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As Interest in Wellness Stirs Up the Cocktail World, This Executive Gets Her Shot

New York Times Heidi Dillon is on the vanguard of the fast-growing nonalcoholic-drinks sector and is reshaping how the male-dominated spirits industry perceives the shifting landscape. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/business/no-alcohol-drinks-distill-ventures.html

7 killed in fire on passenger train in southern Pakistan

Washington Post Officials say seven people were killed when a passenger train caught fire in southern Pakistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/passenger-train-fire-pakistan-children-missing/e03e8eda-e4d5-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

DeSantis speaks in Israel amid political turmoil

Washington Post The Florida governor is in Jerusalem for his highest-profile platform yet to discuss foreign affairs ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/desantis-israel-speech-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

2 killed in fire on passenger train in southern Pakistan

Washington Post Officials say two people were killed and four children were missing when a passenger train caught fire in southern Pakistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/passenger-train-fire-pakistan-children-missing/67dc3dc0-e4cb-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Women can vote for first time at key meeting for Catholics, pope rules

Washington Post There will be a significant change at this year’s Synod of Bishops, the key body guiding Vatican policy: Female Catholics and other non-bishops will cast votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/pope-women-vote-bishops-meeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine live briefing: China to send senior diplomat to Kyiv; Russia can fund war another year, documents say

Washington Post Chinese leader Xi Jinping had his first call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since the war began. Beijing will send a special representative to Kyiv. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

King’s coronation part of long evolution for Queen Camilla

Washington Post Britain’s queen consort, Camilla, has come a long way https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/uk-coronation-queen-camilla/b69e1dc0-e4c6-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Bank: Asia must quit coal faster to stem worst climate woes

Washington Post Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy transition to avoid catastrophic climate change that puts its own development at risk https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/climate-asia-coal-fossil-fuels-china-india/d85ff312-e4c0-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China ‘recognizes Mexico’s strategic value’ as it eyes greater influence with US neighbor

Fox News China has drastically ramped up its foreign investments in Mexico in the private and government sectors over the last decade, which has prompted some concern as experts warn there is a financial and political upside for Beijing as U.S.-Mexico relations falter. In 2021, China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico reached a historical…

15 years on, final video of journalist slain in Myanmar comes to light

Washington Post Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai was killed as soldiers fired on demonstrators protesting the military junta. An image of his last moments won a Pulitzer Prize. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/27/kenji-nagai-photo-myanmar-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world