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Spike in Russian combat deaths fuels fears of worse carnage to come

Washington Post The rate at which Russian forces are being killed or wounded in Ukraine has spiked in recent months, according to estimates disclosed by the White House this week, underscoring how ferocious the combat has become and suggesting the carnage could get even worse with Kyiv’s long-planned counteroffensive to retake occupied territory. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/02/russia-ukraine-combat-deaths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Money Mexican migrants sent home rose by 11.4% in Q1

Washington Post Mexicans living abroad sent home a total of almost $14 billion in the first three months of 2023, an 11.4% increase over the same period of 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/02/mexico-migrants-money-remittances/8cfc67ba-e93f-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Putin faces possible arrest if he attends BRICS summit in South Africa: Report

Fox News Russian President Vladimir Putin could be arrested if he attends an economic summit being hosted in South Africa in the coming months, according to a report. The BRICS economic bloc, led by Russia and China, is hosting its August 2023 economic summit in South Africa — which is a member of the International…

Haitian vigilantes kill, set fire to 5 more suspected gangsters

Fox News Vigilante killings are surging in Haiti’s capital and surrounding areas, where an additional five men were slain and set on fire Tuesday by a crowd that left one of the bodies near a police station in an upscale community. The male victims were apparently brought out alive from the slum of Jalousie outside…

2 feuding Mexican cartels block roads near US border

Fox News Feuding Mexican cartels briefly blocked roads Tuesday in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. At one point, gunmen forced middle-school students off a school bus and used the vehicle as a blockade. Roads were quickly cleared and officials claimed that one death reported early Tuesday morning was not related to…

Brazil threatens Google with hourly $200K fines for advocacy against ‘misinformation’ bills

Fox News Brazil’s Justice Ministry on Tuesday ordered Google to stop conducting what it called a propaganda campaign against Brazilian legislation aimed at curbing misinformation, or face about $200,000 per hour in fines. The company later Tuesday took down an article the ministry had labeled propaganda, but it was not immediately clear if the big…

Argentina’s Fernandez seeks dollar relief from Brazil’s Lula

Washington Post Argentine President Alberto Fernández has arrived at Brazil’s presidential residence to meet his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as officials from both countries study how to eschew the dollar in trade between the neighboring nations https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/02/lula-brazil-fernandez-argentina-peso-dollar-trade/e33e9136-e92e-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Zelensky says White House told him nothing about Discord intelligence leaks

Washington Post In an interview with The Washington Post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the leak of classified U.S. intelligence as deeply damaging to his country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/02/zelensky-ukraine-discord-document-leaks-damage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Iranian Revolutionary Guard base explosion kills 2

Fox News An explosion on Tuesday evening struck a base in Iran belonging to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing two workers, local media reported. There was no word on any damages in the blast. The state-run IRNA news agency said the explosion occurred during a “movement of ammunition” at the Guard base on the…

Kenyan pastors appear in court over followers’ deaths, starvation cult

Fox News Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Pastor Paul Mackenzie was released by one court in the town in Malindi before being rearrested and presented at an upper court in…