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When Returning Home Means Becoming the Grown-Up

Wall Street Journal It’s a reality for those who become caregivers for parents back home. Author Gothataone Moeng explores what happens when a trip takes her back to Botswana to care for her mother. https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-returning-home-means-becoming-the-grown-up-ab3717a6

Texas-Border Bridges Race to Expand as Trade Grows with Mexico

Wall Street Journal Most U.S.-Mexico spans are owned by the communities that surround them, so toll revenue stays local, bolstering the budgets of low-income border cities and counties. https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-border-bridges-race-to-expand-as-trade-grows-with-mexico-c1878199

UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing Med

Washington Post The migration agency of the United Nations says the first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/migrants-mediterranean-sea-deaths-italy/bf6c0e94-d931-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil won’t sell Ukraine weapons, but it is offering to broker peace.

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/world/europe/brazil-wont-sell-ukraine-weapons-but-it-is-offering-to-broker-peace.html

Washington’s denial of involvement in Nord Stream explosions supports Hersh’s version

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Nord Stream AG reported that “unprecedented damage” occurred on three strings of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines on September 27 https://tass.com/world/1603207

Russian lawmakers propose criminal penalties for violations in biological materials export

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The report also suggests elaborating the issue of introducing administrative liability for organizations that did not provide information on research being conducted in the field of biological safety https://tass.com/politics/1603205

White House cites ’emerging threat’ of ‘tranq,’ tranq-laced fentanyl

Fox News The Biden administration is raising the alarm about “tranq” – an increasingly common drug now lacing fentanyl with lethal potency. The White House declared Wednesday that xylazine-laced fentanyl is an “emerging drug threat” to the public, committing itself to proactively fighting the substance. FENTANYL EVEN DEADLIER WHEN MIXED WITH XYLAZINE (OR ‘TRANQ’): WHAT…

About 1,000 civilians are in Russian captivity

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian human rights activists have reported that there are about a hundred places on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and in Russia where about a thousand civilian Ukrainians are being held. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7397553/

Parliamentary commission proposes lockdown preventive measures

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Additionally, the commission thinks it necessary to authorize the Russian government to establish the procedure of shaping and maintaining the registry of products and goods necessary for ensuring citizens’ biological security and providing them with medical aid https://tass.com/society/1603201

Hon Hai set to launch 1-2 new EV models each year: Spokesman

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. plans to launch one to two new electric vehicle (EV) models each year as part of its effort to extend the reach of the EV business, its spokesman said Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202304120020