Category: World News
Nearly 60 bodies found in eastern Congo in suspected massacre
Fox News At least 60 bodies were discovered in several villages in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, authorities said Wednesday. Residents from Kashali and Kazaroho villages in Rutshuru territory were killed over several days by rebels from the M23 group, said Isaac Kibira, a deputy to the governor of the Bwito area. “We are sorry…
Read MoreRussian fighter jet crashes in northern Murmansk region
Fox News A Russian MiG-31 fighter plane crashed Wednesday while conducting a training flight in the country’s northern Murmansk region, according to a state media report. The TASS News Agency cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that the aircraft “went down in a deserted area.” “Both pilots ejected themselves. They were promptly evacuated by…
Read MoreMexico rights agency slams 10 states for HIV marriage bans
Washington Post Mexico’s governmental human rights commission has called on ten of the country’s 32 states to get rid of old laws that ban marriage between people with “chronic, incurable, hereditary or contagious diseases” saying that could discriminate against the HIV-positive or people living with AIDS https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/26/mexico-hiv-aids-marriage-discrimination/d8ca6316-e45f-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNetherlands to spend $31 billion to meet 2030 climate goals
Fox News The Dutch government on Wednesday said it would spend $31 billion in the coming years to guarantee it would meet its climate goals for 2030. The government announced a range of measures which it said would make sure CO2 emissions in the Netherlands will be 55% lower than in 1990 by 2030 –…
Read MoreUkraine’s government launches initiative to streamline development of drones, other technologies used in war
Fox News The Ukrainian government on Wednesday launched a new initiative meant to streamline and promote innovation in the development of drones and other technologies that have been critical in the war with Russia. As part of the initiative dubbed BRAVE1, the government hopes to bring state, military, and private sector developers working on defense…
Read MoreCommunity in Africa’s wealthiest city continues to suffer
Fox News In a dilapidated block in the business district of Africa’s wealthiest city, Johannesburg, Thulani Cele and 300 others squatting in the building fill buckets with water from the only working tap so they can drink and wash. “We are living in a terrible situation. We need toilets … We need water,” says Cele,…
Read MoreGermany’s foreign minister wants Iran to reverse death sentence of Iranian-German citizen
Fox News Germany’s foreign minister called Wednesday on Iran to reverse a death sentence handed down to Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German dual citizen and opposition figure accused of masterminding deadly attacks. German officials said they were not allowed to attend the hearing at which the sentence against Sharmahd was upheld. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called…
Read MoreWorld powers pull their citizens as violence roils Sudan
Washington Post World powers evacuated more people from Sudan on Wednesday in complex international operations prompted by an eruption of fighting that has sent thousands of foreigners and many more Sudanese people fleeing for safety https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/26/sudan-conflict-evacuation-civilians-foreigners-france-key-role/402a8e92-e45a-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMaoist rebels kill 11 in explosive attack in central India
Fox News Maoist insurgents detonated an explosive device Wednesday in a forested area in central India, killing 10 police officers and the driver of their vehicle, a state government minister said. T.S. Singh Deo, health minister of Chhattisgarh state, said the insurgents targeted policemen who were setting up camps in Bastar district as part of…
Read MoreFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gives testimony about his actions related to the Jan. 8 attacks
Fox News Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gave testimony at the Federal Police headquarters Wednesday about his actions related to the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital, Brasilia. One week after his leftist successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office, Bolsonaro’s supporters raided and trashed the buildings of the Supreme Court,…
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