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Monthly Archives: May 2022
The U.K.’s Parliament opens for the first time in six decades without the queen
Britain’s Conservative government laid out its plans for the next year in a tradition-steeped ceremony in Parliament — but without Queen Elizabeth II, who was absent for the first time in six decades.
(Image credit: Pool photo via AP)
Student gathering descends into deadly stampede (VIDEO)
Four people were trampled to death in Bolivia after a gas grenade disrupted elections at a university
Four students were killed in a stampede after a chemical agent was dispersed inside a packed university sports hall in Bolivia on Monday, police said. According to reports, up to 80 were injured.
Rector Pedro Lopez said the students had gathered inside the building, at the Tomas Frias Autonomous University in the southern city of Potosi, to elect their representative to the Local University Federation.
The meeting immediately descended into chaos after someone threw a object into the crowd. Some reports said it was a tear gas grenade.
Videos and photos posted on social media show people fleeing the building and later tending to fellow students who were lying on the ground.
🚨#ÚltimaHora 4 muertos y 50 estudiantes heridos de la Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías de Bolivia luego de que ocurriera una estampida humana.#Internacional #Notidiariohn pic.twitter.com/JUevqNGloT
— NOTIDIARIOHN (@notidiariohn) May 9, 2022
Police said that the suspect, also a student at the university, has been arrested. They did not release his identity or comment on possible motives.
President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora expressed his condolences to the victims.
UN Secretary-General Must be Non-Risk Averse, & Play a More Pivotal and Active Role
NEW YORK, May 10 (IPS) – “Whatever the circle of hell in which we live,
I think we are free to break out of it.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre, Preface to the Deutsche Gramaphon recording of No Exit
Mr. Vladimir Putin’s illegal War of Aggression in Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022, brought into stark relief the fractured state of Global Peace and Security. Militarized conflicts, civilian deaths and forced migration in the tens of millions have been ongoing for decades, with little or no relief to the beleaguered victims.
MEXICO CITY, May 09
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Americans who died under mysterious conditions at Bahamas resort have been identified
Three Americans were found dead at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in the Bahamas over the weekend. Officials are still working to determine the cause of death.
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