• 02/01/2025

Airbus and Air France Acquitted Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash

New York Times Prosecutors had said they would not seek a conviction in the disaster, but the ruling was still a blow for the families of the 228 victims, who fought for years to bring the two companies to court. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/airbus-air-france-brazil-crash.html

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Sudan’s MFA says all measures being taken to protect diplomatic missions in Khartoum

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that Sudan highly appreciated the efforts at the African, Arab and international levels that were being made to resolve the situation in the country https://tass.com/world/1605397

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551 Holocaust survivors made aliyah in 2022; 52,513 made aliyah in total

Jerusalem Post The high number of Holocaust survivors who made aliyah to Israel in 2022 is mainly due to the war in Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/aliyah/article-739448

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How Jane Hertzmark Hudis Keeps Estée Lauder Fresh

Wall Street Journal As an executive group president of the Estée Lauder Companies, she wakes around 4 a.m. to read, but the last day of the weekend is her secret weapon. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jane-hertzmark-hudis-estee-lauder-c99f09ab

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Russia’s TMH gets $6.5 bln contract to produce 120 trains for India

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The trains are part of a major program to re-equip the national carrier on long-distance routes https://tass.com/economy/1605395

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Western allies preparing Kiev troops for planned April 30 offensive — magazine

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to US intelligence, the loss of Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut), which is gradually falling into the hands of Russian forces, “will be a psychological blow” for the Ukrainian army https://tass.com/politics/1605393

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Italian police scoop up 2 tons of cocaine bobbing in sea

Washington Post Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine that was wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/cocaine-sea-sicily-italy-drug-trafficking/bdee434c-dd1a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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China criticizes US sanctions on fentanyl trade, say they ‘undermine’ Washington-Beijing relations: report

Fox News China on Monday is pushing back against American sanctions targeting two Chinese companies and four nationals that the Treasury Department alleges are “supplying precursor chemicals to drug cartels in Mexico for the production of illicit fentanyl intended for U.S. markets.”  The Treasury Department said Friday that the sanctions against Wuhan Shuokang Biological Technology…

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