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US reports no casualties after rocket hits base in Syria

Fox News A rocket attack Monday targeted a base in eastern Syria where U.S. troops are based causing no injuries or damage, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement that one rocket struck the Mission Support Site Conoco in eastern Syria on Monday evening and another rocket was found at the attack…

The virus hunters

Washington Post A journey into the wild world of high-risk virus hunting, a coming reckoning, and The Post’s year-long investigation into the U.S. role in pushing such research to the edge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-virus-hunters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Teacher warns online porn, lockdowns driving rising student assaults against faculty

Fox News A teacher in the United Kingdom attributes widespread pornography and the lingering effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on a rising incidence of student assaults against teachers. Wendy Exton, a teacher in an alternative school, made the claim during a speech at a conference for the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT),…

British PM Sunak urges Northern Irish politicians to return to work

Fox News U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the bravery of political leaders who struck the Good Friday peace accord 25 years ago Monday, as he urged Northern Ireland’s current politicians to return to work. While the peace deal largely brought an end to 30 years of hostilities, the Northern Ireland Assembly has been in…

Saudi diplomat: Talks with Houthis aim to revive Yemen truce

Washington Post Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen says his trip to the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa was aimed at reviving a cease-fire and re-starting political talks to end the nine-year conflict https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/yemen-saudi-houthis-ceasefire-iran/8021b882-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Military: Syria rocket attack on US base nets no casualties

Washington Post The U.S. military says a rocket attack has targeted a base in eastern Syria housing American troops causing no injuries or damage https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/us-syria-iran-militias-rocket-conoco/58962686-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s Lula struggling to move forward after 100 days

Washington Post Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president on Monday and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/lula-brazil-politics-100-hundred-days-bolsonaro-government/1c2fc760-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Police car firebombed during Northern Ireland protest

Fox News Demonstrators opposing the Good Friday peace agreement that ended three decades of hostilities in Northern Ireland firebombed a police car Monday in Londonderry during a march on the agreement’s 25th anniversary, officials said. NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE DISRUPT ALLEGED NEW IRA BOMB PLOT AHEAD OF BIDEN’S VISIT: REPORT Police called for calm and said…

What we’ve learned from the leaked Pentagon documents

Washington Post The sensitive subject matter and relative recency are major worries for U.S. officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/faq-leaked-pentagon-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Aid group says 2 workers killed in Ethiopia

Fox News Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services were killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the aid group said Monday, amid a wave of civil unrest linked to a government decision to dissolve the security forces of the country’s 11 federal states and fold them into the federal forces. Chuol Tongyik, a security manager, and…