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Russia bombed its own city, defense ministry says

Washington Post In the latest mishap in Vladimir Putin’s war, a Russian plane dropped a bomb on Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine . https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/belgorod-russia-bombed-own-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Barenboim made Berlin citizen of honor after long tenure

Washington Post Daniel Barenboim has been made a citizen of honor of Berlin, months after he ended his three-decade tenure as the general musical director of the Berlin State Opera for health reasons https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/daniel-barenboim-berlin-citizen/f81111a8-e03f-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Man who drove into pedestrians in Berlin convicted of murder

Washington Post A German court has convicted a 30-year-old man who drove into groups of pedestrians in Berlin last year of one count of murder and 16 of attempted murder, ordering him to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-vehicle-attack-armenia-berlin-teacher-killed/88905684-e037-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal

Washington Post An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days trapped in a 980-foot-deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th-highest mountain, has been joined by his family at a hospital in Nepal where he is receiving treatment https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/annapurna-indian-climber-rescued-crevasse/cbb004fc-e035-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

U.S. Says It Will Begin Training Ukraine on Abrams Tanks Within Weeks

New York Times The 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by Washington could reach Ukraine by the fall, far sooner than expected, American officials say. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/21/world/russia-ukraine-news

Using A.I. in Everyday Life

New York Times People are already adopting the technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/briefing/ai-chatgpt.html

Retired German archbishop gives up honor after abuse report

Washington Post A former head of the Catholic German Bishops’ Conference is giving up the country’s highest honor following scathing criticism this week of his handling of clergy abuse cases during his tenure as archbishop of Freiburg and as a personnel officer in the diocese https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-church-abuse-zollitsch/590428f4-e02e-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia’s air force accidentally bombs its own city

Washington Post A powerful bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane has hit the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine, injuring two people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/russia-ukraine-belgorod-bomb/81b96980-e029-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Sudan conflict: Rapid Support Forces announces 72-hour truce as Sudanese general commits to civilian rule

Fox News Military generals on both sides of the fighting in Sudan agreed to a temporary truce Friday, which coincides with the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of Ramadan. Explosions and gunfire rocked the capital city of Khartoum earlier that morning — and the preceding days — before Sudanese Armed Forces Commander Gen.…

10 members of same family dead in mass shooting in S. Africa

Washington Post Police say 10 members of the same family, seven of them women, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/mass-shooting-south-africa/4e44fcb0-e027-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world