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. Only two survivors were rescued from the vessel, which overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The tragedy highlights the ongoing dangers faced by migrants and asylum seekers attempting to cross the central Mediterranean route. The UN agency noted that hundreds of people have already died this year while trying to make the perilous journey.
In other news, Ukrainian sports minister Matvii Bidnyi is rallying support from European governments to oppose FIFA's moves to end Russia's ban from international football. Bidnyi told Sky News that allowing Russia back into World Cups would legitimize the war. The ban is a symbol of Russia's isolation, but FIFA believes it "has not achieved anything," according to reports.
Meanwhile, in the United States, an Irishman detained by ICE for five months has described the facilities as "like a modern-day concentration camp." Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for nearly 20 years and is married to a US citizen, told Sky News that he would like Irish premier Micheal Martin to raise his case with US President Donald Trump. Culleton said, "I don't know how much more I can take," calling the situation "torture."
In France, a mobile swimming pool is bringing swimming lessons to schoolchildren in rural communities. For over a year, a swimming-pool lorry has been traveling across rural areas of the Moselle department in northeastern France, providing lessons where access to public pools is limited. The initiative aims to address difficulties faced by schools in communes where municipal pools are distant or unavailable. The truck is equipped with a heated pool, filtration systems, and a movable floor.
Finally, the world mourns the loss of Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a pioneer of the highlife genre, who died at the age of 90. His son, Kweku Taylor, announced the news on Sunday, calling his father "a colossus of African music." Taylor, who was considered a definitive force behind the highlife genre, passed away a day after the launch of an Ebo Taylor music festival and exactly a month after his 90th birthday.
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