Fifty-three people are dead or missing after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency reported on Monday. The boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, leaving only two survivors, according to the International Organization for Migration. This tragedy comes as hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers have already died attempting to cross the central Mediterranean route this year, as reported by The Guardian.
In other news, five employees of a Canadian-run mine in Mexico were confirmed dead after being abducted last month, Mexican authorities announced. The Attorney General's Office identified the bodies at a property in El Verde, Sinaloa, and is working to identify the remains of the five other missing individuals, Al Jazeera reported.
Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine continues, with Russian overnight drone attacks killing at least four people, including a mother and her son, according to Ukrainian officials, as reported by Al Jazeera. The attacks knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. Ukraine's Air Force stated that Russia launched 11 ballistic missiles and 149 drones overnight, with 116 drones shot down or neutralized.
The Iberian Peninsula was also hit by another storm over the weekend, marking the third deadly storm in two weeks for Spain and Portugal, according to The Guardian. The storms caused major damage and flooding, following Storms Kristin and Leonardo.
In a separate development, former U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada in a social media post, as reported by The Guardian. He also made a bizarre claim regarding increased trade between Canada and China. Democrats are preparing to vote on Trump's tariffs on Canada in the U.S. House this week.
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