protests

Fox News Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Friday for a third time in a month in protest at the government’s handling of a crisis after two mass shootings in the Balkan country earlier this month, even as officials rejected the criticism and ignored their demands. In a show of defiance,…

Four children are missing after a plane crash in Colombia. Here’s what we know.

Washington Post Colombia’s president said that the four siblings had been found, but later retracted his tweet and apologized. Their fate remains uncertain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/19/colombia-plane-crash-children-survivors/

Zimbabwe releases over 4,000 prisoners under amnesty to reduce overcrowding

Fox News Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were released Friday from the Central Prison and Chikurubi Maximum Prison in the capital, Harare. Jails in other parts of the country began releasing prisoners who qualified…

Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist

Fox News A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancée. The Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok, near the capital, Bratislava, which handles Slovakia’s most serious cases, ruled Friday that Marian Kocner was not guilty of murdering Jan Kuciak,…

Dozens injured in Thailand tourist hot spot after speedboat slams into concrete post

Fox News Dozens of people were injured when a speedboat full of tourists crashed into a concrete post off the coast of Thailand in a popular resort area on Wednesday. At least 36 people were injured when the speedboat full of 39 travelers from Russia, Kazakhstan and China slammed into a channel marker less than…

Urgent funding is needed to avert catastrophic hunger in northeast Nigeria

Fox News At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria from turning into a “full-blown catastrophe,” the United Nations office in the West African nation said Thursday. “We are ringing the alarm bell that there are people close to or dying (of hunger) right now in the…

German doctor convicted over threat by fairy tale loses appeal

Fox News A German court has rejected an appeal by a doctor convicted of threatening a woman by emailing her an extract from a fairy tale that featured a character being condemned to a gruesome death. The Frankfurt state court said Friday it upheld a verdict from a district court in the city over the…

Object that entered Polish airspace identified as Russian-made rocket

Fox News An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in April was a Russian-made rocket. The aide, Pawel Szrot, said on Radio RMF FM that the nose of the rocket had been found and that it’s “peculiar” because it’s made of…

These are the Western air defense systems protecting Ukraine

Washington Post A look at the systems that have proved essential to Ukraine as Russia bombards critical infrastructure and civilian targets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/19/ukraine-air-defense-systems-patriot/