Morning news brief: Nicaragua cancels Atlantic-Pacific canal; Biden's warning about Trump; and more

Nicaragua has terminated a contentious project, initially supported by China, to construct a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

In other news, US President Joe Biden has expressed concerns that former US president Donald Trump may not accept the outcome of the upcoming November elections if defeated.

In Brazil, catastrophic floods have led to the destruction of nearly 100,000 homes and a death toll surpassing 100. Finally, India's flag carrier airline,Air India Express, has fired 25 cabin crew members following what the airline describes asa 'pre-meditated' mass sick leave that led to significant flight cancellations.

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In a major setback to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's objective to expand Beijing's pervasive footprint in Latin America, Nicaragua has cancelled a controversial plan to build a canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific nearly a decade after it first broke ground.

Donald Trump will once again refuse to accept the results if he loses the November elections, warned US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (May 8).

Nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed, while over 100 people are reported dead in the devastating flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul in the country's South. More than a week of record-breaking rainfall has taken a toll on lives and lifelines in this part of Brazil, with authorities scrambling to rescue affected individuals.

Air India Express fired nearly 25 cabin crew a dayafter around 300 employees went on'mass sick leave' and switched offtheir phones, causinglarge-scale flight disruptions.

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