• 02/01/2025

Italy pushes crackdown on migrants reaching its shores

Washington Post Italy’s right-wing government is pressing ahead with plans to crack down on migrants after hundreds arrived in the last few days https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/migration-italy-meloni-salvini-sicily-lampedusa/db5cf26c-dd19-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Senegal musician Maal named UN ambassador on desertification

Washington Post Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal has been named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Covention to Combat Desertification https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/baaba-maal-desertification-musician/ceba1814-dd19-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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India disquieted by imbalance in trade with Russia — foreign minister

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Correcting this imbalance actually means removing obstacles, whether that be access to the market, non-tariff barriers, whether they are connected with payments or logistics,” Subrahmanyam Jaishankar noted https://tass.com/economy/1605389

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IDF soldier indicted for death of Cpl. Baruch Kabrata

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739444

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Ban on Ukraine’s agricultural imports complicates continuation of duty-free trade with EU

Pravda Ukraine On Wednesday, 19 April, EU ambassadors should vote to extend duty-free trade with Ukraine until June 2024, but the situation is complicated by Hungary and Poland’s ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398227/

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Who Is Opposition Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza?

Moscow Times Vladimir Kara-Murza comes from a family of intellectuals and dissidents, several members of which were executed by the Soviet authorities. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/17/kara-murza-a80853

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Expert: Arkhangelsk port needs 3 new docks to satisfy demand for ship repair

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Vasily Shaitanov, CEO of the Kimek Company (Murmansk), clearly the dock rent jumping cost proves the shortage of docks – the current cost is about 300,000 rubles ($3,700) a day – “insane money, the market is completely on the seller’s side”…

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Iran to supply China with first honey shipment

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. An official says Iran will soon send a shipment of honey to China, which itself is the world’s top honey producer. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/17/701730/Iran-exports-food-honey-China-

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India: stress seen as major cause of military fratricides, suicides

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Army, navy, air force have together lost over 800 personnel to suicide since 2017, government said, amid rising stress levels; soldier who killed four at a base last week is latest example of fratricide.…

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Subsoil Users Alliance to be re-established for new deposits development in Komi Region

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that the region has significant potential for expanding the raw material base of the oil and gas industry https://tass.com/economy/1605381

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