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Kazan (Russia) (AFP) – At least nine people, most of them children, are dead and 20 others hospitalised after a gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan.

Boston-based REGENT says it's planning to build the first all-electric "seaglider," a ground-effect vehicle with top speeds of 180 mph. The company hopes it will change the future of transportation over water.

San Francisco-based cellular agriculture startup Wildtype has unveiled the latest prototype of its cell-based salmon. The fish is made with real Coho salmon cells, grown in a brewery-like system in stainless steel tanks. (May 11)

The second half of 2020 saw the emergence of moderate to strong La Niña conditions.

When the coronavirus shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly women's group active. (May 11)

Actress Tawny Kitaen, who appeared in "Bachelor Party" and provocative 1980s rock videos, has died in California. She was 59.

Russian officials say a gunman attacked a school in the city of Kazan and nine people were killed and 21 wounded. Kazan is a city 700 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow. The gunman has been arrested. (May 11)

A nutrition expert who came up with innovative ways to farm fish and incorporate them into the diets in developing countries has won the World Food Prize. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted is being recognized for her work in fish-based food systems.

A Paralympic athletics test event with no spectators is underway at Tokyo's National Stadium. As organisers weigh up whether to press ahead in the face of mounting pressure to cancel the global spectacle, one Para athlete says she is not sure if it can be said 'with confidence' that the summer Games can be held safely for everyone.

When the coronavirus shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly women's group active. (May 11)

In Syria, the al-Kharrats are one of the largest Damascene families trying to preserve the Sufi whirling ritual often performed in public during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Almost every popular spot in the capital offers some form of dervish performance for customers during this month, but their performances are limited to Syria after the country's conflict stopped them from travelling.

Bangalore (India) (AFP) – 120 tonnes of liquid oxygen arrive in Bangalore from the eastern state of Jharkhand to provide relief to overwhelmed hospitals. India is facing a steep increase in Covid-19 cases, with the World Health Organization calling the variant spreading in the country a “concern at the global level”.