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6 soldiers killed in shootout with militants in NW Pakistan

Washington Post Six soldiers have been killed in a shootout with militants in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the border with Afghanistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/pakistan-shootout-militants-troops-killed/d3e86528-ea68-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

UK university cuts ‘woman’ from menopause and maternity policy descriptions

Fox News A university in England is facing backlash after it removed the word “woman” in menopause and maternity policies for staff members, with politicians slamming the university for not knowing “basic biology” and for going “woke.” Although the policies at the University of the Arts London (UAL) have been implemented for the past year,…

America’s New Drug Policy

New York Times Bipartisan support now exists for a once-radical approach to drugs. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/briefing/us-drug-policy-reducing-harm.html

Newspaper uses video game to smuggle Ukraine War truths to Russian citizens

Fox News A Finish newspaper is using a video game map to smuggle information about the war in Ukraine to Russian citizens, bypassing Moscow’s propaganda and censorship. “As we have been widely concerned about the press freedom situation and freedom of speech in Russia, we decided that maybe it’s possible to find some new channels…

Berlin school attack: Girl’s life no longer in danger

Washington Post Authorities say a young girl wounded in a knife attack at a Berlin school is no longer in a life-threatening condition https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/germany-berlin-school-knife-attack-girls-wounded/37fe61d8-ea65-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

WHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct

Washington Post The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual misconduct https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/who-covid-sexual-misconduct-un/de87ba82-ea64-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Iranian president meets Palestinian officials in Syria

Washington Post A Palestinian official says Iran’s president has met with senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support to them https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/syria-iran-palestinians-israel-raisi/d459e3f6-ea63-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

US joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray

Washington Post The United States aid agency says it has suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray “until further notice” while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/ethiopia-tigray-food-theft-aid-suspension/37d4f174-ea59-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

No Pride for South Korea: Seoul denies parade permit, citing schedules

Washington Post Seoul’s city government said two events applied for permits on the same day — and the Christian youth event won. But Pride advocates see social conservatism at work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/seoul-pride-parade-queer-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s new left-wing president starts gun control push with country-wide gun registration

Fox News Brazil’s recently elected left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pushing new gun control regulations on the country’s gun owners, requiring all of them to register each of their firearms with the police. The massive gun registration program comes after his predecessor, former President Jair Bolsonaro, ran his campaign on a pro-gun…