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Israelis rally for 17th week against judicial overhaul plans

Washington Post Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting judicial overhaul proposals in the 17th weekly rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/29/israel-protests-judicial-overhaul-netanyahu/1e08398e-e6c3-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Prolific sperm donor with over 500 children must pay $110K if he donates again, court rules

Fox News A sperm donor who may have fathered over 500 children now faces a fine of around $110,000 if he donates again, a court ruled on Friday. A Dutch court this week heard the case of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, who promised mothers who used his sperm that he would stop donating in order…

US evacuates private citizens from Sudan for first time

Fox News The U.S. has evacuated its first group of American citizens and permanent residents from Sudan since war broke out in the capital weeks ago. The land evacuation started Friday with efforts to bus a large group of Americans to the Red Sea via Port Sudan. Officials revealed Saturday that unmanned aircraft provided armed…

U.S. evacuation convoy reaches Sudanese port city, State Department says

Washington Post The United States paid for more than a dozen local buses to carry U.S. citizens from the capital, Khartoum, to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/29/united-states-sudan-evacuation-convoy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Life-size sculpture of euthanized walrus unveiled in Norway

Washington Post A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized by the authorities has been honored with a bronze sculpture in Norway https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/29/norway-walrus-freya-sculpture-crowdfunding/4801d0be-e6ab-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

SoftBank’s Arm registers for blockbuster U.S. IPO

Reuters Reuters was first to report that SoftBank Group Corp’s chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing, setting the stage for this year’s largest initial public offering. While SoftBank had said in March it planned to list Arm in the U.S. stock market, the company’s IPO registration…

Temple visits up in China as unemployed college graduates pray to find jobs

Fox News Queues stretch hundreds of meters around temples in China on weekends, as despondent young worshippers pray to find jobs in an economy slowly clawing its way back from the coronavirus pandemic. “I hope to find some peace in temples,” said 22-year-old Wang Xiaoning, pointing to “the pressure of finding a job” and housing…

Scientist Looks Anew at Raccoon Dog Data, Stressing the Unknowns

New York Times After analyzing genetic data swabbed from a Wuhan market in early 2020, a virologist said it was unclear if animals for sale there had been infected. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/science/raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market.html

North Korea threatens to deploy more nuclear assets as US prepares to send submarine

Fox News North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong responded Saturday to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after the world leader urged the U.S. to continue pressing North Korea with military strength. During a diplomatic visit to the United States this week, Yoon spoke to Congress about his desire to curb North Korea’s nuclear program and…

Massive Crimea oil depot fire caused by drone strike, governor says

Fox News A Ukrainian drone strike caused a massive fire to erupt at an oil depot in Crimea, a Russia-appointed official reported Saturday. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russia’s selected governor of Sevastopol, said that authorities had spotted two “enemy drones” that attacked the depot, with four tanks burned down as a result. Local forces were able to…