📹 A resident of Popasnaya, who survived all the months of hostilities in the city, tells about what she had to go through.

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📹 “They are just soulless robots”

Watch a Ukraine nationalist 'explain' why killing Russians is not a sin.

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🔥 Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has told the Spanish newspaper El Diario that “There is a 50 percent chance” that the world community “will have another pandemic” within the next 20 years.

▪️ He suggested that it could be a human-made virus or a naturally occurring pandemic, caused by climate change-related consequences.

▪️ Gates, who released his new book noscriptd "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" on 3 May, previously urged governments across the world to shore up on epidemiologists and computer modellers to help identify global health threats.

▪️ According to him, in addition to global surveillance to spot pandemic dangers, increased spending is needed to improve preparedness for health threats.

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📹 "This was very scary"

An elderly resident of Donetsk recalls how he became a victim of Ukrainian artillery shelling.

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📹 A resident of Svetlodarsk tells about the horrors of the Ukrainian occupation.

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📹 "Despite everything!": A resident of Yasinovataya in the DPR tells how people live and tidy up the streets despite constant shelling in the region.

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📹 The reporter shows how Ukrainian Nazis set up a fortified base inside a former hotel in Mariupol. In one of the hotel rooms a "special device" for the use of drugs was found.

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❌ The European Union continues to discuss possible new sanctions against Russia, potentially including an oil embargo, a high-ranking source told reporters on Sunday. The EU Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) is scheduled to meet on Monday.

According to the source, the process is complicated, with many technical issues still remaining to be agreed upon, as well as a potential timetable for abandoning Russian oil.

⛽️ EU continues discussing all new sanctions against Russia, including oil embargo as part of a single package - source

🔫 The Justice Department will review law enforcement's response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the review would be conducted in a fair, impartial and independent manner, and that findings would be made public.

In a statement, Coley said the goal of the review is "to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and response that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events.”

❗At least one dead and seven injured as gunfire breaks out at an outdoor festival in Oklahoma early Sunday, authorities said.

🎥 US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden place flowers at a memorial in Uvalde, Texas, following the Robb Elementary School shooting.

✈️ Flight cancellations pile up during a busy Memorial Day weekend

Hundreds of flights worldwide had been cancelled by mid-afternoon Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend in the US.

More than 1,260 flights had been canceled as of 2:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. That followed more than 2,300 cancellations on Friday and another 1,500 on Saturday. More than 350 of Sunday’s cancellations involved aircraft scheduled to fly to or from US cities.

Many forecasters believe the number of travelers will match or even surpass pre-pandemic levels. Domestic airline fares for summer are averaging more than $400 round trip, 24% higher than this time in 2019, before the pandemic, and a robust 45% higher than a year ago.

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⚡️🇺🇸At least ten people were injured in a stampede in New York City that broke out after a boxing match

Panicked people spotted a man with a gun near the arena, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

⚖️ Judge gives OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse

On Saturday, a Florida judge gave the initial approval to a more than $1 billion settlement for families who lost loved ones in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. The unprecedented collapse of the 12-story building in the early morning hours of June 24, 2021 took 98 lives. The quick settlement means that potentially years of court battles will be avoided.

The vast sum of money comes from several sources, including insurance companies, engineering companies and a luxury condominium that had recently been built next door. None of the parties are admitting wrongdoing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investigating the cause of the collapse, a process expected to take years. 

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🔥 After Texas shooting, schools around US boost security

The district is making a point to look out for teachers’ and students’ mental health. A counseling team has been visiting every school to speak about the shooting in Uvalde. They are also urging people to talk in private about any distress.

In El Paso, Texas, police has stepped up patrolling at all 85 campuses. Officers have been pulled from monitoring traffic or other duties. Schools already have updated camera surveillance systems. Schools have ramped up police presence in a host of states, including Connecticut, Michigan and New York. In Jacksonville, Florida, the Duval County Public Schools’ chief of school police banned backpacks or large handbags at any school.

It’s clear staff and students nationwide are on edge as several reports of firearm sightings on campuses have popped up in the past few days.

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🇨🇴 🗳 Right-wing candidate Federico Gutierrez is not making it into the second round of the presidential election in Colombia, according to results from the National Electoral Council released after 91.66% of the ballots were counted.

Leftist Gustavo Petro is coming ahead in the first round with 40.44%; businessman Rodolfo Hernandez has 27.99%, while Gutierrez has 23.95%.

🔥Critical fire condition warnings issued across US Southwest

The 7-week-old fire, the largest in New Mexico history, has burned 491 square miles (1,272 square kilometers) of forest in rugged terrain east of Santa Fe since being started in April by two planned burns.

The return of drier and warmer weather combined with strong winds poses a threat of increased fire activity over the Memorial Day weekend, prompting officials to urge the public to secure vehicle chains and be careful with possible fire sources.

Nearly 3,000 firefighters and other personnel were assigned to the fire, which contained around 48% of its perimeter. Initial estimates say the fire has destroyed at least 330 homes, but state officials expect the number of homes and other structures that have been burned to rise to more than 1,000.

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🔎Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was booked into a Bay Area jail over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence.

He could face charges including driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher, the report said. Pelosi’s bail was set for $5,000 for the two misdemeanors, records showed.

Drew Hammill, the spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi, told The Associated Press: “The Speaker will not be commenting on this private matter which occurred while she was on the East Coast.”

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⚡️🇺🇸One person was killed and another seven were injured after a shooting broke out during a Memorial Day festival in Oklahoma