World News – Page 1771 – Prologue Journal

Germany to allow audio recording of some criminal trials

Washington Post Germany plans to allow sound recording of some criminal trials, ending the decades-long practice of requiring judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers to rely on notes and their memory https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/germany-trials-audio-recording-courts-transcription/10a1f274-ef2b-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Gaza militants launch rocket attacks following more Israeli strikes

Washington Post The rocket attacks by Gaza militants were the first sign of promised retaliation for Israeli airstrikes that have killed more than a dozen people over the last two days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/israel-strike-gaza-palestinian-response/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Hong Kong amends law to limit foreign lawyers in some cases

Washington Post Hong Kong lawmakers have passed an amendment to a law granting the city’s leader the power to bar overseas lawyers from handling national security cases, following a high-profile row sparked by a pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher’s hiring of a British lawyer https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/hong-kong-overseas-lawyers-national-security/1426e186-ef29-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Toll rises to 5 killed in Tunisia synagogue attack

Washington Post Tunisia’s TAP news agency says the death toll rose to five people killed, including two Jewish pilgrims and three Tunisian police guards, after an attack near a synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/tunisia-attack-synagogue-jewish-pilgrimage-djerba/b02cf102-ef28-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Schoolboy in Tokyo stabbed in chest, suspect arrested

Washington Post Japanese police say a schoolboy was stabbed in the chest as he stepped out of his house to go to school in a residential area of downtown Tokyo https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/japan-stabbing-tokyo-student/8caffe12-ef24-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia ends visa regime for Georgia, restores direct flights

Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed decrees abolishing visas for Georgian nationals and lifting a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/russia-georgia-visas-flights/cedc43a2-ef21-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Turkey Hosts Talks to Extend Ukraine Grain Deal as Russia Threatens to Pull Out

New York Times Representatives from Ukraine and Russia will meet on Wednesday, one of the few avenues for face-to-face talks between officials from the two countries during the war. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/10/world/russia-ukraine-news

Britain: 1st babies born in country using DNA from 3 people

Washington Post Britain’s fertility regulator says the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/britain-genetic-babies-mitochondria-three-parent/c4a178b2-ef21-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

$5 Million in Damages

New York Times Donald Trump has been found liable for sexual abuse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/briefing/e-jean-carroll-trump-liable-sexual-abuse.html

Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert

Washington Post Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and spill down in coming weeks https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/10/switzerland-brienz-alps-mountain-rockslide-evacuation/c3923d24-ef1e-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world