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Mexican man: National Guard killed pregnant teen, other man

Washington Post A Mexican man says Mexico’s quasi-military National Guard opened fire on his SUV, killing his pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend and a 54-year-old friend, and wounding two other people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/mexico-national-guard-army-killings-human-rights-violence/37910b1a-dd95-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

‘Mangrove Man’ in India fights to salvage sinking shores

Washington Post Known locally as “Mangrove Man,” T https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/mangroves-indiasea-riseerosionclimate-change/45abfec4-dd8d-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russian opposition leader sentenced to 25 years in prison after speaking out against the war in Ukraine

Fox News Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted by a Russian court of treason Monday, and sentenced to 25 years in prison for speaking out against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine at the outset of the war last year. Kara-Murza, who has survived two poisoning attempts that he blames on Putin, was originally arrested last…

Massive landslide buries trucks in northwest Pakistan

Washington Post Officials say a massive landslide triggered by lightning amid rain has struck a key highway near the Torkham border town in northwestern Pakistan, burying several trucks and injuring some people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/massive-landslide-torkham-northwest-pakistan/36133968-dd7f-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexico searches for 3 missing US sailors with plane, ships

Washington Post The Mexican Navy says it is using ships and a plane to search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/mexico-missing-americans-mazatlan-sail-boat/c5da673c-dd7b-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

U.S. eavesdropped on U.N. secretary general, leaks reveal

Washington Post The leaked documents reveal the U.S. gathered intelligence on U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, shedding light on his interactions with top U.N. officials and world leaders. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/15/united-nations-leaked-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows

Washington Post Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow’s request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/17/russia-ukraine-egypt-weapons-leaked-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Tunisian Islamist leader, ex-parliament speaker, detained after police search

Fox News Influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi was detained Monday after a police search, according to his lawyer, in a move denounced by his supporters as a stepped-up effort by the president to quash Tunisia’s opposition. The move against the 81-year-old former parliament speaker comes amid growing social tensions and deepening economic troubles in…

Tracking the Chemicals in the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment and Fire

New York Times Tankers of vinyl chloride were going halfway across the country, government records show, a trip highlighting the risks of transporting chemicals as plastics production grows. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/climate/train-fire-palestine-plastics-pvc.html

Ugandan finance minister charged in scandal implicating 22 top officials

Fox News Ugandan prosecutors on Monday criminally charged a second government minister with corruption-related offenses in a scandal stemming from the diversion of roofing sheets that should have been distributed to vulnerable people. Amos Lugoloobi, the state minister for finance in charge of planning, pleaded not guilty to the charges when he was arraigned in…