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Canadian government proposes ban on assault-style firearms

Washington Post The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/canada-gun-control-assault-ban/08e47fea-e87b-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexico arrests drug cartel lieutenant near Texas border

Washington Post Police in Mexico say they have arrested a top lieutenant of the violent Metros faction of the Gulf drug cartel https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/mexico-drugs-arrest-gulf-cartel/1ece6fc8-e876-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Left-wing German mayor takes ‘time out’ after using racial slur

Fox News The mayor of Germany’s southwestern city of Tuebingen said Monday that he’s taking some “time out” after coming under fire over the weekend for using a racist slur. Boris Palmer also said he’ll resign from the Green party following criticism over his repeated use of a racist term for Black people at a…

Syria: Israeli strikes hit Aleppo airport, killing 1 soldier

Washington Post Israeli airstrikes have targeted the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing one Syrian soldier and putting the airport out of commission, state media said https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/syria-israel-aleppo-airstrikes/be8fb44a-e86c-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kenyan starvation cult death toll reaches 110 as exhumations slow

Fox News Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen to 110. Heavy rains stalled the exhumation process for the third day as government pathologists began autopsies. The official number of victims had been at 103 until Monday and could rise as the investigation…

Bolivia to investigate late Spanish priest accused of abuse

Fox News The top Bolivian prosecutor launched an investigation Monday into a late Spanish priest who allegedly abused several minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1980s. The case of Jesuit priest Alfonso Pedrajas Moreno, who died in 2009, came to light over the weekend in a report by the Spanish newspaper El País. Attorney…

85% of Mexican union contracts weren’t voted on by workers

Washington Post Mexico’s Labor Department says 85% of the country’s 140,000 officially registered labor contracts are in danger of being canceled because they failed to meet Monday’s deadline to have union members vote on them https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/mexico-union-organizing-labor-corruption/7f30df04-e85d-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

German mayor takes ‘time out’ after using racist slur

Washington Post The mayor of Germany’s southwestern city of Tuebingen said Monday that he’s taking some “time out” after coming under fire for using a racist slur at a conference https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/germany-racism-mayor-palmer-tuebingen-holocaust/c0415f98-e860-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Climate protestor glues self to podium on live Swiss TV

Fox News An environmental activist stormed the set of a Swiss television debate and glued himself to a podium while live on air, only to be extracted, heels dragging, a few minutes later. Local station Leman Bleu had erected the red-carpet set in a historic arcade much frequented by tourists, near Geneva City Hall, with…

Bomb detonates near Bulgarian chief prosecutor’s motorcade

Fox News Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor escaped unharmed as a bomb exploded on a motorway near the capital, Sofia, while his motorcade drove past on Monday, government officials said. “The chief prosecutor and his family were the target of a terrorist act,” the head of the National Investigation Service, Borislav Sarafov, told reporters. He added that…