Category: World News
Paraguay far-right populist presidential candidate arrested
Washington Post Police in Paraguay have detained Paraguayo Cubas, a far-right populist who came in third in Sunday’s presidential election and had alleged without evidence that the vote was marred by fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/cubas-paraguayo-paraguay-crusade/ac497702-eb92-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreLeaked U.S. files show deep rift between Russian military and Wagner chief
Washington Post While Yevgeniy Prigozhin has led Russia’s bloody campaign to capture Bakhmut with mercenaries and convicts, he’s been locked in a fight with the Defense Ministry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/wagner-russia-ukraine-discord-leak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreOver 2,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico last year
Washington Post Mexico’s government says over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels in 2022, as authorities embarked on a search for ten Colombians abducted in northern Mexico this week https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/mexico-migrants-gangs-kidnappings/9b32ff46-eb8e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreGreat Britain to donate $100 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund
Washington Post Britain has pledged to give about $100 million to the Brazilian government’s fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, as the South American country beefs up protection of the environment under its new leadership https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/brazil-united-kingdom-amazon-fund-donation/502022fa-eb88-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreLeader of massive Kenyan death cult to be held without bond
Fox News A court in Kenya on Friday gave police five more days to hold a pastor facing possible terror-related charges in the deaths of more than 100 his congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Police rescued 15 emaciated parishioners from the 800-acre Kilifi County property of Paul Mackenzie last…
Read MoreSudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia
Washington Post Sudanese officials say that the country’s two warring generals have sent their envoys to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed Sudan to the brink of collapse https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/sudan-military-generals-fighting-talks/29a39534-eb7f-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUN again seeks to reassure Afghans it will deliver aid
Washington Post The United Nations is seeking yet again to reassure the Afghan people that it won’t abandon them https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/afghanistan-women-united-nations-aid/5beeaa78-eb85-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreCambodia reports 4 dead in unlicensed goldmine
Fox News Four Cambodian prospectors who were digging for gold in the central province of Kampong Thom were killed when earth collapsed into the pit where they were mining, a government official and a fellow villager said Friday. Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on his Facebook page quoted reports from a local official saying the four…
Read MoreUN experts warn Taliban restrictions may amount to femicide
Washington Post U.N. experts are warning that Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/afghanistan-taliban-women-femicide/4c7d95d0-eb81-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAll the king’s … swans? A quiz on the British royals’ assets.
Washington Post How much do you know about the properties and other assets owned by the king, the royal family or the Crown? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/quiz-charles-monarchy-wealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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