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Convoys of evacuees began the dangerous trek south through the burned-out city of Fort McMurray in a risky bid to escape a raging wildfire. (Photo by Chris Schwarz for the government of Alberta) Photo used under CC BY

Evacuee convoys dodge flames in bid for safety

Convoys of evacuees, led by a military helicopter scouting the road ahead for flames and smoke, began the dangerous trek south through the burned-out city of Fort McMurray, Alberta to escape a raging wildfire.

USA TODAY

Some Newfoundlanders can’t afford to go home

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Pakistan suspected of poisoning a CIA chief

A stunning new report showed how Pakistan’s top spy agency may have secretly poisoned a CIA chief in the days and weeks after the U.S. raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011.

FOX News

Senior GOP leaders decline to support Trump

Donald Trump’s march to the White House encountered fierce resistance from his own party as senior lawmakers hesitated to endorse him and party luminaries said they’d skip his nominating convention.

CNN

Obama warns Trump: ‘This is not a reality show’

CBS News

Sanders accuses DNC of tilting convention

Bernie Sanders is accusing Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of trying to tip the party convention in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

Politico

Muslim Laborite leads London mayoral race

Labor candidate Sadiq Khan is leading the London mayoral elections race, provisional counting shows. Whoever becomes the new mayor holds the largest personal mandate for any political office in the UK.

BBC

Indignation drove Panama Papers source

The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers has broken their silence to explain in detail how the injustices of offshore tax havens drove them to the biggest data leak in history.

Guardian

RIGHTS

EU may fine members for rejecting refugees

European Union countries that refuse to accept refugees under proposals to overhaul the EU’s failed asylum laws could face large fines for each asylum seeker.

FOX News

EU moves on visa offer to win Turkey’s help with migrants

Yahoo! News

Kenya may end ‘anal exams’ for homosexuals

Two men who say Kenyan police forced them to undergo anal examinations to prove they had had gay sex have launched a court case, calling for the tests to be declared unconstitutional.

BBC

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Obama visits Flint, Michigan

Visiting Flint, Michigan, where thousands of children were poisoned by lead in their drinking water, President Obama blamed the crisis on “systemic neglect” and called on Congress to take action to help the city.

CBS News

Obama drinks Flint water

USA TODAY

North Korea issues ban on weddings

The North Korean dictator banned all weddings – and funerals – for the coming week as the reclusive country gears up to anoint him as their official leader at the first Workers’ Party of Korea Congress in 36 years.

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

US military tests massive self-driving ship

The Pentagon took the Sea Hunter, a new vessel that promises to be the future of robotic warfare, out for a spin, showing off the self-driving ship off the coast of San Diego.

canada.com

Uber drivers unite in New York

Uber drivers in New York state have formed an association to strengthen their hand in dealing with the ride-sharing service, days after the company agreed to a $100 million settlement with drivers in two other states.

Reuters

Historic US cruise docks in Havana

The Adonia, a ship on Carnival Corp.‘s Fathom cruise line, docked in Havana, Cuba. The ship’s arrival marks the first stop on a historic, seven-day voyage that signals closer ties between the United States and Cuba.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Physicists abuzz about possible new particle

Scientists around the globe are revved up with excitement as the world’s biggest atom smasher - best known for revealing the Higgs boson four years ago - may confirm cautious hints of an entirely new particle.

CBS News

Australian says he created bitcoin

Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright identified himself as the creator of the digital currency bitcoin, but experts were divided over whether he really was the elusive ‘Satoshi Nakamoto.’

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Baby rescued from collapsed building rubble

A baby girl was rescued after 80 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in the Kenyan capital, in what emergency workers are hailing as a miracle.

CNN

Solar plane on global trip arrives in Arizona

A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix night after a daylong flight from California — the latest leg in its journey around the world using only energy from the sun.

MSN News

Mother, 3 children escape burning building

A mother of three in a burning building was rescued in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, by passing U.S. service personnel stationed at nearby Osan Air Base.

CNN

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO tells UN of Israeli detainee torture

An NGO told the UN Committee on Torture in Geneva that while Israel has made certain improvements in recent years, its apparatus still tortures and abuses Palestinian detainees, as well as well as detailed illegal refugees.

Jerusalem Post

UN rights experts criticize China’s NGO laws

U.N. human rights experts have called on China to repeal a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations by subjecting them to close police supervision.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

DuckDuckGo giving away $225,000

DuckDuckGo, a tiny Google competitor, just announced that it will be giving away $25,000 to support each of nine open source projects, or $225,000 total.

Business Insider

UK aid to Syrians exposed as propoganda

A government propaganda unit has been covertly running a humanitarian campaign that helps Syrian refugees in a counter-radicalisation scheme directed toward British Muslims.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Crude oil prices under pressure

Crude oil prices fell in the latest trading session, following significant growth over the last couple of weeks. Both Brent and WTI surged by 20% in the month of April, for the first time in the last seven years.

Economic Calender

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API Crude Oil Stocks Suggest Crude Oil Prices Could Feel the Heat

Yahoo Finance

Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation

A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Fort McMurray - nearly all the residents of the Canadian city.

BBC

Photo of the Day

This photo of a Karo warrior, taken in Ethiopia, was uploaded to Flickr on April 28, 2016. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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