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Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise
Moosejaw Today 27 May 2022
The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens' assistance in the U.S ... “These acts effectively amount to acts of piracy,” a ministry statement said ... Nour News, a website close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the threat just as shipping news site Lloyd's List said it believed two Greek tankers had been seized in the Persian Gulf ... .
photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda
Military: 1,500 dead in Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ghana News Agency 27 May 2022
Many people have also fled ... This information could not be verified at first ... So far, the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk have "liberated and gained full control over 220 localities, including Krasny Liman, with fire support from Russian forces," the separatist forces' staff announced on Friday, according to the Interfax news agency ... GNA. .
photo: AP / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Russia captures centre of Lyman, encircles most of Sievierodonetsk
Metro USA 27 May 2022
Ukraine insisted its forces were still holding firm at new defensive lines in the eastern Donbas region, despite the apparent Russian advances on two of the major fronts there, battles that showed how momentum has shifted in recent days ... U.S ... U.S ... Poland’s President Duda and Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy hold a news conference in Kyiv ... .
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 2022photo: 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
Di Niro said ... Scorsese said he "absolutely shocked and devastated" by the news and that he would always be proud of their work together ... Lorraine Bracco, who played Karen Friedman Hill in Goodfellas, said she was "shattered" to hear the news of her former co-stars death ... I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray ... 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.” ... ....