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Reporter’s Notebook: The man who nearly sent Red Square up in smoke

Fox News One commentator watching Russia’s May 9 piece of military theater in the heart of Moscow Tuesday morning opined that in the absence of a concrete ideology in 21st-century Russia, Vladimir Putin has attempted to build a unifying theme, almost cult-like, around the legacy of the USSR’s victory over Nazi Germany. His big annual parade…

What to know as UK hosts Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine

Washington Post The Eurovision Song Contest is returning to the U.K. for the first time in 25 years, but its heart will be in Ukraine https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/eurovision-song-contest-what-to-know-ukraine/3b6eddfc-ee7f-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Israeli security agency defends use of threatening messages

Washington Post Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency is defending its use of a surveillance tool that was used to send threatening text messages to Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site two years ago https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/israel-shin-bet-palestinians-surveillance-aqsa/7b14a98e-ee7d-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

British Minister set to visit Hong Kong for first time in 5 years

Fox News The first British minister visiting Hong Kong in five years said his country will not “duck” its historic responsibilities to people living in its former colony while engaging with China in areas they share common interests. The remarks by Dominic Johnson, minister of state in the Department for Business and Trade, were published…

Spanish Civil Guard raid illegal wells amid drought

Washington Post Spain’s Civil Guard says it has arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the Andalusia region, as part of a widening crackdown on unauthorized water use amid a prolonged drought https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/spain-illegal-wells-drought-water-andalusia-agriculture/1915d9b0-ee78-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Rita Lee, Brazil’s long-reigning Queen of Rock, dies at 75

Washington Post Rita Lee Jones, Brazil’s million-selling “Queen of Rock” who gained an international following through her colorful and candid style and such hits as “Ovelha Negra,” “Mania de Você” and “Now Only Missing You,” has died at 75 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/rita-lee-jones-brazil-queen-of-rock/d32d03ae-ee79-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Australia begins vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia

Fox News Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease that causes blindness, infertility and death. “It’s killing koalas because they become so sick they can’t climb trees to…

Christie’s sale of Austrian heiress’ jewels stirs criticism

Washington Post Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi Horten, an Austrian heiress whose German husband built a retail empire starting in the 1930s — in part from department stores and other assets sold by desperate Jews as they fled Nazi Germany https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/heidi-horten-austria-germany-jews-nazis-christies-holocaust/de924654-ee75-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Britain prepares to send long-range missiles to Ukraine

Washington Post The U.K. is pushing the Biden administration into providing Ukraine with weapons that can reach further into Russian-held territory. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/08/britain-ukraine-long-range-missile/

Mexico sets out search to find vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine mammal

Fox News Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts will set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. Mexico environment secretary said experts from the United States, Canada and Mexico will use binoculars, sighting devices and acoustic…