Category: World News
Mexican president accused of wiretapping activists, violating pledge
Fox News Press freedom groups said Tuesday the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying. The activists targeted by the spyware work for the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez human…
Read MoreResidents, aid workers surprised by closure of Iraqi camp
Washington Post Iraq’s ministry of migration and displacement has announced it shut down a camp housing internally displaced Iraqis with alleged ties to the Islamic State group https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/iraq-jadah-5-closed-islamic-state/9920aabc-de1b-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePolice say several injured in western German city gym attack
Washington Post German police say several people have been injured in an attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/germany-attack-gym-duisburg/fcc6d46c-de14-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDevastating hospital fire in Beijing kills 21 people
Fox News Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at around 12:57 p.m. and was extinguished at around 13:33 p.m. after an emergency team rushed to the scene…
Read MoreU.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts
Washington Post A new indictment expands charges in an alleged Russian political influence operation in Florida and Missouri. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/18/russian-influence-florida-missouri/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHow Much Did You Spend on Your Solo Vacation?
New York Times We spoke to readers about their recent solo travels, including their motivations to travel alone and what they chose to spend on. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/travel/solo-vacation-spending.html
Read MorePalestinian gunman shoots 2 Israelis in Jerusalem, the latest bloodshed in a cycle of violence
Fox News A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israelis in Jerusalem on Tuesday, police said, the latest bloodshed in a year-long cycle of violence that shows no sign of abating. Meanwhile, in the northern occupied West Bank, a focus of fighting for the past year, the Israeli military conducted an arrest raid in the…
Read MoreFormer President Bill Clinton says he is optimistic Northern Ireland government will be revived soon
Fox News Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday he was optimistic that one of Northern Ireland’s main political parties would soon end a boycott that has kept the regional government on ice for more than a year. Clinton said he had met with Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson on Monday, and “I left…
Read MoreEU seeks AI regulation, calls for summit on emerging tech as European workers fear oncoming job loss
Fox News The European Union (EU) broke with other Western governments as it looks to empower regulators to govern emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and convene a summit on subject as fears over employment impacts continue to simmer across Europe. “Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence have demonstrated that the speed of technological…
Read MoreHunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
Washington Post United Nations’ officials say hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with a 10-year high of some 48 million people facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/hunger-africa-sahel-jihadi-violence/296ce516-de0a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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