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Soldiers are on the streets and heavy gunfire has been heard near the main military camp and residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital. A large blast also rang out on Friday near the presidential palace where soldiers took up positions. Soldiers were seen along the main avenue leading to the presidential palace, administrative buildings and the national television station, which stopped broadcasting. Journalists said state television instead showed a blank screen saying “no video signal”. Several main roads in Ouagadougou were blocked by troops. The whereabouts of coup leader-turned president Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba were not immediately known but a…

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Attack comes amid ongoing violence and discussions over the controversial security policies of President Lopez Obrador.Gunmen allegedly affiliated with a drug gang have killed 20 people, including a mayor, in an attack in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, local officials said. According to security officials, gunmen burst into a meeting between the mayor and city officials on Wednesday in the town of San Miguel Totolapan and left the building riddled with bullet holes. “This act occurred in the context of a dispute between criminal gangs,” Ricardo Mejia, Mexico’s assistant secretary of public safety, said on Thursday. The town has…

The Federation representing Quebec’s medical specialists (FMSQ) is sounding the alarm about Quebec’s beleaguered healthcare system. The FMSQ, representing 10,000 medical specialists across the province, published an open letter on Thursday asking the Quebec government to focus on healthcare reform now the election campaign is finished.Thirty-five presidents of affiliated medical organizations also signed the letter.The Federation says  operations are often cancelled at the last minute because of a lack of planning or missing equipment.  They say patients can’t access specialists, and the medical archive system is archaic and needs updating, and too many resources are missing.“Patients are waiting too long.…

A 111-year-old Finnish shipwreck has been located off the coast of Western Australia. The ship named Glenbank disappeared in a cyclone in 1910.Only one passenger out of the 20 people onboard survived. The shipwreck was first located by fisherman then filmed for a new tv program. Source: Sky News

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. There was a long while when even the thought of cargo pants made Us want to run away screaming. They were the antithesis of fashion! Those baggy, khaki monstrosities with more pockets than anyone could ever use — just no. Little did we know what the future held in store. To be clear, we are still against those ugly cargo pants you typically think of when you envision the style, but there are other options out there that are actually… nice! Like, really…

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A New York City Police Department car hit a group of people in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon.The incident happened at about 3 p.m. when an NYPD car hit a civilian vehicle at the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Hole Avenue, according to a police department spokesperson, who said that the police car mounted a curb and struck multiple people.An investigation into the incident is underway, and the spokesperson didn’t reveal the conditions of the individuals who were injured. Source: Fox News

Pebbles, the world’s oldest living dog, has died just five months shy of her 23rd birthday. On Wednesday, Guinness World Records announced the toy fox terrier passed away peacefully from natural causes at her home in Taylors, South Carolina.”She was a once in a lifetime companion, and it was our honor to have had the blessing to have her as a pet and family member,” owners Bobby and Julie Gregory said in a statement on Instagram. “There was never anyone who met Pebbles that didn’t love her. She will be deeply missed.” Born on March 28, 2000, in Long Island,…

A top Florida state official warned Thursday that firefighters have battled a number of fires caused by electric vehicle (EV) batteries waterlogged from Hurricane Ian.EV batteries that have been waterlogged in the wake of the hurricane are at risk of corrosion, which could lead to unexpected fires, according to Jimmy Patronis, the state’s top financial officer and fire marshal. “There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian. As those batteries corrode, fires start,” Patronis tweeted Thursday. “That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before. At least on this kind of scale.””It takes special training and understanding of EVs to…