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Bolivia’s Evo Morales held in contempt after missing court in trafficking trial

AdvertisementCrimeWorldAmericasBolivia’s Evo Morales held in contempt after missing court in trafficking trialThe ex-president is accused of having a ⁠relationship ⁠with a teenager and having a child with ‌her in 2016 while he was in office
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 2:20am, 12 May 2026⁠A Bolivian ⁠judge on Monday held former President Evo Morales in contempt after he failed to appear in court ‌for a trial where he faces charges of trafficking a minor, local newspaper La Razon reported.
Morales served three terms as Bolivia’s first ⁠indigenous president from 2006 to 2019. He ‌resigned following a disputed election that plunged the country into ‌turmoil.
He is accused of having a relationship with a teenager and having a child with her in 2016 while he was in office. Thousands of supporters have protested the investigation.AdvertisementLast ‌week, Morales wrote on social media that ⁠he was a victim of “legal warfare” and ⁠that “the government is carrying out against me a br..

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US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk ‘very low’

US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk 'very low'1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAna FaguyUS health officials: Hantavirus risk to Americans 'very, very low'Eighteen Americans evacuated from a cruise ship after possible exposure to hantavirus are being closely monitored by health officials, as authorities maintain the risk to the public remains “very, very low”.
Officials say one passenger aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes virus – a rare type of hantavirus – while another is showing mild symptoms.
More than 90 passengers of the cruise ship, currently docked in Spain's Canary Islands, are being repatriated.
The positive result marks the first confirmed case involving an American passenger. Two people are being monitored in Atlanta, while 16 others are in Nebraska at the nation's only national quarantine unit.
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Heatstroke suspected among 6 found dead in train carriage at Texas rail depot

AdvertisementUnited StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaHeatstroke suspected among 6 found dead in train carriage at Texas rail depotLaredo, Texas is a busy land port of entry for trade on the US-Mexico border and a common connection for the illegal movement of people
2-MIN READ2-MIN2 ListenAssociated PressPublished: 12:57am, 12 May 2026Updated: 1:45am, 12 May 2026A South Texas medical examiner believes heatstroke may have led to the death of six people thought to be immigrants who were found on Sunday afternoon inside a argo train carriage at a Union Pacific rail depot near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.
The people were found on Sunday as workers were inspecting one of the cars, said Jose Baeza, a spokesman for the Laredo Police Department.
Police and fire crews arrived at the scene soon after. They confirmed that there were six people dead, including five men and one woman, Baeza told reporters.
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US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship

US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivReutersUS passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are instructed by authorities after disembarking the vessel in Tenerife, SpainAn American and a French national who have returned to their home countries having left a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have tested positive, authorities say.
In total seven cases of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius have been confirmed, with two other cases suspected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
The US health department said a second American national on the repatriation flight had also shown mild symptoms, adding that both passengers had travelled back in “biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution”.
French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said a woman was isolating in Paris and her health was deteriorating, with 22 contacts traced.
Three passengers have died after travell..

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‘Stop this crazy Indian migration’: Row over Pennsylvania university hiring H-1B worker

A new H-1B filing by the University of Pennsylvania has stirred a row after details of a $79,584 data analyst role circulated on social media this week.US commentator Chris Brunet mentioned the case on X, writing that the institution had hired a foreign worker for the post. “This morning, the University of Pennsylvania (@Penn) filed a notice of intent to hire an H-1B Data Analyst. Salary: $79,584,” Brunet wrote.According to the filing, the position sits within the General Internal Medicine department at the Perelman School of Medicine. The annual pay is listed as $79,584.75, with the role due to begin on December 23, 2025 and run until December 22, 2028.Work locations include several sites in Philadelphia, among them 423 Guardian Drive and 3600 Civic Center Boulevard, alongside remote arrangements in Philadelphia and Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.The university’s notice states that the Labor Condition Application was submitted in line with US Department of Labor requirements for H-1B hiring…

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Indian-American Tina Shah stirs row after saying she is ‘only Democrat who is pro-Israel’

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An Indian-American congressional candidate in New Jersey stirred a row after a leaked audio clip showed her describing herself as the only Democrat in her race fully backing Israel.The club reignited a debate inside the progressive party over the Gaza war and ongoing Middle East tensions including the conflict with Iran.Tina Shah is a physician and was a former White House adviser during the Obama administration. She is running in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. In the April 26 recording, she said she is “a pro-Israel candidate” who supports “unconditional aid” to Israel, adding that she is “the ONLY candidate” in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District race who backs Israel without conditions.The audio clip went viral across social media platforms including X and TikTok, drawing strong reactions from both progressive activists and pro-Israel Democrats, and deepening divisions within the party over foreign policy. This comes as the Gaza he..

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‘This is not Covid’: CDC boss reassures concerned public over hantavirus outbreak as US cruise passengers taken to Nebraska quarantine facility

The acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has attempted to soothe public concern over the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship — which has seen 17 Americans evacuated from the vessel and seven others return to five states — saying: “This is not Covid.”
Three people died and five others have fallen ill in the outbreak which originated on the MV Hondius ocean vessel last month. Travelers were evacuated from the ship in Spain’s Canary Islands Sunday.
None of the 140 passengers who remained on board have virus symptoms, global health officials said. Hantavirus is spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings.
The 17Americans from the boat will be taken to the National Quarantine Unit, a secured facility on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha. They will be “interviewed and assessed for risk,” Acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told CNN Sunday.
“This is not Covid and we don’t want to treat it like Covid,” he said…

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Countries airlift nationals evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship

Countries airlift nationals evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSarah Rainsford,Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Granadilla, Tenerife andAleks PhillipsWatch: Passengers evacuated from hantavirus outbreak ship in TenerifeMore than 90 of the passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship will have been evacuated and flown home from the Canary Islands by the end of Sunday, Spain has said.
Fourteen Spanish nationals from Tenerife to Madrid face mandatory quarantine at a military hospital in the capital. They were followed by French and British nationals, who were taken to Paris and Manchester, respectively.
Staff involved in the operation in Tenerife pulled white hazmat suits over the evacuees' clothes and hosed them down on the airport tarmac.
Three people have died in the outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, including two who were confirmed to have had hantavirus.
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Flight carrying Britons evacuated from hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship heads to UK

Twenty two British passengers on board a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have been evacuated from the vessel off Tenerife, with most of them now flying back to the UK.
A chartered Titan Airways flight departed from the Canary Island’s south airport on Sunday evening, with the Airbus A320’s passengers to be taken from Manchester Airport to isolate at the UK’s initial Covid quarantine site.
It comes after the MV Hondius arrived in Tenerife in the early hours of Sunday, triggering an evacuation operation with passengers ferried to a port by small boat, not before medics in full PPE checked all remained asymptomatic.
Some 22 British nationals were taken to shore – with 20 getting on the repatriation flight and two dual-nationals heading elsewhere.
While they were being bussed from the port at Granadilla de Abona to Tenerife South Airport, some British passengers, clad in blue PPE, waved and gave thumbs up as they passed watching media.
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Ukraine reports multiple casualties despite Trump-backed truce with Russia

AdvertisementUkraine warWorldRussia & Central AsiaUkraine reports multiple casualties despite Trump-backed truce with RussiaThe Russian army is ‘not even really trying’ to comply with the ceasefire, Ukraine’s President Zelensky says
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 2:01am, 11 May 2026Russian attacks wounded at least nine people in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, the second day of what was supposed to have been a three-day truce with Russia, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia also conducted assault operations on the front line, although it did not launch any “large-scale” air raids during the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address.
“On the front line, the Russian army is not complying with the ceasefire and is not even really trying to,” he added.
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