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Israel readies ‘kosher electricity’ for ultra-Orthodox households

Washington Post The special program would construct massive battery banks in and around Heradi communities to provide them power without violating Sabbath restrictions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/ultra-orthodox-israel-sabbath-electricity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula’s green ambitions

Washington Post After his swearing-in ceremony earlier this year, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked up the ramp to the presidential palace arm in arm with one of the world’s most famous Indigenous leaders https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/brazil-lula-amazon-indigenous-oil-belo-monte/9c051adc-ece0-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

‘Big lunch’ follows big coronation celebrating King Charles

Washington Post The long weekend to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III is continuing with picnics and street parties held across the U.K. in his honor https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/king-charles-coronation-monarch-uk-britain/0e385c28-ece0-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Social media, TV hosts mock curvy mermaid statue controversy: ‘What’s the problem?’

Fox News Social media users have weighed in on the controversy over a voluptuous mermaid statue in southern Italy, and most critics are taking issue with the mermaid having both a human backside and a fishtail. “The debate aroused by the Mermaid is welcome, as long as it is about such issues like the freedom…

Rights groups condemn ‘alarming’ police arrests of coronation protesters

Washington Post “These are scenes you’d expect to see in Russia not the UK,” tweeted the U.K. director of Human Rights Watch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/uk-police-arrests-coronation-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Dozens of Shots

New York Times A gunman killed at least eight people at a mall in Texas yesterday. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/briefing/mass-shooting-allen-texas-shopping-mall.html

Czech opera singer Soňa Červená dies at age 97

Washington Post Czech opera singer Soňa Červená has died at age 97 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/czech-opera-singer-soa-ervena-obituary/45bb256a-ecc5-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

A caste survey in India could upend politics in world’s largest democracy

Washington Post The Indian state Bihar has taken a historic step in surveying its castes, and the resulting data could fragment the national voter coalition of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/india-bihar-caste-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Putin poses arrest dilemma as South African opposition says if Russian-friendly government won’t act, it will

Fox News JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarch is accused of making shady deals under sunny skies with South African politicians, the reported real reason why Russian President Vladimir Putin could evade arrest should he make a planned trip to South Africa in August. Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, said to be close to Putin, has…

Arab League poised to vote on restoring Syria membership

Washington Post Foreign ministers from Arab League member states in Cairo are poised to vote on restoring Syria’s membership to the organization after it was suspended over a decade ago https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/syria-arab-egypt-saudi-qatar-jordan/11db7996-ecb8-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world