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Dudley, NC — Three Wayne County deputies were shot while serving an involuntary commitment warrant in Dudley Monday morning. Joel Gillie, spokesman for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, said one deputy was at Wayne UNC Health Care while two were taken to ECU Health. The deputies’ conditions were not immediately known. “Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals in our department and their families as they deal with their trauma,” Gillie said....

August 7, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/oddities-sports-africa-f0c0c1ae332cc790b22e8723bcd31611 BUTHA-BUTHE, Lesotho (AP) — While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, they are skiing in Africa. Do not worry. This is not another sign of climate change, but rather the fascinating anomaly of Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho has an obscure geographic claim to fame: It is the only country on Earth where every inch of its territory is more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above sea level....

Located about 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of the Sculptor, the Cartwheel took its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies. The impact sent two rings expanding from the center of the galaxy, “like ripples in a pond after a stone is dropped into it,” NASA and the European Space Agency said in a joint statement. A smaller white ring remains closer to the center of the galaxy, while the outer ring, with its colored rays, extends into the universe for about 440 million years, the release added....

At around 8pm, lawmakers responded to a scene where a train struck a vehicle on the 12900 Beaumont motorway in Van Hut Lane. An Amtrak 1 train was traveling from New Orleans to Los Angeles when a Chrysler 300 overturned a vehicle on the train line and collided with the train about 12 miles from Houston Station, according to authorities. More than 80 passengers were on the train but were not life-threatening, Amtrak said....

Truss had claimed that the introduction of regional pay boards, which he said would “adjust pay to the cost of living where public servants actually work”, could save up to £8.8bn a year. But Truss was forced into a policy reversal, which was met with an angry outcry from Conservative MPs across the country. The announcement on Monday night was fiercely opposed by senior Tories, who said it would “flatten” the nation by leaving nurses, police and teachers worse off....

High Barn Street in Royton was closed for much of Good Friday after police were called shortly after 11 p.m. in reports of a collision between the Suzuki motorcycle and the 4×4. Despite the efforts of the paramedics, the rider and the passenger of the motorcycle – men aged 20 and 21 respectively – were seriously injured and unfortunately lost their lives on the spot. READ MORE:A fire breaks out at an abandoned construction site in Tameside Their families have been informed and supported by specialist officers....

To try to ease the travel rush, Outside Lands is offering additional MUNI service throughout the festival, with additional buses along the 5R Fulton bus north of Golden Gate Park and more service along the N streetcar line -Judah in the south of the park. However, despite these additional reinforcements, other bus routes such as the 38 Geary were overwhelmed shortly after the festival began. Cycling is the easiest way to get to and from the festival, and Outside Lands offers extensive bike parking near the entrances....

Les forces russes ont également déclaré avoir bombardé une nouvelle usine d’armement près de Kiev dimanche pour la troisième journée consécutive après avoir menacé d’intensifier les attaques contre la capitale ukrainienne suite à la destruction de leur navire amiral de la flotte de la mer Noire. A Marioupol, que les forces russes disent contrôler presque entièrement après de violents combats, à l’exception d’une poche de résistance, la situation est “inhumaine”, a déclaré samedi soir le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky....

Laut der Washington Post wurden seit Kriegsbeginn mehr als 8.600 russische Soldaten gescannt. Nach Angaben der ukrainischen Militärarmee, die aus freiwilligen Hackern und Aktivisten besteht, wurden bereits Familien von 582 Russen über deren Tod informiert. Mit den Aufnahmen will die Ukraine die Russen zermürben und klären, was Krieg bedeutet. Die Unterstützung des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin (69) für die Bevölkerung soll damit reduziert werden. Gleichzeitig muss die Moral in der Armee und damit der Zusammenhalt gebrochen werden....

Why it matters: An analysis by the Economist Intelligence Unit released last month predicted that an unprovoked Russian invasion would hit the Ukrainian economy by a whopping 47% in 2022. “We do not believe that Ukraine’s GDP will recover to pre-war levels for more than a decade,” wrote analysts at the consulting firm. Ustenko said Sunday that his country could also issue 0% bonds to address the budget deficit over the next six months....

We traveled in military escort through checkpoints, along dilapidated highways, to reach the slowly shifting front lines. All the villages have been heavily bombed – and things are getting worse. The roofs of the houses have been pancaked by the impact of the explosions and the fences surrounding them have been filled with shrapnel. Nowhere is safe here. But surprisingly there are some residents who have decided not to leave....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces fired dozens of rockets and rockets into the southern city of Mykolaiv over the weekend, killing agricultural tycoon Oleksiy Vadaturskyi. Vadaturskyi owns Nibulon, which exported more than 5.6 million tons of wheat, barley, corn and other agricultural products to 38 countries last year. His wife, Raisa, also died in the bombings, Zelensky said. “Just such people, such companies, our Ukrainian south have guaranteed the world’s food security....

Si trois victimes ont été blessées par balle, elles ont été soignées par les pompiers sur l’ancienne autoroute 7 et une route adjacente, dont elles n’ont subi que des blessures mineures. Le troisième, âgé de 16 ans, a succombé à ses blessures après avoir été transporté à l’hôpital Pasteur. Selon l’AFP, le parquet de Grasse (que nous n’avons pas pu joindre) parle d’”une personne (qui) est apparue sur les lieux avec un pistolet et (qui) a tiré à plusieurs reprises, touchant trois personnes”....

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the situation is becoming more dangerous every day at the Zaporizhzhya plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar, which Russian troops seized in early March, soon . after their invasion of Ukraine on February 24. “Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated” at the plant, he said. “What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely serious and dangerous....

L’accident s’est produit lundi 8 août peu après 16 heures, près du lac de Saint-Féréol sur la commune de Sorèze, dans le département du Tarn. Une famille en vacances faisait du vélo et marchait le long du plan d’eau. Sur la chaussée, en tournant sur leur gauche, trois motos les ont dépassés. Les deux premiers s’en sont sortis sans encombre mais le dernier n’a pas pu éviter le père de famille, âgé de 32 ans, tractant sa petite-fille de 3 ans dans une charrette....

The Ukrainian president said the military situation in the south and east was “still very difficult”, while praising the work of his armed forces. “The successes of our army on the battlefield are really important, historically important. “But they are still not enough to clear our land of the invaders.” Zelensky, speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, estimated that about 10,000 of his soldiers had been wounded in the war so far and that up to 20,000 Russian soldiers had been killed....