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Tue, 31 May 2022 10:14:29 EDT
Eurozone inflation set new record in May, rising to 8.1%
Eurozone inflation hit a record 8.1 per cent in May amid surging energy and food costs fuelled in part by Russia's war in Ukraine.

Wed, 1 Jun 2022 03:07:17 EDT
Uvalde, Texas, begins burying its dead after school shooting
The grief-wrenched Texas town of Uvalde on Tuesday began burying its dead from the bloodiest U.S. school shooting in a decade, with funerals for a pair of slain 10-year-old girls who were among the 19...

Tue, 31 May 2022 07:50:00 EDT
3 countries join international team investigating war crimes in Ukraine
Three more countries on Tuesday joined an international investigation team probing war crimes in Ukraine, and the International Criminal Court prosecutor said he plans to open an office in Kyiv, amid...

Tue, 31 May 2022 14:24:44 EDT
Canada adds Putin's alleged girlfriend to the sanctions list
Canada has imposed sanctions on Alina Kabaeva, reportedly the girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former Olympic gymnast is one of 22 close associates of the Russian regime added to th...

Tue, 31 May 2022 13:57:41 EDT
Archaeologists discover 250 Egyptian mummies in ancient necropolis
Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities.

Tue, 31 May 2022 08:09:39 EDT
Shanghai to start lifting 2-month COVID-19 lockdown Wednesday
Shanghai authorities say they will take some major steps Wednesday toward reopening China's largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown.

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:16:04 EDT
Hurricane Agatha, now a tropical storm, sets May record
Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach...

Mon, 30 May 2022 12:10:54 EDT
Chelsea soccer club sold for $3.2B US to consortium led by Dodgers part-owner
The fast-tracked purchase of English soccer club Chelsea for $3.2 billion US — the highest price ever paid for a sports team — was completed Monday by a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers p...

Mon, 30 May 2022 00:26:46 EDT
EU agrees to ban majority of Russian oil imports amid intense fighting in Eastern Ukraine
Russian troops pushed farther into a key Eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Ukrainian forces Monday, while European Union leaders agreed to ban a majority of Russian oil imports. ...

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:22:32 EDT
Rescuers recover bodies of 21 victims from Nepal plane crash
Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people aboard a plane that crashed a day earlier, officials said.

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:50:15 EDT
Mona Lisa targeted in Louvre cake-throwing attack
A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth. ...

Sun, 29 May 2022 13:43:31 EDT
Famous Punjabi-language rapper Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead in India
Sidhu Moose Wala was set to play Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum on July 23 as part of an eight-city tour across Canada.

Sun, 29 May 2022 18:34:23 EDT
Monkeypox poses 'moderate risk' to global health, WHO says
The World Health Organization said Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typicall...

Sun, 29 May 2022 19:32:00 EDT
Colombia's presidential race headed to run-off between leftist senator, populist businessman
Colombians will make a choice for president between a leftist senator and a populist businessman in a run-off contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got 50 per cent o...

Sun, 29 May 2022 17:53:53 EDT
Hurricane Agatha strengthens, spirals toward southern Mexico
The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season strengthened on Sunday as it spiralled toward the southern coast of Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 177 km/h that are expected to worsen befo...

Sun, 29 May 2022 05:37:57 EDT
Wreckage of plane carrying 22 people found in Nepal's mountains
A small passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in cloudy weather in Nepal on Sunday, and authorities suspended a search in difficult terrain as night fell.

Sun, 29 May 2022 20:35:57 EDT
Dozens killed in Brazil after flooding from heavy rain
At least 44 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the country's fourth major flooding eve...

Sun, 29 May 2022 04:18:25 EDT
North Korea moves to soften COVID-19 restrictions amid doubts over case counts
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting Sunday, state media reported, as they maintained a widely disputed clai...

Sat, 28 May 2022 18:29:52 EDT
'Enough is enough': U.S. VP Kamala Harris attends funeral of Buffalo, N.Y., attack victim
Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hat...

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:44 EDT
Scientists warn future temperatures will test humans' ability to survive
The world is getting hotter and heat waves will become more common, testing the limits of how much our bodies can handle. Experts say we need to rethink the way we live and work.



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