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W.H.O. Ends Covid World Health Emergency Designation

New York Times The decision has little practical effect but is a significant moment in the struggle against a virus that has killed millions and upended lives throughout the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/health/covid-who-emergency-end.html

Cinco de Mayo: The differences in celebrations in Mexico vs the United States

Fox News Cinco de Mayo (or 5th of May) is celebrated, as the name implies, each year on May 5. There are a lot of misconceptions about the day and what it represents, in large part because the celebration has quite a different meaning in Mexico than the United States. Cinco de Mayo is not…

Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change

Washington Post Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new flash study found, and would have been almost impossible in the past https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/spain-portugal-north-africa-heat-wave-climate-change/5a7bd426-eb45-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

German chancellor supports permanent UNSC seat for Africa

Washington Post German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has offered support to African countries to get a permanent seat in the U https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/kenya-german-chancellor-african-union-unsc/1f8beb54-eb44-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Funeral held in Ukraine for American man killed in action

Washington Post Soldiers from the International Legion of Ukraine said farewell Friday to an American military veteran they served with, who was killed a month ago in the fierce struggle to prevent the eastern city of Bakhmut from falling into Russian hands https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/ukraine-balkhmut-american-volunteer-killed-florida/30f7da80-eb42-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

15 killed in Congo flooding, with toll expected to rise

Washington Post A local official in Congo says rescue efforts are underway after flooding and landslides brought on by torrential overnight rains in the eastern province South Kivu province killed more than a dozen people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/congo-rain-flooding-deaths-landslides/2f494af8-eb41-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russian mercenary leader slams army, will pull out forces from Bakhmut

Washington Post Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Wagner Group boss, has shared videos of dead fighters before, but his open rage against military officials in the graphic video was unusual. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/yevgeniy-prigozhin-wagner-video-pullout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kidnapped Nigerian girls freed, return to Chibok with babies

Washington Post The Nigerian military says it has rescued two young women who were kidnapped nine years ago by the jihadi militant group Boko Haram https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/boko-haram-chibok-nigeria-extremism-iswap-borno-kidnap/2bfac36e-eb40-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

The diamond too controversial for Camilla’s crown: A visual history

Washington Post The Koh-i-Noor diamond has adorned the crowns of previous queen consorts, but it will not be on Queen Camilla’s. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/kohinoor-diamond-coronation-comic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Indonesia works to rescue 20 trafficking victims in Myanmar

Washington Post Indonesian officials say they are working to rescue dozens of their nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar to work as cyber scammers, amid an increase in human trafficking cases in Southeast Asia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/indonesia-myanmar-human-trafficking/30cc44fc-eb3c-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world