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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 135588" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Odesa strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile" target="_blank">ballistic missile</a> strikes in the port city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa" target="_blank">Odesa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, kill three people and injure sixteen others. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-kills-three-ukrainian-port-odesa-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-strikes-ukrainian-port-odesa-13-injured-regional-governor-says-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters 2)</a> <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/31925" target="_blank">(Kyiv Post)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> parades captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" target="_blank">NATO</a> military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskovsky_Victory_Park" target="_blank">Moskovsky Victory Park</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" target="_blank">Saint Petersburg</a>. Among the captured vehicles are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">German</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2" target="_blank">Leopard 2</a> tanks and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S." target="_blank">American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams" target="_blank">M1 Abrams</a> tanks. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68934205" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/russias-kremlin-parades-western-equipment-captured-ukrainian-army-exhibition" target="_blank">(Fox News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israeli invasion of Gaza</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Amid pressure from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> reopens the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erez_Crossing" target="_blank">Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing</a> and allows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" target="_blank">aid trucks</a> into the northern part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-allows-trucks-newly-reopened-erez-crossing-into-gaza-after-us-pressure-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kenya_floods" target="_blank">2024 Kenya floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from ongoing flooding in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a> increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-flood-toll-rises-179-homes-roads-are-destroyed-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A highway collapse in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizhou" target="_blank">Meizhou</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong" target="_blank">Guangdong</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, caused by days of heavy rain kills 24 people and injures 30 others. <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/asia-and-pacific/article/2024/05/01/highway-collapses-in-southern-china-at-least-19-killed_6670063_153.html" target="_blank">(Le Monde)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8vzydm3vq8o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ten people are killed by heavy rain in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Sul" target="_blank">Rio Grande do Sul</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/heavy-rains-brazils-south-kill-8-people-leave-109827342" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least nine people have been killed in an ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatwave" target="_blank">heatwave</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India" target="_blank">eastern India</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-likely-see-above-normal-maximum-temperatures-may-weather-office-says-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia%E2%80%93Israel_relations" target="_blank">Colombia–Israel relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Colombia" target="_blank">President of Colombia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Petro" target="_blank">Gustavo Petro</a> announces that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" target="_blank">Colombia</a> will suspend diplomatic relations with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> over its actions in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/colombia-president-petro-says-will-break-diplomatic-relations-with-israel-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan" target="_blank">Rwanda asylum plan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">British</a> authorities begin detaining <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration" target="_blank">illegal migrants</a> ahead of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation" target="_blank">deportation</a> flights to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" target="_blank">Rwanda</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-begins-detaining-migrants-set-be-deported-rwanda-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" target="_blank">Irish</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach" target="_blank">Taoiseach</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris" target="_blank">Simon Harris</a> announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" target="_blank">the border</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" target="_blank">Northern Ireland</a> amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a &quot;safe country&quot; so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/01/sunak-dont-send-police-to-irish-border-to-stop-migrants/" target="_blank">(The Telegraph)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czq588jqz8lo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Carolina" target="_blank">Abortion in North Carolina</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S." target="_blank">U.S.</a> federal judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Eagles" target="_blank">Catherine Eagles</a> blocks several of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>'s restrictions on the abortion pill <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifepristone" target="_blank">mifepristone</a>, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-some-north-carolina-restrictions-abortion-pill-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2024_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests_on_university_campuses_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles_pro-Palestinian_campus_occupation" target="_blank">2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles" target="_blank">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/police-move-quell-clashes-los-angeles-pro-palestinian-campus-protest-2024-05-01/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Methodism" target="_blank">Homosexuality and Methodism</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" target="_blank">United Methodist Church</a> votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_clergy_in_Christianity" target="_blank">LGBTQ clergy</a> while additionally prohibiting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_superintendent_%28Methodism%29" target="_blank">superintendents</a> from forbidding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" target="_blank">same-sex wedding</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-methodist-lgbtq-clergy-general-conference-acabe18fe22b6838e3005ad8895534fa" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_1" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 135588, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Odesa strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile']ballistic missile[/URL] strikes in the port city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa']Odesa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], kill three people and injure sixteen others. