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News As Facts
05-21-2026 22:00 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
FYI, I'm taking a 2 week break from posting these buls - back soon!
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 +0.17% $7,445 BTC +0.26% $77,719 OIL (WTI) -0.26% $98
== Disasters and accidents ==
At least four people are killed and six others are injured when a
building collapses in Fez, Morocco. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/four-people-killed-building-collapse-
moroccos-fez-authorities-say-2026-05-21/
Ten people are killed in a head-on collision between a minibus and a bus
in Mpumalanga, South Africa. (Xinhua) https://english.news.cn/africa/202
60521/2299805512d24303b1c9f7a61d1ceebb/c.html
== Health and environment ==
The South Korean Foreign Ministry says that South Korea will raise its
travel alert for Uganda and is planning to impose a level-4 travel ban
for parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially the Ituri
Province, due to the ebola outbreak in both countries. (Yonhap)
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260521004600315
== Law and crime ==
The Court of Appeal of Paris, France, convicts Airbus and Air France of
manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed
228 people, and orders both companies to pay the maximum corporate fine
and compensation to victims' families. (Al Jazeera), (The New York
Times) https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/21/french-court-finds-
airbus-air-france-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-2009-crash
The U.S. Supreme Court dimisses an appeal by the state of Alabama
challenging a lower court decision to block the execution of Joseph
Clifton Smith, an intellectually disabled man convicted of a 1997
murder. The court says that executing Smith would violate his
constitutional rights. (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/us-
news/2026/may/21/supreme-court-hamm-v-smith-death-penalty-intellectual-
disability
== Politics and elections ==
Government of Puntland Council of Ministers meeting in Puntland's
capital, Garowe, calls for direct cooperation with the international
community, stating federal executive and legislative mandates under the
provisional constitution have ended. The move comes as federal
institutions enter a transitional phase with unclear mandates. (Garowe
Online), (Horseed Media)
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-puntland-accuses-
hassan-sheikh-of-illegally-remaining-in-office
== End News As Facts 05-21-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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