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News in brief Girl shoots three at US school Anti-Olympics campaign gains u Firefighters in traction online in Japan Firefighters tackle blaze at London were tackling 19-storey London tower block a blaze at a 19-storey Girl in 6th grade detained after Idaho school shooting Maldives ex-president ‘critical’ TOP block of flats in the east of the city, with smoke emerging from parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors and ambulances treating TWEETS4 people in the area. A witness said by 1000 The girl was GMT the fire appeared to be out. Around 100 • after assassination attempt disarmed by a teacher firefighters had been working on the building 01 while paramedics and police also attended the at Rigby Middle School scene. The London Ambulance Service said it Hospital says Mohamed Nasheed in intensive care after ‘life-saving surgery’ on had dispatched ambulance crews, clinical team Reuters | Washington managers and support vehicles to the area. injuries to his head, chest, abdomen and limbs u US Defence Pentagon chief says removal of all sixth-grade girl pulled Secretary Lloyd a handgun from a back- Austin said the contractors from Afghanistan under way Nasheed has pack at her eastern wo-thirds of adults process of removing all contractors A undergone• 16 hours of Idaho school on Thursday have now had their from Afghanistan working with the T and opened fire, hitting two life-saving operations first COVID vaccine dose. United States was under way as part A man wearing a face mask walks past Olympic Rings at the Japan Olympic fellow students and a member Thank you to everyone of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of KNOW WHAT Museum in Tokyo of school staff and inflicting who has made this UK- forces from the country. The remarks AFP | Male non-life-threatening injuries on Reuters | Tokyo are the clearest indication yet that Biden’s wide rollout such a suc- them, officials said. Police tape marks a line outside Rigby Middle School following a shooting cess. Please book your April order to withdraw all US forces from The girl was disarmed by a ney Mark Taylor said charges ormer Maldives president n online petition calling jab when offered and get Afghanistan by Sept. 11 extended to US- We strongly call for teacher at Rigby Middle School against the girl could include Mohamed Nasheed was in a for the Tokyo Olympics your second dose to give funded contractors. As of April, there were nearly 17,000 Pentagon contractors, F A the prevention of in Rigby, Idaho, a remote com- three counts of attempted mur- “critical” condition yesterday fol- to be cancelled has garnered you maximum protec- including about 6,150 Americans, 4,300 Afghans and 6,400 from other countries. spread of coronavirus munity about 270 miles (435 She fired multiple der. lowing an assassination attempt, almost 200,000 signatures in tion. UK PM Johnson’s party win u Boris Johnson’s km) east of Boise, and held un- None of the gunshot wounds doctors said. the past few days, as public and protection of @BorisJohnson Conservative Party won an rounds inside of the lives and livelihood election for parliament seat til law enforcement arrived, school and out. We were life-threatening, Michael Nasheed, 53, the Maldives’ first concerns mount over holding election for a new member of Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Lemon, trauma director at East- democratically elected president the Games in a pandemic. by using available 02 parliament in the northern English town of Anderson said. Her name and don’t have a lot of ern Idaho Regional Medical and still an important figure in With less than three months resources to stop the Hartlepool, breaking Labour’s decades-long exact age weren’t immediately details of why. That is Center said. the island nation’s murky politics, Mohamed Nasheed to go before the start of the Olympics hold and tightening the prime minister’s released. being investigated “They could be so much was rushed to hospital after an is maybe best known summer Olympics, already grip on traditional opposition-supporting Police secure a site after a suspected bomb blast injured former Maldives president KENJI UTSUNOMIYA, THE ONLINE PETITION “She fired multiple rounds JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF STEVE ANDER- worse,” Lemon said. “We feel explosion late Thursday. postponed for a year due to ORGANIZER areas. Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer and current parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed in Male internationally for hold- inside of the school and out,” SON absolutely blessed.” Since then he has undergone 16 ing a 2009 underwater the coronavirus, questions still beat the Labour candidate by15,529 votes to Anderson said at a news con- The school staff member was hours of life-saving operations in as a “deliberate act of terror” and 340,000 Sunni Muslims is best remain over how Tokyo can lic is opposed to the Games, 8,589, securing what less than a decade ago ference. “We don’t have a lot ready for it.” treated and released for his in- the capital Male for injuries to his urged the public to provide any known for its luxury holiday re- cabinet meeting to hold the global event and keep which are due to open on July would have been seen as impossible feat of of details of why. That is being Several law enforcement jury, while the two students head, chest, abdomen and limbs. information that could identify sorts popular with honeymooners, highlight the threat of volunteers, athletes, officials 23. poke with my friend dislodging the main opposition Labour Party investigated.” agencies are involved in the were being kept overnight for The private ADK hospital said the perpetrators. but it suffers from regular political global warming and the Japanese public safe “We strongly call for the S@ScottMorrisonMP to from one of its heartland seats in northern England. Students were sent home investigation of the shooting, observation, he said. yesterday evening that Nasheed Police said a device attached turmoil. from COVID-19. prevention of spread of coro- thank him for Australia’s u Australia will lift a ban on its Australia to reopen with their parents immediately which happened shortly after 9 Idaho Governor Brad Little was “in a critical condition in in- to a motorcycle was detonated There was no claim of respon- preachers are banned. In two days since its launch, navirus and protection of solidarity and support for citizens returning from COVID-ravaged after the shootings and classes a.m. local time, Jefferson Coun- issued a brief statement shortly tensive care”. as Nasheed got into a car in the sibility for Thursday’s bomb at- Violent attacks have been rare, an online campaign called lives and livelihood by using India’s fight against the India next week, Australian Prime door to India will be cancelled yesterday, Jef- ty Sheriff Anderson said. Local after the incident. In a televised address to the capital. tack, but officials close to Nash- though a dozen foreign tourists “Stop Tokyo Olympics” has available resources to stop the pandemic. We agreed on Minister Scott Morrison said, as state ferson School District Superin- media had previously reported “Thank you to our law en - nation, President Ibrahim Mo- The hospital said earlier that eed’s Maldivian Democratic Party were wounded by a bomb blast in gathered more than 187,000 Olympics,” Kenji Utsunomiya, the importance of ensur- officials reported that an outbreak in tendent Chad Martin said. that a male student was taken forcement agencies and school hamed Solih announced that a shrapnel had been removed from (MDP) said they suspected vested Male in 2007. signatures, nearing its 200,000 the online petition organiz- ing affordable and equita- Sydney appeared to be contained. Morrison “This is the worst nightmare into custody after the shooting. leaders for their efforts in re- team from the Australian Federal one of his lungs and from his liver political interests opposed to his The Islamic State claimed a goal and underscoring pub- er, wrote on his website. Ut- ble access to vaccines and stood by his decision to impose a biosecurity any school district could ever Depending on the outcome sponding to the incident,” Little Police (AFP) would arrive Satur- but that another piece was still in anti-corruption drive. boat arson attack last year, but lic concerns over holding the sunomiya is a lawyer who has medicines, and discussed order last month barring all travel to and from face,” said Martin. “We pre - of the investigation, Jefferson said on Twitter. “I am staying day to help with the investigation the same organ. Nasheed had vowed to investi- there is little evidence the group massive sporting event in Ja- run several times for Tokyo possible initiatives in this India, a policy that drew heavy criticism from pare for it and we’re never truly County Prosecuting Attor- updated on the situation.” into the blast. “We are hopeful of a full recov- gate a $90-million theft from the has a presence in the archipelago. pan’s capital. governor. regard. lawmakers, expatriates and the Indian diaspora. Solih described the attack as an ery,” said a family member who state’s tourism promotion author- Nasheed, a liberal, is maybe best Battling a fourth wave of But, organizers have repeat- @narendramodi did not want to be named, adding edly said the Games will go u Britain withdrew its Royal Navy vessels from the waters off Jersey assault on the fledgling democ- ity during the tenure of former known internationally for holding the pandemic and struggling but said it would remain on standby to support the Channel island after a racy, promising the perpetrators that Nasheed was responsive and president Abdulla Yameen. a 2009 underwater cabinet meet- with a sluggish vaccination ahead, unveiling