the european union has agreed on a partial ban of
Russian oil imports, european council chief announcing that an
agreement on twitter on monday and this ban will cover
upwards of two thirds of oil imports from Russia quote
cutting a huge source of financing for Russia's war machine
. The announcement comes after monday's european council summit in
brussels all to discuss 1/6 package of sanctions against Russia
. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinski addressing that council remotely EU
leaders now set to meet again in brussels on Tuesday
that to discuss the bloc's response to Russia's invasion of
Ukraine. Meanwhile, here in the states this week
should have marked the start of summer break for students
in Uvalde Texas. Instead the community is planning 21
funerals. Two of those funerals were held yesterday.
It's been exactly one week since a gunman killed 19
students and two teachers at Rob Elementary School. The
shooting has reignited. America's conversation about the gun laws
and how many of these funerals it will take To
enact a real change. This week alone funerals are
planned for 11 Children and one teacher, Irma Garcia
as the community attempts to heal. He didn't he
cared. I mean, yeah, he didn't say
it wasn't fake. You can't it's not, you
could tell he wasn't there for a photo op,
he wasn't there for none of that. He was
there for the for the people who were actually,
you know, the victims, the families that was
the impression president biden left and the families he visited
this weekend in Uvalde texas. The president along with
First Lady Dr Jill biden met with families and even
laid flowers at the shootings memorial. This is the
second trip in just two weeks that the president had
to do comforting a community after a mass shooting.
The president also attended mass at a local church and
met privately with families before returning to Washington. And
the World Health Organization says it's too early to tell
whether a recent monkeypox outbreak could lead to a global
pandemic. Regardless, the agency notes, there is
a window of opportunity to curb rising cases. The
public health agency confirmed nearly 260 monkeypox patients and about
120 suspected cases in non epidemic countries. While there
are still many unknowns related to the spike in cases
, the W. H. O. Says that
monkeypox should not be mistaken for Covid and the risks
to the public are the general public are low.
Monkeypox is a rare viral disease similar to smallpox that
causes flu like symptoms, rashes and swelling. Meanwhile
, over 39 million Americans traveled during the busy holiday
weekend. That according to Triple A. That's an
increase of 8.3% from last year and it puts travel
volumes in line with pre pandemic figures. However,
more than 7000 flights around the world were canceled over
the holiday weekend. That according to flight aware,
There are also no relief for those opting to travel
by car either. That is gas now nearly 50%
more expensive than last year and BTS is headed to
the White House today to meet with President biden.
The world's most popular K Pop group will celebrate a
P. I. Month and discuss ways to prevent
anti asian hate crimes. BTS and the president will
also talk about asian inclusion and representation along with the
role BTS platform can play BTS has spoken out before
on the subject of asian hate crimes, saying on
twitter that they recall moments at which they faced discrimination
as asians. The group went on to say that
they endured expletives without reason and were mocked for the
way that they looked last year, the president signed
into law the Covid 19 hate crimes act, which
provides police officers and community members with resources to investigate
, identify and report hate crimes. These are your
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