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 adds to the hundreds of migrant and asylum seeker deaths already recorded this year along the central Mediterranean route.
In other news, Ghanaian highlife music pioneer and guitarist Ebo Taylor passed away 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, died a day after the launch of an Ebo Taylor music festival and exactly a month after his 90th birthday. He was often compared to Fela Kuti for his impact on Ghanaian music.
Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal were hit by a third deadly storm in two weeks over the weekend, following the devastation caused by Storm Kristin and Storm Leonardo. Residents in the Iberian Peninsula are dealing with the aftermath of the storms, which brought deadly flooding and major damage.
In Patagonia, climate-fueled wildfires devastated forests and claimed the lives of 23 people. Researchers found that global heating made the fires about three times more likely. The fires raged across huge areas in Chile and Argentina, impacting some of the world's oldest trees.
Finally, Canada's second-largest pension fund announced it would suspend future investments with United Arab Emirates-based DP World due to revelations of ties between the logistics firm's chief executive and the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. La Caisse stated on Tuesday that it would halt further investments until DP World shed light on chief executive Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's links to Epstein and took necessary actions.
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