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Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide
REUTERS
John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who had reportedly raised concerns about the company's production issues, was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to authorities in South Carolina.
US has its first presidential rematch since 1956
AP NEWS
WASHINGTON DC, USA - Just when Americans thought they were out, Joe Biden and Donald Trump pulled them back in.
Putin warns that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if sovereignty threatened
AP NEWS
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an election in which he’s all but certain to win another six-year term.
French lawmakers make abortion a constitutional right for women
DAILY HERALD SXM
VERSAILLES, France--France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups. MPs and senators overwhelmingly backed the move, by 780 votes against 72, in a special joint vote of the two houses of parliament, under the gilded ceilings of Versailles Palace, just outside Paris.
Elon Musk says Biden flying 320K ‘unvetted’ migrants into US sets stage ‘for something far worse than 9/11’
NEW YORK POST
Elon Musk ripped President Joe Biden’s administration for secretly flying 320,000 “unvetted” migrants into the US, signaling that “the groundwork is being laid for something far worse than 9/11.”
German patient vaccinated against Covid 217 times
BBC NEWS
A 62-year-old man from Germany has, against medical advice, been vaccinated 217 times against Covid, doctors report.
Mexico mayoral hopefuls shot dead within hours of each other
AP NEWS
MARAVATÍO, Mexico - Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatío have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record.
US Army slashing thousands of posts in major revamp for future wars
AP NEWS
WASHINGTON, USA - The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs.
Sri Lanka 'white party' cancelled after backlash
BBC NEWS
An organiser of a "white party" in Sri Lanka has apologised after the event sparked a backlash online.
US company accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat plant
AP NEWS
DES MOINES, Iowa, USA - U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of the illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common.