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Tears burst through Bangladesh container depot killing 49 people and injuring hundreds

The fire started on Saturday night at the BM container depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong district, according to Bangladesh State News Agency Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Among the dead were at least nine firefighters who had been deployed to put out the flames, BSS reported. Two firefighters went missing Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were still working to extinguish …

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ESPN’s Iga Swiatek sends Daria Kasatkina to reach the final of the French Open in the editor’s election

Iga Swiatek continued her march to a second French Open title in three years when she defeated Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 to reach the final and tie Serena Williams with the second streak of longest victories of this century. Swiatek’s 34th consecutive victory puts her on a winning streak to win her second Roland …

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The US presents a $ 700 million military aid package for Ukraine; the fight is raging in the Donbas

Biden unveils new military aid package and promises US will continue to arm Ukraine against Russia President Joe Biden promoted the latest package of military aid to Ukraine and promised that the US “will continue to provide Ukraine with weapons and equipment to defend itself” against the Russian invasion. The $ 700 million aid package, …

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Uvalde Live Updates: Biden cries with survivors during a visit to Texas

UVALDE, Texas – From the first minutes after a gunman started firing, officers went down to Robb Elementary School. Local police in the town of Uvalde. County Sheriff’s Deputies. Federal Border Patrol agents. But none of the growing number of agencies had control over the number of officers found Tuesday at the scene of what …

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Uvalde mourns the victims of the Texas school shooting with pain and anger

UVALDE, Texas: A steady stream of mourning, many driving from other cities as they left behind other Memorial Day plans, came to Robb Elementary School on Saturday afternoon to pay tribute to the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers killed in a classroom days before. A line of about 100 people waited quietly across the street …

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Ongoing trial proceedings linked to Trump-Russia investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) – A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hid her partisan interests from the FBI while pushing for a “pure opposition investigation” related to Donald Trump and Russia in the weeks leading up to the elections, a prosecutor said Friday during the final arguments of the lawyer’s trial. But Michael Sussmann’s legal …

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NRA speakers are unaffected by gun rights after the school massacre

HOUSTON (AP) – One by one, they took to the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a statewide elementary school. And one by one, they insisted that further restricting access to firearms was not the answer to prevent future tragedies. “The existence …

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