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BBCBurkina Faso missing miners: Four dead bodies found
Another four miners remain missing more than a month after a Burkina Faso zinc mine was flooded.
- Reuters
Pfizer to sell all its patented drugs at nonprofit price in low-income countries
Pfizer Inc will make all of its patented medicines including COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid and big-selling breast cancer drug Ibrance available at a not-for-profit price to 45 of the world's poorest countries, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. It can take four to seven years longer for new treatments to become available in low-income countries, according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, if they become available at all. Pfizer said its plan includes 23 wholly-owned, patented medicines and vaccines that treat infectious diseases, certain cancers, and rare and inflammatory diseases.
- NBC News
Pa. GOP Senate primary between Mehmet Oz, Dave McCormick heads to recount
Pennsylvania’s cliffhanger of a Republican Senate primary is headed for a recount, with the last remaining votes tallied and Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick still
- USA TODAY
'Enough is enough': Biden calls on lawmakers to take action after Uvalde school shooting
“As a nation we have to ask ourselves, when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby,” Joe Biden said of the Uvalde, Texas shooting.
- BBC
Dyson working on home robots
The company is setting up a major robotics research centre in the UK.
- Associated Press
UK's Prince Charles visits Ukrainian refugees in Romania
Britain's Prince Charles traveled to Romania's capital Wednesday to visit refugees, mostly women and children, from Russia’s war in Ukraine who have found safety in the neighboring Eastern European country. The Prince of Wales visited the Romexpo Donation Centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest. There, he met some of the nearly 1 million Ukrainians who have reached Romania since the war began on Feb. 24, and observed the relief effort being mounted by the government and volunteers.
- Fox News
Gun control advocates slam Trump's appearance at NRA meeting in Texas days after school shooting
Gun control supporters are slamming former President Donald Trump for his appearance at the NRA convention following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting days earlier
- The Daily Beast
GOP Drops Unprecedented Cash to Save Governors From MAGA Mutiny
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesWhen former Sen. David Perdue launched an aggressive Trump-backed challenge to Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia, Kemp’s allies in Washington made an early commitment to go all-in to defend the incumbent from the MAGA onslaught.The Republican Governors Association, the party’s official arm for governor’s races, wasted no time—nor spared any expense. For months, ads attacking Perdue were inescapable on Georgia airwaves.In total, the RGA s
- Autoblog
Hackers break into GM user accounts, unknown number affected
Accounts were targeted by a tactic known as credential stuffing, when hackers get login credentials that have been used in a breach elsewhere and try them in new locations.
- Associated Press
Lebanese general renews mediation over missing US journalist
A Lebanese security chief has met U.S. officials in Washington as part of mediation between Washington and Damascus for the release of an American journalist missing in Syria, the head of a mission that assists hostages said Wednesday. Nizar Zakka, President of the U.S.-based Hostage Aid Worldwide, told The Associated Press by telephone that Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim was discussing the fate of six Americans held in the Middle East, but that the “primary objective” of his mission is journalist Austin Tice who went missing near the Syrian capital of Damascus a decade ago. Zakka, who met Ibrahim in Washington on Tuesday, said Biden administration officials would not have invited the Lebanese official to Washington had they not reached something "very serious” with regards to the Tice case.
- CBS News
Probe reveals details of boozy parties at U.K. leader's house during COVID lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told indignant lawmakers he'd "learned a lesson," but the "best thing now for our country is to move forward together."
- INSIDER
Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings
Here's what the US can learn from Switzerland, which has nearly eliminated mass shootings while maintaining a high rate of gun ownership.
- The Daily Beast
School Drop-Out Gave Warning on Facebook Minutes Before Uvalde Massacre
Texas DPS/InstagramUVALDE, Texas—The 18-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 kids and two adults, wrote three disturbing messages on Facebook just minutes before the massacre, warning of the carnage to come.“I’m going to shoot my grandmother,” Salvador Ramos wrote about 30 minutes before his rampage at Robb Elementary School, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday.Ramos made good on his vow, writing minutes later that he’d “shot my grandmother.” His la
- TheStreet.com
Elon Musk Chooses Sides on Gun Control Debate
Elon Musk is the most influential CEO in the world. The mogul with 95 million followers on Twitter is determined to use his platform to weigh in on public debates, whatever they may be. In recent months, the CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has thus imposed his voice on subjects such as the Russian war in Ukraine, free speech with the eventful acquisition-in-progress of the social network Twitter for $44 billion, cancel culture and its corollary wokeism.
- NBC News
Texas gunman left home after fight with mom about Wi-Fi, mother's boyfriend says
The man who opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday, massacring 19 children and two adults, was a loner who kept to himself and avoided any kind of
- Harper's Bazaar
See Julianne Hough's Larger-than-Life Broadway Transformation
In BAZAAR's latest #DayInTheLife episode, the actress prepares for the stage and talks realizing her childhood theater dreams.
- USA TODAY
Texas school shooter lived in Uvalde: What we know about gunman, motive and how weapons were obtained
The massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is one of the deadliest shootings at a U.S. grade school. Here's what we know about gunman.
- BuzzFeed
People Are Praising This Woman For Her Simple Solution To Getting Rid Of Camel Toe When Wearing Biker Shorts Or Leggings
"Saw this at 5 a.m., tried it at 8 a.m. — confirming at 11 a.m. that IT WORKS. YOU ARE AN ANGEL!"View Entire Post ›
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Owner of viral Fort Worth home with driveway pool: ‘It’s not as weird as it looks!’
“It was a great hangout area for parties, and if given the choice to do it again—I would!” said a good-humored Kim Whiteside, who owns the home at 6145 Whitman Ave.
- People
Kate Middleton Wears Her Boldest Hat Yet for Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth previously announced that she would not be attending any garden parties, which celebrate guests' public service, this year