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Iran Makes Fresh Push to Force Women to Wear Hijab

Wall Street Journal Growing resistance among Iranian women to wearing a headscarf shows the widening chasm between leaders and the population. https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-makes-fresh-push-to-force-women-to-wear-hijab-7fefba6e

Oklahoma Businesses Recruit Tech Workers from Ukraine

Wall Street Journal A Tulsa industry group is helping to provide highly skilled immigrants a refuge from the war in their homeland. https://www.wsj.com/articles/oklahoma-businesses-recruit-tech-workers-from-ukraine-ff1fe577

10 people returning from a funeral die in Kenya bus crash

Washington Post Police say at least 10 people died when the bus they were traveling in left the road and rolled several times in southern Kenya https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/kenya-bus-crash/6c2dce84-dc3d-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Indian ex-politician Atiq Ahmed and brother shot dead live on TV

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Atiq Ahmed, a convicted criminal facing many other charges, and his brother were killed while handcuffed and surrounded by police, apparently by 3 people posing as reporters. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3217246/indian-ex-politician-atiq-ahmed-and-brother-shot-dead-live-tv?utm_source=rss_feed

We didn’t know if we would come back – Ukraine’s Defence Minister on talks with Russia in Minsk

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, has said that the Ukrainian delegation was unsure whether it would return home from a trip to Minsk for talks with Russia at the beginning of the war. Source: Reznikov in an interview with the Spanish news agency Larazon Details: Reznikov called it the worst day and the…

Trial on minimum temperature for restaurants, food courts to launch

Taipei, April 16 (CNA) A trial program will be introduced on Monday requiring participating restaurants and food courts to set air-conditioning at 23 degrees Celsius during dining hours, paving the way for a permanent legal measure in 2025, the Ministry of Economics Affairs (MOEA) said Sunday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304160007

Traffic collision kills 7 police officers in Pakistan’s SW

Washington Post Pakistani police say a traffic collision in the southwest killed seven officers as they were returning to their hometowns for the Eid holidays https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/pakistan-traffic-collision-police/5e3e680e-dc3a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Taiwan to invest NT$6 billion in wartime telecommunications resiliency

Taipei, April 16 (CNA) The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) plans toinvest NT$6 billion (US$196.6 million) in a four-year Disaster Roaming program starting next year as part of efforts to strengthen Taiwan’s telecommunication resiliency in cases of emergencies such as war, a MODA official told CNA recently. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202304160006

Sudan crisis: Can Middle East powers broker a ceasefire? – analysis

Jerusalem Post Neighboring states, such as Egypt, are closely monitoring the situation. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-739347

Banks Are Finally Facing Pressure to Pay Depositors More

Wall Street Journal Small and midsize banks lost hundreds of billions of dollars in recent weeks to their bigger peers and to money-market funds offering higher yields. https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-are-finally-facing-pressure-to-pay-depositors-more-88d6447d