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Mexico finds 8 sacrificial victims at Gulf coast pyramid

Washington Post Archaeologists in Mexico say they have found 13 buried sets of human remains, eight of which appear to be young men who were sacrificed to sanctify a temple https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/mexico-archeology-maya-sacrificial-victims/c500737a-df0a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s Lula loses 1st minister after images during riot

Washington Post Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has lost his first Cabinet member after surveillance video showed the man present in the presidential palace as rioters trashed the building Jan. 8 while demanding the president’s ouster https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/brazil-cabinet-minister-fired-uprising/4f435050-df08-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Caribbean leaders agree to introduce nationwide bans on assault weapons

Fox News Caribbean Community leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style weapons mostly manufactured in the U.S. to curb spikes in gun violence and weapons smuggling in the 15-nation Caricom bloc. The decison came late Tuesday at the end of a two-day summit in Trinidad on crime. The bans…

Migrant accidentally shot, killed by North Macedonian police during border struggle

Fox News A migrant woman was accidentally shot and killed by police in North Macedonia during a struggle that broke out Wednesday as an officer tried to arrest a suspected smuggler, authorities said. TUNISIAN OFFICIALS REPORT 25 EUROPE-BOUND MIGRANTS DEAD, 15 MISSING IN MEDITERRANEAN The fatal shooting occurred during an inspection of two vehicles outside…

Russian foreign minister Lavrov visits Nicaragua’s Ortega

Washington Post Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and the two commiserated about U.S. sanctions https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/nicaragua-ortega-russia-lavrov-latin-america/f5eff818-defe-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Sudan conflict: US conducts ‘prudent planning’ as violence escalates

Fox News A Department of Defense spokesperson told Fox News the U.S. is monitoring the recent Sudanese clashes and “conducting prudent planning” as violence in the North African country escalates. The conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and Sudan’s armed forces began on April 15. At least 270 people have died, while injury estimates…

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’

Washington Post Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/bolshoi-ballet-serebrennikov-nureyev-dropped-lgbt-law/bcf0c0d0-defc-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters

New York Times Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/health/covid-boosters-seniors.html

Generals’ war chests have fueled fighting in Sudan. Now they’re at risk.

Washington Post With so much at stake, Burhan and Hemedti have an urgent incentive to keep battling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/sudan-burhan-army-hemedti-rsf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Credit Suisse lodges $440 million London claim against SoftBank

Fox News Credit Suisse has lodged a $440 million claim against Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp in London as it presses ahead with formal proceedings in a dispute borne from the failure of Greensill Capital, a finance firm. The Swiss lender is trying to recover client funds that Greensill had lent to Katerra, a SoftBank-backed U.S.…