South KoreaReports that MERS cases have jumped to about 50; fatality count now about somewhere between a half dozen to 12 persons
Global: Tokyo, Japan and London, UKIn a recent surge of discoveries of humans showing up in mass transportation facilities; a few more than a few days ago in Tokyo, Japan, in a train station, an elderly woman was found in a locker, her corpse reportedly inside of suitcase. About yesterday, it has been made known, in a port in Essex the U.K., 68 people were found crammed in locker, determined according to reports thus far to be a human trafficking situation; 15 children, 2 pregnant women, some of the victims seemed as though of Indian origin; 5 arrested on suspicion so far.
GermanyThousands protest upcoming 2 day G7 summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a resort town in southern Germany
Saudi ArabiaA scud was reportedly fired toward Saudi coming from the Yemeni region, and evidently shot down; events unraveling in the last few days, it seems
MalaysiaEarthquake, about a dozen, give or take a few, missing
[Source of some of the information above from timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
USA- Memorable moment in Delaware Saturday morning for former AG Biden
- Denver, Colorado; strong thunderstorms resulted in flooding, down trees, yesterday, [source kdvr.com]
- Texas; flooding, numerous cars affected up into the thousands; low lying dams a major safety concern with respect to surging waters
- Plains states region spanning to Chicago, alerts made for possible tornadoes, in carryover from what occurred in Colorado and Texas
- New York City and Baltimore; seeing unusual spikes in violence lately; solidifying a pacifying effect needed at current
- California; drought historic, solutions for water in bad need
- Texas; U.S. Border and Customs Protection helicopter had to make an emergency landing near the border with Mexico Friday after reportedly being shot at near Laredo, Texas
UkraineRead: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UKRAINE?SITE=AP
OSCE observation mission, eastern Ukraine seen fierce clashes recently, resumption of talks sought