detailed Cov- 03 dispute with France over post-Brexit fishing rights escalated rapidly. France “would face the full force of the spoke with doctors when he was “There are some dormant Is- ing to highlight the threat of glob- campaign, the Japanese gov- id-19 protocols for athletes and and Britain both deployed maritime patrol vessels to the area after a flotilla of China says ‘extremely low’ risk law”. admitted. lamists who could have collab- al warming, signing documents as ernment is seeking to extend officials. French trawlers sailed in protest to Jersey’s main harbour and a French minister Police said officials from the One of his bodyguards as well orated with political elements officials wore scuba gear against a states of emergency in Tokyo Pfizer Inc and its German suggested earlier in the week that Paris might cut electricity to the island. United Nations Office on Drugs as a British national were also threatened by Nasheed’s anti-cor- backdrop of coral reefs. and three other areas until the partner BioNTech SE said on of damage from rocket debris and Crime have also been asked wounded and taken to hospital. ruption drive,” an MDP source He was toppled in a mil - end of May, the economy min- Thursday they had agreed to to assist in the investigation. told AFP. itary-backed coup in February ister said yesterday. donate their vaccine to help Reuters | Beijing Maldivian police said they were Underwater cabinet The government has cracked 2012, convicted on a charge of Opinion polls in Japan have inoculate those participating COVID-19: Countries worst affected treating Thursday’s bomb attack The Indian Ocean nation of down on extremism and foreign terrorism and jailed for 13 years. found a majority of the pub- in the Games. he consumption of Country Total cases Total ost debris from a large Tprocessed food is a deaths Global tally MChinese rocket expect- rapidly increasing source ed to plunge back through the of sodium. @WHO Glob- 1 USA 33,378,060 594,162 atmosphere this weekend will Amnesty International to restore ‘prisoner of al Sodium Benchmarks 2 India 21,880,583 238,129 157,301,031 be burned up on reentry and 25 killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police raid provide countries & the is highly unlikely to cause any conscience’ status to Russia’s Navalny -aide food industry guidance 3 Brazil 15,009,023 417,176 AFP | Rio de Janeiro Deaths harm, Chinese foreign ministry Reuters | Moscow on how to reduce salt 4 France 5,728,090 105,850 spokesman Wang Wenbin said intake and help peo - yesterday. massive police operation ple make the right food 5 Turkey 4,998,089 42,187 3,277,737 The US military said on mnesty International will next Aagainst drug traffickers in a choices. Together we can 6 Russia 4,863,514 112,246 Recovered: Wednesday what it called an Aweek announce it is reversing Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 #BeatNCDs! uncontrolled re-entry was be- a decision to strip jailed Kremlin people dead, turning the impov- KNOW WHAT @DrTedros 7 UK 4,431,043 127,583 ing tracked by US Space Com- critic Alexei Navalny of its “pris- erished Rio de Janeiro neigh- mand. oner of conscience” status, a top bourhood into a battlefield and 8 Italy 4,092,747 122,263 134,615,145 A Long March 5B rocket carrying China’s Tianhe space station core module lifts The Long March 5B rocket aide said. drawing condemnation from 04 off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center (file photo) 9 Spain 3,567,408 78,726 New cases blasted off from China’s Hain- The human rights group an - rights groups. Brazil’s police said 10 Germany 3,497,527 84,970 an island on April 29, carrying given that 70% of the world is nounced on Feb. 24 that it would A policeman was among those crackdown on drug the unmanned Tianhe module, covered by ocean. stop referring to Navalny as a pris- killed in the early morning raid trafficking was justi- 11 Argentina 3,095,582 66,263 +686,603 which contains what will be- Speaking in Beijing, Foreign oner of conscience on the grounds on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north fied but residents say 12 Colombia 2,951,101 76,414 come living quarters on a per- Ministry spokesman Wang that in the past he had made com- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny side, where residents awoke to New deaths manent Chinese space station. Wenbin said China was closely ments that qualified as advocacy of attends a hearing explosions, heavy gunfire and there were clear signs ith the active 13 Poland 2,824,425 69,445 The location of the rocket’s KNOW WHAT following the rocket’s reentry hatred. reputation. helicopters overhead. of ‘execution-style Wsupport of @ 14 Iran 2,627,094 74,241 +8,370 descent into Earth’s atmos - into the atmosphere, and that Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid “They (Amnesty) told me just Police confirmed the toll -- killings’ during oper- IndembAbuDhabi , @ phere