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Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise
Moosejaw Today 27 May 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens' assistance in the U.S ... The Guard issued a statement announcing the seizures, accusing the tankers of unspecified violations ... .
photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda
Military: 1,500 dead in Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ghana News Agency 27 May 2022
Among them were soldiers as well as civilians, the head of the local military administration, Oleksandr Stryuk, said on Friday. Many people have also fled. Of the former 130,000 inhabitants, only about a 10th are still there ... Not far from the city limits, however, there is already fierce fighting ... This information could not be verified at first ... GNA. .
photo: AP / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Russia captures centre of Lyman, encircles most of Sievierodonetsk
Metro USA 27 May 2022
KYIV/POPASNA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces in eastern Ukraine captured the centre of the railway hub town of Lyman and encircled most of Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Friday, as Kyiv’s forces fell back in the face of Moscow’s biggest advance for weeks ... “I just have to fix the window somehow ... U.S ... .
photo: Presidential Office of Ukraine / https://www.president.gov.ua/
What hope is there for diplomacy in ending the Russia-Ukraine war?
The Guardian 27 May 2022photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills
Kids called 911 from classroom during Texas massacre as police waited outside – official
Metro USA 27 May 2022
UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, while roughly 20 officers waited in a hallway for nearly an hour before entering the room, authorities said on Friday ... One student called at 12.47 p.m.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
Beijing Urges US Not to Hype 'Chinese Threat' After Remarks on China Defying Int'l Order
Urdu Point 27 May 2022
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photo: AP / Bernat Armangue
Rafael Nadal and Djokovic on course for French Open quarters after easy wins
The Guardian 27 May 2022
Toni Nadal remains the director of the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, meaning he is essentially employed by both players ....
photo: AP / Vadim Zamirovsky, File
Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east
Belfast Telegraph 27 May 2022
Russia-backed separatists claimed they captured a railway hub city in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground on Friday by pounding another Ukrainian-held area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war ... “There should be no talk of ceasefires, or appeasing Putin ... Enter email address ... 24, he said ... / ... / ... .
photo: AP / Jae C. Hong
Husband Of Teacher Killed In US Shooting Dies "Due To Broken Heart"
NDTV 27 May 2022photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo
Outrage in Brazil over police 'torture' claims
RTE 27 May 2022
Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer has said. The incident is the latest case of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation ... Mr Mondego said there were suspicions of "a large number of summary executions." ... .
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Russia’s war riddled with corruption and distrust
Asiatimes 27 May 2022
In explaining the reasons for Russia’s unexpected military weakness in Ukraine, few have expressed it better than The Economist. The magazine noted “the incurable inadequacy of despotic power” and “the cheating, bribery and peculation” that are “characteristic of the entire administration.”. Peculation means embezzlement ... Russia’s rule of thieves ... ....
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills
‘These are innocent babies’: grief, loss and love as Uvalde struggles under a heavy cloud
The Guardian 27 May 2022
in the faces of the school-aged kids who are no longer in the classroom and the mournful messages written on the backs of vehicles.
photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Ray Liotta: Scorsese and Di Niro lead tributes to the late Goodfellas actor
BBC News 27 May 2022
Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro have led the tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who died in sleep this week aged 67. Scorsese, who directed both in the 1990 gangster crime, called Liotta a "uniquely gifted" and "courageous" performer ... Di Niro said. "I was very saddened to learn of Ray's passing." ... Batman regret ... .
photo: US Army / Sgt Benjamin Northcutt 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs Sergeant
Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 50 civilians in flare-up of violence
Deutsche Welle 27 May 2022
The victims were attacked while trying to escape a blockade set up by extremists, survivors said. The area of eastern Burkina Faso has seen a recent surge in attacks ... .
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber
I was a Queen Elizabeth impersonator for 50 years — and people laughed at me
New York Post 27 May 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s doppelgänger is living among us — and lives not too far from the monarch herself. Jeannette Charles is a retired English actress who has portrayed the British royal across films, music videos, advertisements, TV talk shows and more for the last 50 years ... From the Files of Police Squad!” and “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” ... ....