Category: World News
Kenyan leader warns of regional effects from Sudan fighting
Washington Post Kenya’s president, who is among mediators tasked with brokering peace in Sudan, has called for an end to the fighting in the country, warning it could destabilize the region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/sudan-fighting-ceasefire-kenya-ruto-igad/84f031f8-dee2-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNew box jellyfish found near Hong Kong in 1st discover of the venomous species in China’s waters
Fox News A Hong Kong university team said it has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the city’s Mai Po Nature Reserve, the first discovery of the venomous species in China’s waters. Baptist University (HKBU) together with WWF-Hong Kong, Ocean Park Hong Kong and University of Manchester said on Tuesday that the team…
Read MoreUN court gets request for advisory opinion on climate change
Washington Post The United Nations’ highest court has confirmed that the General Assembly has asked for it to issue an advisory opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/climate-change-court-advisory-opinion-un-islands/8a32a428-dedf-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreVatican inaugurates artisan apprentice school for basilica
Washington Post The Vatican is inaugurating a new arts and crafts academy inside St. Peter’s Basilica https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/vatican-arts-crafts-academy/c05f9412-dede-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrench hecklers call for President Emmanuel Macron’s resignation during ‘crowd bath’
Fox News In France, when presidents take strolls among the public, they’re described as “taking a crowd bath.” Emmanuel Macron took a very cold one on Wednesday. Braving hecklers who shouted for him to resign, the French leader threw himself into the uphill task of repairing damage done to his presidency by forcing through unpopular…
Read MoreTesla factory where worker died had safety issues
Fox News Government inspectors concluded Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory where an employee died in a Feb. 4 accident has weaknesses in its safety measures, news reports said Wednesday. The emergency bureau of Shanghai’s Pudong district recommended an unspecified penalty for Tesla, the business news magazine Caixin and other outlets reported. They cited a copy of…
Read MoreTexas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa
Washington Post A Texas-born princess is facing a court-ordered eviction from a Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/italy-princess-aristocratic-inheritance-caravaggio-rome-villa/90a59402-dedd-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIndia’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says
Washington Post The full extent of the damage from India’s sizzling heat that’s causing more deaths, illnesses, school shutdowns and crop failures is underestimated by lawmakers and officials in the country and slowing the nation’s development, a study Wednesday found https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/heat-waves-climate-change-india-extreme-heat/bbd56626-dedc-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read More‘French Spiderman’ free climbs Paris skyscraper to protest pension law
Fox News A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” scaled a 38-storey skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday to demonstrate his support for protesters angry about a pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in France. Alain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a…
Read MoreSpain’s prime minister says drought has become one of country’s leading concerns
Fox News Spain’s prime minister warned lawmakers Wednesday that the acute drought afflicting the southern European country has become one of its leading long-term concerns. “The government of Spain and I are aware that the debate surrounding drought is going to be one of the central political and territorial debates of our country over the…
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