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Woman stranded in Australian wilderness survives thanks to wine, candy

Fox News Australian authorities last week rescued a woman stranded for five days in the wilderness after she was forced to survive on what she had, including a bottle of wine and lollipops. Footage of the rescue shows Melbourne native Lillian Ip, 48, waving down a helicopter near her car before authorities arrived May 4. …

Journalist working for AFP news agency killed in Ukraine

Washington Post International news agency Agence France-Presse says its Ukraine video coordinator has been killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/ukraine-afp-journalist-killed/e94d4ece-ee96-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Polish bus collides with truck on German highway, leading to dozens of injuries

Fox News A highway collision between a long-distance Polish bus and a truck injured dozens of people in eastern Germany, police in Poland and German news agency dpa reported. The crash happened Tuesday on the A 12 highway in the state of Brandenburg between the towns of Storkow and Fredersdorf. German police said 52 people…

Israel security agency defends using tool that sent Palestinian protesters threatening messages in 2021

Fox News Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency is defending its use of a sophisticated surveillance tool that was used to send threatening text messages to Palestinian protesters during unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site two years ago. A leading civil rights group has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to halt the practice, saying the…

Russia’s wildfire death toll rises to 21 in Ural Mountains

Washington Post The death toll from wildfires in Russia’s Ural Mountains has risen to 21, according to Russian state news agency Tass https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/wildfires-russia-ural-mountains-deaths/e96f8c02-ee8f-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Japan, US, South Korea negotiate sharing of North Korean missile data

Fox News Japan, the United States and South Korea are negotiating an agreement on sharing real-time data on North Korean missile launches, as cooperation among the three nations becomes increasingly important amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North, Japan’s chief government spokesperson said Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said there has been…

European Union lawmakers fast-track legislation to boost ammunition, missile production to support Ukraine

Fox News European Union lawmakers decided Tuesday to fast-track legislation to boost ammunition and missile production in the 27-nation bloc to support the war effort in Ukraine. Members of the European Parliament voted 518-39 with 31 abstentions to trigger an urgent procedure that should allow the adoption of the bill during the EU legislature’s next…

EU lawmakers probing Pegasus spyware concerned over abuses in Hungary, Poland

Fox News European Union lawmakers investigating the use of Pegasus spyware against opposition politicians and journalists on Tuesday raised deep concern about abuses in Hungary and Poland and lamented a lack of cooperation with their inquiry. The spyware developed by Israeli cyber-intelligence company NSO has been used around the world to break into the phones…

Gary Prado Salmón, Bolivian general who captured Ché Guevara, dies at 84

Washington Post “I said, ‘Who are you?’” the officer recalled. “He said, ‘I am Ché. I am worth more to you alive than dead.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/09/gary-prado-bolivian-army-che-guevara-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world