Wednesday, May 25, 2022

What we know about the Uvalde, Texas shooting victims

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Distraught families gathered at a local civic centre and turned to social media to mourn and to make desperate pleas for help finding missing children as Uvalde, Texas as the site of the deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uvalde-shooting-victims-1.6464874?cmp=rss

At least 14 killed after series of explosions rock Afghanistan, Taliban says

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A series of explosions shook Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Taliban said, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five worshippers and three bombings of minivans in the country's north that killed nine passengers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-explosions-1.6465427?cmp=rss

Dozens of migrants missing off Tunisia's coast after boat capsized

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Rescue teams searched Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe capsized off Tunisia's coast.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mediterranean-migrant-boat-sinking-1.6465398?cmp=rss

U.K. PM's office showed 'failures of leadership and judgement' by holding lockdown parties: report

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A report into lockdown-breaching U.K. government parties published Wednesday said blame for a 'culture' of rule-breaking in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office must rest with those at the top.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-kingdom-partygate-boris-johnson-1.6464895?cmp=rss

Russia launches fresh offensive, wants sanctions relief to free up Ukraine food supply routes

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Russian forces launched offensives on towns in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with constant mortar bombardment destroying several houses and killing civilians, Ukrainian officials said, as Russia focuses its attack on the industrial Donbas region.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-91-1.6464872?cmp=rss

19 students and 1 teacher killed in Texas elementary school shooting

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source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-elementary-shooting-1.6464315?cmp=rss