WORLDWIDE NEWS 5 JULY, 2021
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Philippine military transport crashes, killing dozens
(AP)
President Rodrigo Duterte’s office said it was “deeply saddened” by the event and was “praying for the safe recovery of the passengers.”
Pope Francis responded well to colon surgery, Vatican says
The Vatican did not immediately provide a timetable for the pontiff’s recovery.
Lobsters’ feelings loom large as British Parliament debates animal welfare bill
The Johnson government wants to make good on a pledge to enshrine into law the idea that animals are ‘sentient beings.’
Scarred by May school bombing, Afghanistan’s Hazaras fear what awaits them as Taliban gains ground
The minority group has faced dozens of terrorist attacks on Shiite sites and gatherings.
Iran, facing another virus surge, reimposes restrictions and focuses on homegrown vaccines
In the past month, Iran has issued emergency authorization for two locally produced vaccines.
Third Olympian tests positive for coronavirus after arrival in Japan
Last month two Ugandan athletes tested positive after arriving, despite being vaccinated.
At Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory’ site in Germany, Elon Musk comes up against green activism and red tape
Musk expected to begin production this month. His foes have raised alarms over possible threats to water and wildlife.
Louis Andriessen, avant-garde composer of ‘personal, aggressive’ music, dies at 82
He borrowed from jazz and rock and sometimes wrote for ‘any loud-sounding group of instruments.’
Fire on surface of Gulf of Mexico is extinguished, but questions about pipeline leak remain
Videos of a swirling, orange mass of flames surrounded by ocean waves went viral after a gas leak was reported near a platform used for offshore drilling by Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company.
Vatican indicts 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, over ‘reckless’ London investment scandal
Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others will stand trial beginning July 27 in connection with a losing investment in a London luxury property.
Two dead, 19 missing in Japan after unusually high volume of rain triggers landslide
Atami has received more rain in the first three days of July than it usually does in an entire month,
Imperiled for helping U.S. troops and stranded by bureaucracy, Afghan interpreters see Biden evacuation plan as last hope
Several interpreters said they had not been notified about the possible move.
‘Lytton is gone’: Accounts of death, destruction in Canadian village that caught fire in record heat
Until this week, "Canada’s hot spot” might have seemed like a charming nickname for Lytton, B.C., a tiny town where summer temperatures soar. But after a week of tragedy, the tagline has an ominous edge.
U.S. military vacates main air base in Afghanistan but slows withdrawal plan
U.S. officials discussed keeping Bagram open longer, as the Taliban continues an offensive, but the Biden administration decided to go ahead with its withdrawal plan.
Pakistan’s prime minister embraces China’s policy toward Uyghurs in remarks on Communist Party centenary
Imran Khan has taken a position rare for the leader of a large, Muslim majority country.
The U.S.-Ukraine Sea Breeze naval exercises, explained
The annual drills in the Black Sea have become a major point of friction between NATO and Russia.
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