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London's Wireless Festival canceled after U.K. bars Ye over antisemitism

London's Wireless Festival has been canceled after the British government denied entry to Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, over his long record of antisemitic statements and conduct.

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French train driver killed, 16 injured in a railway crossing crash

A French high-speed train driver has died after his train collided with a truck carrying military equipment in northern France

Over 80 migrants are missing from a boat that capsized after leaving Libya, UN says

The U.N. migration agency says that more than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean

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US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulateRevealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.In an interview with the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative outlet, Marcos Orellana, an environmental specialist, said pollutants ranging from imported waste to dangerous pesticides were affecting people’s right to live healthy lives. Continue reading...

Taiwan opposition leader arrives in China on what she calls a 'journey to peace'

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a "journey for peace" as Beijing pushes for the self-ruled island to come under its control.