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Your Thursday Briefing: Diplomatic Visits Highlight Tension With China

New York Times Also, what’s next for Donald Trump and Israeli police raid a Jerusalem mosque. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/briefing/china-taiwan-diplomacy-trump-charge-israel.html

China Publishes Data Showing Raccoon Dog DNA at Wuhan Market

New York Times Scientists from the Chinese C.D.C. confirmed that DNA from raccoon dogs and other animals susceptible to the coronavirus was found at the market in early 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/science/china-virus-origins-racoon-dogs.html

Biden’s Ambassador to Israel, at the Center of the Storm

New York Times A longtime Democratic insider, Thomas Nides navigates a fraught U.S.-Israel relationship with humor, if a sometimes all-too-quotable candor. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/us/politics/ambassador-israel-thomas-nides.html

Decades of alleged sexual abuse by Maryland priests detailed in report

Jerusalem Post The report described that history as one of “repeated dismissal or cover up of that abuse by the Catholic Church hierarchy.” https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-738548

Arctic Heating Up Literally and as Scene of Strategic Competition

Defense.gov Climate change is literally warming the Arctic; figuratively, the region is becoming a theater of great power competition. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3353265/arctic-heating-up-literally-and-as-scene-of-strategic-competition/

Houston Had a Problem: NASA’s Moon Mission Astronauts Were Late.

New York Times NASA officials found it more difficult than they expected to surprise the astronauts of the Artemis II mission with the news that they were going to the moon. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/science/nasa-artemis-astronauts-moon.html

Here are the best deals and snags at Israeli stores this Passover

Jerusalem Post Passover is coming, and many appliance chains are taking advantage of the holiday to offer sales promotions and significant discounts. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-738544

Rockets launched at Israel from Gaza during Passover feast

Jerusalem Post Rockets sirens sounded early on Thursday morning, after two rockets were launched at Israel from Gaza during the Passover Seder on Wednesday evening. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738543

Russia Says Ukrainian Aircraft Crashed in Border Region

Moscow Times Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on the incident. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/05/russia-says-ukrainian-aircraft-crashed-in-border-region-a80727

Church accused of Moscow ties expelled from two parishes in western Ukraine

Jerusalem Post Ukraine’s government has accused the UOC of retaining ties with Moscow, and has opened criminal cases against over 60 of its clergy on suspicion of crimes including treason and collaboration https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-738540