• 02/01/2025

Israel president urges unity on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Washington Post Israel’s president appealed for national unity as the country marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day after months of mass protests that have roiled the nation https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/israel-holocaust-nazi-germany-jews/1fae256e-dd4f-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Chinese Worker in Pakistan Is Arrested on Blasphemy Charges

New York Times The arrest of a foreigner under the country’s harsh blasphemy laws, which can lead to the death penalty, is rare and could strain an otherwise warming relationship between China and Pakistan. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/asia/pakistan-china-blasphemy.html

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Annual inflation down to 3.51% in March, will continue to decline in April — regulator

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the forecast of the Bank of Russia, inflation in the country will be 5-7%. by the end of the current year https://tass.com/economy/1605595

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Baku set to promote peace agenda with Yerevan — top Azerbaijani diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the ministry, the sides discussed current issues of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States, the current situation in the region, including the peace agenda between Baku and Yerevan https://tass.com/world/1605593

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Biden to veto GOP bill protecting women’s sports, calls it ‘discrimination’ against transgender students

Fox News The White House vowed Monday that President Biden will veto a bill that would prevent biological males from participating in women’s sports should it pass both houses fo Congress. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, or H.R. 734, was introduced by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., and is expected to come…

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Lapid at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We cannot trust anyone but ourselves

Jerusalem Post During his speech, the opposition leader attempted to answer a question that he said had haunted the Jewish people since the very last train headed to Auschwitz.  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-739503

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US ambassador’s refusal to meet with State Duma proves biolab data are correct — lawmaker

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Vasily Piskaryov said that the “empty and defiant note,” which was sent by the US ambassador in response to an invitation from the commission, exposes the inability and unwillingness of the US to conduct a “normal professional dialogue” https://tass.com/politics/1605591

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Russia starts exporting electricity to Kyrgyzstan — Inter RAO

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The delivery schedule will be agreed by the parties on a regular basis in accordance with the provisions of the dispatch control and the rules of the energy markets https://tass.com/economy/1605589

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Former home of convict in notorious German cannibal case destroyed

Fox News The former home of a man serving a life sentence for killing and eating an acquaintance in a case that appalled Germany two decades ago burned down early Monday, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the overnight blaze in the small central town of Rotenburg an der Fulda, but police said…

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Russia, Brazil interested in cooperation in energy, outer space — Lavrov

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The top diplomat stressed that at the talks the parties agreed “to take stock of everything that has been done in recent years in terms of legal treaties and for further development and interaction” https://tass.com/politics/1605587

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