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Today’s news topics include:
May Day Protests around the world
US Immigration, attacks on families
International News: Canadian Elections, Gaza humanitarian aid crisis
Nature news: Future of mushroom homes
Sources used to create this summary:
May Day Protests
https://apnews.com/article/may-day-workers-labor-unions-rallies-marches-trump-46de8196d7f01d7458c3d77ccd5e0e54
Immigration
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article305336021.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/us/children-us-citizens-deported-honduras/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-dies-ice-detention-florida-what-know-2066017
https://newrepublic.com/post/194557/ice-invades-wrong-home-oklahoma-girls-underwear-life-savings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/mohsen-mahdawi-released-immigration-detention
International news:
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/world-food-programme-food-stocks-depleted-gaza-rcna203183
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/01/israel-gaza-buffers-evacuation-orders/
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2025/results/
Nature News:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/science/fungi-bacteria-home-building-sustainable
