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Ethiopia 'at a crossroads' amid spiraling ethnic conflict

Aba Yosief Desta preferred not to discuss the ethnicities of victims in the widening conflicts threatening Ethiopia's unity. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vE2gjJ

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out of fuel while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea and was filling up with water and panic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33azMSj

Australia probe of China port signals trouble for Beijing

Defence minister Peter Dutton confirmed over the weekend that his department will advise the government on what to do with the port. Asked whether the government would consider forced divestiture, he told the Sydney Morning Herald that officials would consider the national interest. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RleBuf

US men await their fate as murder trial nears end in Rome

The pandemic was just bearing down on Italy when the trial began of two young American men, charged with the murder of Italian police officer near their hotel while they were on vacation in 2019. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xT5IsT

Australia says chance of jail remote for India travel ban offenders

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, under pressure to overturn rules barring travel from Covid-ravaged India, said on Tuesday it was "highly unlikely" travellers would face maximum penalties of five years jail and a A$66,000 ($51,000) fine. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vGgyk0

Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road; 15 dead

An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eQ4PIz

Elegant dancer, passionate educator Jacques d'Amboise dies

Jacques d'Amboise, who combined classical elegance with all-American verve and athleticism to become one of the top male dancers at New York City Ballet, then spent more than four decades providing free dance education to countless youngsters through his National Dance Institute, has died at 86. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3h028ak

Chicago man who drove into picnickers faces felony charges

A man announced his intent before driving his pickup truck onto a grassy median on Chicago's North Side and striking two people in a group he labeled yuppies with dogs, Cook County prosecutors said Monday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3ugRz6h

US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada

The Biden administration says a US judge exceeded his authority when he gave federal wildlife officials a May 21 deadline to decide whether to formally propose endangered species protections for a rare desert wildflower at the center of a fight over a proposed lithium mine in Nevada. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2So31iC

FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QKSs8W

Former circus elephants begin to arrive at Florida sanctuary

Former circus elephants are starting to arrive at a new wildlife sanctuary in north Florida. The White Oak Conservation Center announced Monday that a dozen female Asian elephants have already arrived at the Yulee refuge, located north of Jacksonville. Up to 20 more elephants are expected once more areas are completed at the planned 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) space. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xLEP9R

Storms spawn twisters in Mississippi, kill 2 in Georgia

Severe storms spawning multiple tornadoes moved across the South on Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees from Mississippi to West Virginia. A tornado spotted in Atlanta forced thousands to seek shelter, and one man was killed when a falling tree brought power lines onto his vehicle. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nL9TC3

San Diego boat wreck kills 3, shows risks of ocean smuggling

A tractor-trailer slams into an SUV at an intersection on a remote California desert highway, killing 13 of 25 people crammed inside the late model Ford Expedition. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33ca8g7

China's UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil war

China's UN ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup, warning that further violence could lead to a chaotic situation "and even a civil war." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eQFDSq

US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi calls on Biden administration to deploy AstraZeneca vaccines rapidly in India

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Tuesday (local time) called on US President Joe Biden's administration to deploy AstraZeneca vaccines rapidly in India and other countries combating Covid-19 surge. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tkvxyi

Storms spawn twisters in Mississippi, kill 2 in Georgia

Severe storms spawning multiple tornadoes moved across the South on Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees from Mississippi to West Virginia. A tornado spotted in Atlanta forced thousands to seek shelter, and one man was killed when a falling tree brought power lines onto his vehicle. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3nL9TC3

Former circus elephants begin to arrive at Florida sanctuary

Former circus elephants are starting to arrive at a new wildlife sanctuary in north Florida. The White Oak Conservation Center announced Monday that a dozen female Asian elephants have already arrived at the Yulee refuge, located north of Jacksonville. Up to 20 more elephants are expected once more areas are completed at the planned 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) space. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3xLEP9R

San Diego boat wreck kills 3, shows risks of ocean smuggling

A tractor-trailer slams into an SUV at an intersection on a remote California desert highway, killing 13 of 25 people crammed inside the late model Ford Expedition. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/33ca8g7

FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2QKSs8W

Covid: US flights with medical supplies for India delayed till Wednesday

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Fauci's advice to India: Clamp nationwide lockdown, go for massive vaccination drive

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