Category: World News
Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after deadly quake
Fox News Three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, aid officials who visited the region said Wednesday. The Feb. 6, earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, including over 6,000 in Syria, according to the United Nations, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Syria’s…
Read MoreUS military carries out Syria drone strike targeting senior al-Qaida leader
Fox News The U.S.-led coalition carried out a drone strike Wednesday in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaida leader, the U.S. military said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the strike hit a chicken farm near the town of Harem, killing one person. It said the dead man has not…
Read MoreMexico president complains US is funding opposition
Washington Post Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has again complained to the United States that the U.S. government is funding organizations opposed to his administration, this time in a letter to President Joe Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/mexico-united-states-funding-organizations/7465935a-e9e1-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTurkey closes airspace to Armenian flights over objections to monument
Fox News Turkey has closed its airspace to flights by Armenian aircraft in retaliation for the erection of a monument in the Armenian capital that Ankara says honors people responsible for the killings of Turkish officials, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. In an interview with NTV television, Cavusoglu warned that Turkey would take further…
Read MoreSwedes pass anti-terror legislation, likely to help NATO membership bid
Fox News Lawmakers in Sweden passed legislation Wednesday that tightens the country’s anti-terrorism laws, a move expected to help persuade Turkey to approve the Nordic nation’s request to join NATO. The revision includes a prison term of up to four years for individuals convicted of participating in an extremist organization in a way that is…
Read MoreUkraine’s military is stronger than U.S. leaks indicated, Blinken says
Washington Post Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was “confident” Ukraine’s counteroffensive would yield some success in regaining Russian-occupied territory. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/03/ukraine-discord-leaks-blinken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read More258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2020, UN reports
Fox News More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The Global Report on Food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian organizations founded by the U.N. and European…
Read MoreRSV Vaccine Approved for Older Adults
New York Times The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/health/rsv-vaccine-fda-adults.html
Read MoreKnife attack at Berlin school seriously injures 2 young girls
Fox News Berlin police say two young children were seriously wounded in a Wednesday knife attack at a school in the south of Germany’s capital. JARED BRIDEGAN MURDER: EX-WIFE’S FAMILY SAYS SHE’S SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND Police said the children were girls, ages 7 and 8. One of them had life-threatening injuries, according to a Berlin…
Read MorePompeii chariot stars in Rome exhibit probing ancient roots
Washington Post A reconstructed Pompeii bridal chariot that eluded modern-day thieves in the ancient city is a star of a new exhibition in Rome https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/pompeii-chariot-ancient-rome-greece-exhibition/7f9c2666-e9d8-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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