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French first lady’s relative attacked as Macron doubles down on pension reform

Fox News French first lady Brigitte Macron issued a rare statement Tuesday condemning a physical attack on her great-nephew that took place on the sidelines of a demonstration against her husband’s contested pension reform. Police said eight people were arrested in the northern French city Amiens in connection with the Monday night assault on Jean-Baptiste…

Gunmen kill 29 villagers in latest attack in hard-hit north Nigeria

Fox News Gunmen attacked villages in troubled north-central Nigeria, killing 29 people and razing houses, survivors and authorities said Tuesday. Many villagers remained unaccounted for Tuesday evening after the attack in Plateau state, residents said. It was the latest incident in a spiral of violence mainly targeting remote communities in the West African nation. The…

Cyprus freezes $1.3B in Russian-owned assets

Fox News Some 1.2 billion Euros ($1.3 billion) in Russian-owned assets managed by Cyprus-registered companies were frozen in compliance with sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Cyprus’ Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry told The Associated Press “the vast majority” of those assets were held in European Union credit institutions and the…

Owen Davidson, Australian master of doubles tennis, dies at 79

Washington Post Eight of his major titles came with Billie Jean King, with whom he formed a formidable mixed doubles partnership in the 1960s and ’70s. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/16/owen-davidson-tennis-dead/

Chicken loose on subway tracks halts service in Mexico City

Fox News Service was temporarily halted on a line of Mexico City’s subway system after a chicken got loose on the tracks. Video distributed by the city’s Metro system showed the electricity cut off at a station near the city’s center on Monday. The video showed maintenance personnel and civil defense officers in hard hats…

Pakistani officer accused of shooting at girls’ school bus, killing 8-year-old

Fox News A police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday opened fire at a school bus carrying teachers and students, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring five others, officials said. The shooting happened in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Senior police official Nasir Satti said…

Alleged Turkish drone strike targets Yazidi militant group in Iraq’s Sinjar

Fox News An airstrike targeted a militant group in northern Iraq’s Yazidi heartland of Sinjar on Tuesday, according to local officials, who attributed the strike to Turkey. Officials gave conflicting reports regarding the number of casualties. The semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement that three fighters were killed in the attack, and…

Slovak zookeeper found dead in enclosure after apparent lion attack

Fox News Authorities in Slovakia launched an investigation after a zookeeper was found dead in an animal enclosure, officials said Tuesday. BOY, 6, DEAD AFTER LION MAULING AT GAZA ZOO Police said an autopsy was being performed to determine the cause of the death and declined to provide further details, citing an ongoing investigation. Slovak…

China listed as a top offender in annual State Department freedom of religion report

Fox News The State Department’s latest report detailing freedom of religion around the globe found that China remains one of the world’s top offenders of human rights, particularly when it comes to its treatment of ethnic Muslim Uyghurs and Tibetan Buddhists. “Governments in many parts of the world continue to target religious minorities using a…

Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use in California Condors

New York Times More than 20 of the birds, which are critically endangered, have died in recent months. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/science/condors-bird-flu-vaccines.html