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China’s Xi, Brazil’s Lula Take United Stance Against U.S.

Wall Street Journal The two leaders struck a unified pose in defiance of U.S. foreign and trade policy, adding weight to Beijing’s pushback against what it sees as a Washington-led containment effort. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-xi-jinping-brazils-lula-take-united-stance-against-u-s-e8e55c1c

Air Guardsman Is Charged Over Leaked Documents

Wall Street Journal The Pentagon is looking into how accused leaker Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, accessed top secret documents. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-probes-accused-leakers-access-to-documents-429e709c

China opposes NATO meddling in Asia-Pacific — defense ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It was stressed that the Asia-Pacific region “must not turn into a chessboard for geopolitical rivalry” and called on NATO countries to drop “their Cold War mentality” and take on an objective attitude to China’s role in the region https://tass.com/defense/1604563

Singapore jails son of ex-Changi Airport boss for lying to judge that family’s helper stole his clothes

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Karl Liew, the son of ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, lied to a district judge in an earlier trial that domestic worker Parti Liyani had stolen his clothes. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3217135/singapore-jails-son-ex-changi-airport-boss-lying-judge-familys-maid-stole-his-clothes?utm_source=rss_feed

Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut

Washington Post Analysts and Russian officials say the battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is heating up again https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/russia-ukraine-war-bakhmut/196c85bc-dacd-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Denmark says donated Caesar artillery systems will arrive in Ukraine within weeks

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739240

Russia strikes border area of Chernihiv Oblast with guided aerial bombs, injuring a civilian

Pravda Ukraine The Russian aircraft launched an attack on an enterprise in the border area of Chernihiv Oblast, injuring one person. Source: Press service of the Pivnich (North) Operational Command Details: Reportedly, at about 16:00, the Russians launched guided aerial bombs on the industrial enterprise in the Semenivka district. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/14/7397915/

Sales of SWM crossovers to start in April – May 2023 — senior manager

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “We have plans to launch production of small minivans at some point and there will be an electric vehicle,” Ruslan Sadykov said https://tass.com/economy/1604561

California judge orders church that defied COVID rules to pay $1.2M

Fox News A California judge has ordered San Jose’s Calvary Chapel church to pay $1.2 million in fines for defying COVID-19 pandemic restrictions by meeting for worship and not requiring masks. In a ruling handed down last week, Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker said the church should pay fines for flagrantly violating Santa Clara…

Wagner assault teams fighting for urban areas in western part of Artyomovsk — top brass

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is reported that Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Kupyansk area and neutralized five enemy subversive groups over the past day https://tass.com/politics/1604559