Category: World News
From Rahmbo to Rahm-bassador: How an unlikely diplomat has wooed Japan
Washington Post He’s hard-charging and sweary even by Washington standards, but super-polite Japan has taken a surprising shine to Ambassador Rahm Emanuel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/rahm-emanuel-japan-ambassador/
Read MoreUkraine live briefing: Zelensky in Berlin as Germany announces $3 billion in new military aid
Washington Post Germany’s latest military package is likely to include Leopard tanks, other armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones, a top Ukrainian official said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/14/russia-ukraine-war-news/
Read MoreErdogan’s fate in the balance as Turkish voters head to the polls
Washington Post Voters across Turkey headed to the polls Sunday in a crucial election pitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/14/turkey-erdogan-election-opposition-kilicdaroglu/
Read MoreSix Russian aircraft intercepted near Alaska airspace during US military training exercises: NORAD
Fox News The North American Aerospace Defense Command released a statement Saturday saying it had intercepted six Russian aircraft operating off the coast of Alaska. In a press release about Thursday’s incident, NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).…
Read MoreMexico faces humanitarian crisis as Biden migration policy kicks in
Washington Post The desperation at a migrant camp in Matamoros, a half-mile from the U.S. border, underscored the questions swirling around Biden’s new migration policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/border-mexico-migrants-title-42/
Read MoreSearch underway for surfer presumed dead after shark attack in Australia
Fox News Rescuers were searching waters off South Australia Saturday for a 46-year-old surfer presumed to have been killed by a shark. “A man is believed to have died following a shark attack at Walkers Rocks Beach,” police said in a statement. The remote beach popular with surfers is near Elliston, a town of fewer than 1,000…
Read MoreIsrael and Islamic Jihad agree to cease-fire, ending five-day conflict
Washington Post Israel and Islamic Jihad, the Gaza-based militant group, agreed to a cease-fire Saturday night, ending a five-day bout of violence that killed at least 35 people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/israel-ceasfire-gaza-islamic-jihad/
Read MoreHousing association discovers body of tenant six years after death
Fox News A British housing association apologized after discovering a tenant’s body in his home possibly six years after he died. “Everyone at Bolton at Home has been deeply shocked by this, and we realize it will concern and upset people to learn his body remained undiscovered for such a long time,” Noel Sharpe, chief…
Read MoreZelensky interview transcript: ‘Ukraine must win’
Washington Post In an interview with The Washington Post, Ukraine’s president discussed the much anticipated counteroffensive, leaked U.S. intelligence documents and the U.S. presidential election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-washington-post-interview-transcript/
Read MoreZelensky, in private, plots bold attacks inside Russia, leak shows
Washington Post THE DISCORD LEAKS | Intercepts reveal Zelensky’s aggressive instincts, a marked contrast to his image as the stoic statesman weathering Russia’s onslaught. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/
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