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On world tour, DeSantis walks in Trump’s illiberal shadow

Washington Post The trip’s highlight may be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s loss of composure when asked by reporters about his poll numbers. But we also got a glimpse of his foreign policy thinking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/28/desantis-trump-foreign-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

What British Royal Moments Resonated With You?

New York Times We’re asking readers about the moments that changed how they view the royals, ahead of King Charles’s coronation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/world/british-royal-moments.html

9 still missing after boat sinks in west Indonesia, 11 dead

Washington Post Rescuers are searching for nine people missing in rough seas after a speedboat carrying at least 78 people sank in western Indonesia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/indonesia-boat-sinking/b2255eee-e565-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Canadian man sentenced to prison over AI-generated child pornography: report

Fox News A Canadian man is being sent to prison for creating synthetic, AI-generated videos of child pornography, according to a Wednesday report. Steven Larouche, 61, pleaded guilty to creating at least seven videos using “deepfake technology,” which uses algorithms to perform face swaps to create the illusion or someone saying or doing something they…

Migration crisis as hundreds stranded at Peru-Chile border

Washington Post A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/chile-peru-border-migrants-arica-tacna/2d017c6a-e548-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Scientists report climate change worsened Eastern Africa drought

Fox News The ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change, which also made it much likelier to occur in the first place, an international team of climate scientists concluded. The report Thursday came from World Weather Attribution, a group that seeks to quickly determine whether certain extreme weather events…

Second Kenyan pastor jailed as starvation cult death toll surpasses 100

Fox News Police in Kenya arrested another popular pastor on the country’s Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103 on Thursday. Pastor Ezekiel Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers,” according to a statement by Interior…

Turkey’s Erdogan cancels election rallies after falling ill on live TV

Fox News Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has canceled a series of upcoming election rallies after falling ill on live television and was forced to abruptly cut off the interview. Erdogan, 69, was interviewed live on Turkey’s Ulke TV and Kanal 7 stations late Tuesday when the broadcast abruptly ended. After the interview resumed around 20…

US sanctions Mexican resort timeshare fraud linked to drug cartel

Fox News The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday against members or associates of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel who apparently went into a side business of timeshare fraud that allegedly targeted elderly Americans. Ryan Donner, a real estate broker in the Pacific coast resort city of Puerto Vallarta, said the fraud was infrequent…

Migration crisis: Hundreds stranded at Peru-Chile border

Washington Post A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/chile-peru-border-migrants-arica-tacna/c3b3623c-e547-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world