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The Yanomami are dying of malaria and malnutrition. Is it genocide?

Washington Post Brazil’s Supreme Court has launched an investigation into the Bolsonaro administration’s response to the Indigenous group’s pleas for help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/brazil-yanomami-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Indonesia dismisses rebel claim of army deaths in Papua

Washington Post Indonesia’s military chief has dismissed a separatist group claim that they had killed more than a dozen government soldiers who were searching for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in the restive Papua region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/indonesia-papua-attack-soldiers/da92d792-ddc4-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Reclusive Taliban leader releases end-of-Ramadan message

Washington Post The reclusive top leader of the Taliban has released a message lauding the changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover and the measures they imposed after seizing the country following two decades of war https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/taliban-leader-ramadan-eid-alfitr-message/22c944e4-ddc3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

J-Hope becomes 2nd BTS member to join South Korean army

Washington Post J-Hope, a member of K-pop sensation BTS, has entered a South Korean boot camp to start his 18-month compulsory military service https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/bts-south-korea-military-service-jhope/b11250f0-ddbf-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Michelle Yeoh seeks new challenges after Oscar win

Washington Post Michelle Yeoh says she is looking for new challenges including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/michelle-yeoh-malaysia-oscar/df5d80b8-ddbc-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter over ‘government-funded’ tag

Washington Post It is the latest conflict between Twitter, owner Elon Musk and publicly supported news outlets like NPR, PBC, the BBC and ABC in Australia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/cbc-twitter-government-funded-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Iran renews threats against Israel during Army Day parade

Washington Post Iran’s president has reiterated threats against Israel while marking the country’s annual Army Day, though he stayed away from criticizing Saudi Arabia as Tehran seeks a détente with the kingdom https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/iran-army-day-parade-israel-us/d3532028-ddb9-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Israel remembers 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust

Washington Post Israelis have ground to a halt for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust as a two-minute siren wailed across the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/israel-holocaust-germany-nazi-jews/e9dac7a8-ddb7-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky

New York Times These days it takes a generation to build a giant telescope. A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert in Chile. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/science/astronomy-telescopes-magellan-chile.html

From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes

New York Times Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/science/space/astronomy-observatories-telescopes.html