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Headlines from around the world last week
MYANMAR Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base near the border with Thailand—a morale-boosting action for opponents of the army’s coup. The fighting took place three days after a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders to try to hammer out a plan to restore peace in Myanmar.
US Marine scientists have located over 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the southern California coast, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. Its long-term impact on life is unknown, but a study found high amounts of DDT and other chemicals in bottlenose dolphins.
IRAQ A fire set off by exploding oxygen cylinders engulfed Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital’s coronavirus ward, claiming 82 lives and injuring 110 people on April 25. It was a night of horror: deafening screams, a patient jumping to his death to escape the inferno and relatives refusing to abandon their loved ones tethered to ventilators.
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