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Government met with Moody officials over potential credit rating drop

Jerusalem Post If Israel’s credit rating drops, Israel can expect a higher interest rate on short-term loans and inflation. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/banking-and-finance/article-739261

‘You Call It a Hate Crime. We Called It Life’

Wall Street Journal From his 1943 bar mitzvah to today, my uncle Irwin puts things in perspective. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-call-it-a-hate-crime-we-called-it-life-bar-mitzvah-holocaust-remembrance-day-israel-anniversary-7ec41391

Brazil judge orders police to question Bolsonaro on uprising

Washington Post A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the country’s federal police to take testimony from former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the investigation into the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/bolsonaro-brazil-stimony-insurrection-investigation/35738ada-db09-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

TAKING ON TENT CITY: CA enclave tackling homeless camps declares ‘we want a city that feels and looks safe’

Fox News The San Diego City Council will soon vote on whether to ban homeless encampments in many public locations, but some activists aren’t happy about it. “You are failing at your job and you’re blaming the unhoused population for your failure,” one woman said during a heated public comment period. “You suck,” she added,…

María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86

New York Times She was a writer and translator but was best known as the widow of Jorge Luis Borges, one of Latin America’s great writers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html

Riots flare up in France as Constitutional Council approves pension reform

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In Rennes, aggressive demonstrators attacked a police station and set its front door on fire https://tass.com/world/1604707

China’s top banker says rate hikes by Western nations fuel global financial instability

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang addresses finance ministers in Washington in first trip to US capitol by a senior Chinese economic official since pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3217153/chinas-top-banker-says-rate-hikes-western-nations-fuel-global-financial-instability?utm_source=rss_feed

Poland to supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters gradually – Duda

Pravda Ukraine Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that Poland will supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters gradually as it expands its own fleet with FA-50 and later F-35 fighters. Source: Duda at a press conference with Alexander Van der Bellen, the President of Austria Quote: “We are currently sending MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/14/7397973/

Criticized over response to war, Swiss offer $2B for Ukraine

Washington Post Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development assistance over the next six years, ponying up financial aid for Ukraine as Western critics press Bern to do more to help it defend itself against Russian invaders and squeeze Russian interests https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/switzerland-ukraine-aid-reconstruction/da225430-db04-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Finns to be informed about results of powder found in envelopes — Russian diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the envelopes were addressed to the embassy’s military attache and his aides https://tass.com/russia/1604705