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Indonesia asks Chinese bank to cut loan interest rate as mega rail project exceeds budget
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A top minister says Indonesia can repay its debt with the interest rate at 3.4 per cent, but will push for 2 per cent to cope with a US$1.2 billion cost overrun. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3216703/indonesia-asks-chinese-bank-cut-loan-interest-rate-mega-rail-project-exceeds-budget?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePassover candle-lighting times for Israel and US
Jerusalem Post See Passover times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738925
Read MoreReinstated Nashville lawmaker Justin Jones calls on Tennessee House speaker to resign: ‘Enemy of democracy’
Fox News Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was reinstated in the statehouse Monday, is calling for the Republican speaker of the statehouse to resign. Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled from the GOP-controlled legislature last week for leading a gun-control protest in the capitol, called House Speaker Cameron Sexton an “enemy of…
Read MoreUS works with allies abroad to develop semiconductor policies
Fox News As the United States works to ramp up semiconductor production domestically, lawmakers are also heading overseas to work with allies abroad. “In today’s interconnected world, we cannot wall ourselves off from shared problems. We are stronger and better when we work together,” President Biden said on a trip to Mexico City earlier this…
Read MoreKremlin affirms that Kuril Islands constitute inseparable part of Russia
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Japanese authorities had refrained from using the term “illegal occupation” in respect to the Kuril Islands during the prime ministerial tenure of Shinzo Abe https://tass.com/politics/1602577
Read MoreLarger NATO footprint in Arctic to trigger military tensions — Russian foreign ministry
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Russia’s new foreign policy concept, which replaced the previous version from 2016 https://tass.com/defense/1602575
Read MoreRussian air defenses intercept GLSDB smart bomb, four HIMARS rockets in Ukraine operation
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Maryinka, Vesyoloye and Yelenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Marinskoye and Novaya Mayachka in the Kherson Region were also destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1602569
Read MoreOver 11 million Ukrainians cross border with Poland since start of full-scale war
Pravda Ukraine More than 11 million Ukrainians have crossed the border into Poland since Russia launched a full-scale invasion last February. Source: Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the European Union “Today, the number of persons who have crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border since the beginning of the Russian aggression has exceeded 11 million.…
Read MoreDon Lemon: CNN’s Most Controversial Anchor?
Don Lemon used to have a golden boy reputation as a star – and was recognized as one of broadcasting’s first openly gay black anchors. But a string of controversies has tarnished Lemon’s persona, and his career – most notably, last February’s gaffe involving Nikki Haley. The post Don Lemon: CNN’s Most Controversial Anchor? appeared…
Read More4 Hong Kong residents arrested and HK$6.7 million worth of crystal meth seized in police crackdown on syndicate
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Confiscated methamphetamine was disguised as tea and smuggled into the city from overseas, says chief inspector. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216702/4-hong-kong-residents-arrested-and-hk67-million-worth-crystal-meth-seized-police-crackdown-syndicate?utm_source=rss_feed
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