as it falls back from space most of its components would Volkov, speaking in English to Ca- yesterday that they will issue a and investigators said it was the Rio de Janeiro police led an operation against drug traffickers ation indembkwt, @IndEmb- Figures as of closing “cannot be pinpointed until be burned up upon re-entry. nadian legislators, accused Russia press release on May 12 after they deadliest police operation in the Security Observatory at Candi- local community leader told Doha, IndiaInBahrain,@ Middle East within hours of its reentry”, The Long March 5B “The probability of this of carrying out a series of dirty have examined how the Russian history of Rio de Janeiro state. do Mendes University. AFP, asking that his name not “Unfortunately, there were IndianEmbRiyadh & @ Country Total new Total New Total Active which is projected to occur rocket blasted off process causing harm on the tricks to blacken the politician’s disinformation campaign man- Police identified the other 24 “Is this the public security be published for safety reasons. many clashes in the area. There Indemb_Muscat, we are cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases around May 8, US Space Com- from China’s Hainan ground is extremely low,” he aged to influence them,” he told dead as “suspects” and said all policy we want? Shootouts, kill- At least two people were is nothing to celebrate with this in the process of secur- mand said. island on April 29, car- said. the House of Commons foreign protocols had been followed ings and police massacres?” she wounded when the subway car toll,” one police official told a ing commercial supplies Harvard-based astrophysi- rying the unmanned Debris from the Long March affairs committee. before officers opened fire, but told AFP. they were riding in was appar- press conference, adding that of LMO into the country Egypt 234,015 13,714 175,117 45,184 cist Jonathan McDowell told 5B is likely to fall in internation- “They will not only reinstate rights groups and academics Large groups of heavily armed ently caught in the crossfire the officer killed was shot in through logistics man- Reuters this week there was a Tianhe module, which al waters, China’s Global Times They (Amnesty) told me his status but they will also issue cried foul. police could be seen streaming during the operation, news site the head. agement by @Indian- Saudi 424,445 +1,039 7,045 +13 407,650 9,750 contains what will be- Arabia chance that pieces of the rock- reported on Wednesday. just yesterday that they a post-mortem,” he said. “Who are the dead? Young into the favela as frightened res- G1 reported. Rights groups and residents Oilcl and @gailindia in et could come down over land come living quarters Based on its current orbit, A spokeswoman at Amnesty’s black men. That’s why the po- idents tentatively went about TV network GloboNews later inspected the houses tar- coming weeks. 532,710 +1,766 1,607 +3 513,068 18,035 will issue a press release UAE such as in May 2020, when on a permanent Chi- the debris trail is likely to fall on May 12 after they have main media center in London said lice talk about ‘24 suspects.’ their business once the gunfire showed aerial images of armed geted -- some had blood stains @dpradhanbjp Kuwait 281,772 1,621 265,530 14,621 pieces from another Chinese nese space station somewhere as far north as New she had no immediate comment. Being a young, black favela res- died down, AFP journalists said. suspects fleeing from one resi- and damage from the shootout. Long March 5B rocket rained York, Madrid or Beijing and examined how the Russian The 44-year-old Russian op- ident automatically makes you Residents reported seeing dence to another in the densely Police said the operation tar- Disclaimer: (Views expressed Oman 199,344 2,083 181,696 15,565 down on the Ivory Coast, dam- incineration after streaking as far south as southern Chile disinformation campaign position politician was arrested a suspect to the police. They corpses lying on the pavement packed neighbourhood during geted a gang suspected of re- by columnists are personal and aging several buildings. through the atmosphere at hy- and Wellington, New Zealand, managed to influence in January and sentenced to jail just keep piling up bodies and in pools of blood, and numer- the raid, passing what looked cruiting children and teenagers need not necessarily reflect our Qatar 210,070 +600 496 +3 199,444 10,130 He said potentially danger- personic speed but in all like- or anywhere in between, Mc- them for parole violations he called saying, ‘They’re all criminals,’” ous bodies being taken out in like high-powered rifles from for drug trafficking, robberies, editorial stances) ous debris would likely escape lihood would fall into the sea, Dowell said. NAVALNY’S CHIEF OF STAFF LEONID VOLKOV trumped up. said Silvia Ramos, head of the an armoured police vehicle, a hand to hand. assaults and murders.