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US spends nearly $300 million on military aid to Ukraine

Fox News The U.S. is sending Ukraine about $300 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds, howitzers, air-to-ground rockets and ammunition as the launch of a spring offensive against Russian forces approaches, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The new package includes Hydra-70 rockets, which are unguided rockets that are fired from…

Greek authorities rescue 39 migrants dumped on border islet

Washington Post Greek authorities say they have rescued a group of 39 migrants abandoned by smugglers on an islet in the river that runs along the country’s land border with Turkey https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/greece-turkey-migrants-rescued-river-islet/83d39fcc-e9f4-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, 2 years late

Washington Post Mexican officials are crowing about the country finally developing its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/mexico-covid19-vaccine-coronavirus/deabe0ae-e9ee-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Rwanda floods leave at least 129 dead

Fox News Torrential rains caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people, a public broadcaster said Wednesday. The death toll “continues to rise,” the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said Wednesday. “This could be the highest disaster-induced death toll to be recorded in the country in the shortest period, according to available records…

Anticommunist dissident’s shooting in Laos capital fuels investigation demand

Fox News Human rights groups on Wednesday called for an investigation into the shooting of a political and social activist in Laos whose posts on Facebook criticized the Southeast Asian nation’s communist government. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Anousa Luangsuphom, 25, was killed in the attack Saturday night at a coffee shop in Vientiane, the…

Belgrade school shooting: boy kills 9 in planned attack

Fox News A boy gunned down fellow pupils in a Belgrade school on Wednesday in a pre-planned attack, shooting dead eight plus a security guard, officials said, prompting Serbia’s president to announce tougher curbs on gun ownership. Using two handguns that belonged to his father, the 13-year-old fired first at the guard and three girls…

British tech chief warns AI’s social impact ‘as big as the Industrial Revolution,’ urges national response

Fox News The outgoing British chief scientific adviser has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could prove as transformational as the Industrial Revolution, urging politicians to act immediately to prevent significant job loss. “There will be a big impact on jobs, and that impact could be as big as the Industrial Revolution was,” Sir Patrick Vallance…

Real or not, reported Kremlin drone attack unsettles Russia

Washington Post A cloud of questions hangs over Russia’s claim that two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/russia-ukraine-drones-kremlin-video-attack-putin-zelenskyy/5324ec24-e9ee-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Verified Videos Show Two Drones Exploding Over the Kremlin in Russia

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/world/europe/russia-kremlin-drone-attack-videos.html

Canadian man charged with counseling suicides in 2 deaths

Washington Post Police in Canada have arrested a man for allegedly selling a lethal substance to people at risk of self-harm and charged him with counseling suicide in the deaths of two Canadians https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/canada-suicide-arrest-sodium-nitrate/c6b432fc-e9ea-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world