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Ukraine live briefing: Explosions heard in Kyiv after Kremlin claims attempt on Putin; Zelensky in Netherlands

Washington Post Air raid sirens sounded across several regions in Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a security advisory citing a heightened threat of missile strikes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Your Thursday Briefing

New York Times Accusations of an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/briefing/explosions-kremlin-serbia-school-shooting.html

Lula’s gun control push starts with counting Brazil’s guns

Washington Post President Jair Bolsonaro tried to convert a country with few weapons into one where firearm ownership and lack of regulation meant personal freedom https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/brazil-guns-gun-control-lula-bolsonaro/91efac3a-ea31-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Nigeria evacuates hundreds of citizens from hard-hit Sudan

Washington Post Nigeria evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Sudan late Wednesday after days of delays that left many of them stranded https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/nigeria-sudan-fighting-conflict-abuja-evacuation/baa43db6-ea19-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Greek authorities pull 39 migrants from river islet on Turkish border

Fox News Greek authorities on Wednesday rescued a group of 39 migrants who had been abandoned by smugglers on an islet in the river that runs along the country’s land border with Turkey, police said. DROWNED MIGRANTS WASHING ASHORE OVERWHELM AFRICAN NATION, ‘RADICAL SOLUTIONS’ SOUGHT AS CEMETERIES FILL UP A police statement said the 13…

Mexican government develops own COVID vaccine 2 years after US, China

Fox News Mexican officials celebrated Wednesday the announcement that the country finally developed its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out. It was unclear what use would be made of the vaccine, named “Patria” or “Motherland,” developed in a joint effort between the government…

Guatemala seeks arrest of ex-guerrilla leader in 1980 blast

Washington Post A judge in Guatemala has issued an arrest warrant for Gustavo Meoño, a former leftist guerrilla leader and transparency activist, in connection with a 1980 bomb attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/guatemala-civil-war-bombing/9405ca50-ea03-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

State Department ‘unable to confirm’ video purporting to show drone attack on Kremlin

Fox News The State Department says that it’s “unable to confirm” the authenticity of a video purporting to show a drone attack on the Kremlin. State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel was responding to claims from Russian government officials who said that Ukrainian forces attempted to kill President Vladimir Putin by a failed drone…

Toronto-area man jailed for counseling suicide, causing 2 deaths

Fox News Police in Canada arrested a man for allegedly selling a lethal substance to people at risk of self-harm and charged him with counseling suicide in the deaths of two Canadians. Peel Regional Police said the charges were lodged late Tuesday against Kenneth Law, 57, of Mississauga, Ontario, after an investigation into two recent…

Mexican president accuses US of funding groups hostile to his administration, calls on Biden to intervene

Fox News Mexico President Andres Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of funding organizations that are hostile to his administration. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, López Obrador read from a letter he sent to President Biden the day prior. “The U.S. government – specifically through the [United States Agency for International…