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Norwegian climber looking to become fastest person to climb world’s 14 highest mountains

Fox News A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019. Kristin Harila, 37, successfully scaled Mount Cho Oyu and Mount Shishapangma in China and arrived…

Israel minister: Iran nuke enrichment could ignite region

Washington Post Israel’s defense minister says Iran could have enough enriched uranium to make five nuclear weapons, and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/israel-greece-iran-nuclear/4d586be6-eaa1-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Belgium detains 7 on suspicion of planning terror attack

Washington Post Authorities in Belgium have detained seven people, most of them Chechen origin, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/belgium-terror-attack-suspects-detained/3ea940e0-ea9a-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kenyan court sets bail for pastor in parishioner death probe

Washington Post A court in Kenya has ruled that one of two pastors under investigation for the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants can be released on bond or bail https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/kenya-cult-deaths-ezekiel-odero-paul-mackenzie/d460d4a6-ea98-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Denmark looking to increase military spending in order to modernize facilities, increase number of soldiers

Fox News Denmark’s centrist government wants to spend $5.6 billion over the next decade to modernize military facilities, renovate shabby and dilapidated buildings, increase the number of soldiers and upgrade outdated computer systems. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called it “a very serious situation” and said Thursday that previous governments and senior defense officials…

Takeaways from AP report on Guyana’s nascent oil boom

Washington Post Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/guyana-oil-boom-takeaways/d33b9d14-ea92-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Alleged Putin assassination is ‘false flag’ orchestrated to bolster Russia’s war effort, experts claim

Fox News Experts have accused Russia of staging a false-flag operation to justify increased mobilization, with a warning that more such attacks could occur in the coming months. “The alleged strike on Putin’s residence in the Kremlin is likely a false flag operation orchestrated by Russian intelligence and security services and authorized by Putin himself,”…

Fire consumes popular street market in Haiti

Washington Post A large fire has torn through a street market in Haiti and consumed thousands of dollars’ worth of goods as vendors wailed over their losses https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/haiti-market-fire/a1b9aa8c-ea8e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kremlin accuses Washington of directing alleged drone attack on Putin

Washington Post U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov “is just lying” in accusing Washington of directing the attack. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/ukraine-airstrikes-russia-drone-putin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Norway climber aims to be fastest to scale 14 tallest peaks

Washington Post A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/fastest-climber-everest-norwegian-14-peaks/bb21d4dc-ea8d-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world