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-kills-three-ukrainian-port-odesa-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-strikes-ukrainian-port-odesa-13-injured-regional-governor-says-2024-05-01/'](Reuters 2)[/URL] [URL='https://www.kyivpost.com/post/31925']([I]Kyiv Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] parades captured [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO']NATO[/URL] military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskovsky_Victory_Park']Moskovsky Victory Park[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg']Saint Petersburg[/URL]. Among the captured vehicles are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']German[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2']Leopard 2[/URL] tanks and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.']American[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams']M1 Abrams[/URL] tanks. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68934205'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/world/russias-kremlin-parades-western-equipment-captured-ukrainian-army-exhibition'](Fox News)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israeli invasion of Gaza[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]Amid pressure from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] reopens the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erez_Crossing']Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing[/URL] and allows [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid']aid trucks[/URL] into the northern part of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-allows-trucks-newly-reopened-erez-crossing-into-gaza-after-us-pressure-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kenya_floods']2024 Kenya floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from ongoing flooding in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya']Kenya[/URL] increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-flood-toll-rises-179-homes-roads-are-destroyed-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A highway collapse in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizhou']Meizhou[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong']Guangdong[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], caused by days of heavy rain kills 24 people and injures 30 others. [URL='https://www.lemonde.fr/en/asia-and-pacific/article/2024/05/01/highway-collapses-in-southern-china-at-least-19-killed_6670063_153.html']([I]Le Monde[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8vzydm3vq8o'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]Ten people are killed by heavy rain in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Sul']Rio Grande do Sul[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/heavy-rains-brazils-south-kill-8-people-leave-109827342'](ABC News)[/URL] [*]At least nine people have been killed in an ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatwave']heatwave[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India']eastern India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-likely-see-above-normal-maximum-temperatures-may-weather-office-says-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia%E2%80%93Israel_relations']Colombia–Israel relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Colombia']President of Colombia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Petro']Gustavo Petro[/URL] announces that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia']Colombia[/URL] will suspend diplomatic relations with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] over its actions in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/colombia-president-petro-says-will-break-diplomatic-relations-with-israel-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan']Rwanda asylum plan[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']British[/URL] authorities begin detaining [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration']illegal migrants[/URL] ahead of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation']deportation[/URL] flights to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda']Rwanda[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-begins-detaining-migrants-set-be-deported-rwanda-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland']Irish[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach']Taoiseach[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris']Simon Harris[/URL] announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border']the border[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland']Northern Ireland[/URL] amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/01/sunak-dont-send-police-to-irish-border-to-stop-migrants/']([I]The Telegraph[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czq588jqz8lo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Carolina']Abortion in North Carolina[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.']U.S.[/URL] federal judge [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Eagles']Catherine Eagles[/URL] blocks several of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina']North Carolina[/URL]'s restrictions on the abortion pill [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifepristone']mifepristone[/URL], striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-some-north-carolina-restrictions-abortion-pill-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests']Israel–Hamas war protests[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2024_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests_on_university_campuses_in_the_United_States']2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles_pro-Palestinian_campus_occupation']2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation[/URL] [LIST] [*]Pro-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles']University of California, Los Angeles[/URL], throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/police-move-quell-clashes-los-angeles-pro-palestinian-campus-protest-2024-05-01/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Methodism']Homosexuality and Methodism[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Methodist_Church']United Methodist Church[/URL] votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_clergy_in_Christianity']LGBTQ clergy[/URL] while additionally prohibiting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_superintendent_%28Methodism%29']superintendents[/URL] from forbidding a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage']same-sex wedding[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/united-methodist-lgbtq-clergy-general-conference-acabe18fe22b6838e3005ad8895534fa'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_1"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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