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May 3, 2026 - World

Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken illWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.The WHO said an investigation was under way but that at least one case of hantavirus had been confirmed. One of the patients was in intensive care in a South African hospital, the UN’s health agency said in a statement to the Associated Press, and the WHO was working with authorities to evacuate two others with symptoms from the ship. Continue reading...

May 3, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump faced fresh market manipulation accusations on Sunday after he said the U.S. would guide "neutral and innocent" ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "countries from all over the world" have asked him to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that accounts for 20% of the world's energy trade. The waterway has been shut down since late February, when the war in Iran began, and the Iranian regime has reportedly attacked merchant ships from the U.K. and other countries for trying to pass through. "I have told my Representatives to inform them that we will use [our] best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation, and everything else. This process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time."Political analysts and observers reacted to Trump's post on social media. "So, the blockade is bad again, or is this the market calling?" Tricia Hope, a self-described former January 6 participant, posted on X. "Big bet on oil was no doubt placed an hour before announcement," radio host Charlie Thompson posted on X. "It's Sunday evening again, so Trump is coming out with another 'breakthrough,'" political writer Maarten Verheyen posted on X.

May 3, 2026 - World

The World Health Organization says that a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others

May 3, 2026 - World

Police in Kenya say 18 people have died over the last week due to flooding during ongoing heavy rains, with most of the deaths attributed to drowning

May 3, 2026 - World

A former minister and prominent Malian lawyer was abducted by armed, hooded men in Bamako, according to a family member