Category: World News
Spanish hospital carries out lung transplant using 4-armed robot dubbed ‘Da Vinci’
Fox News A Spanish hospital carried out a lung transplant using a pioneering technique with a robot and a new access route that no longer requires separating the ribs and opening up the chest, experts said on Monday. Surgeons at Vall d’Hebron hospital in Barcelona used a four-arm robot dubbed “Da Vinci” to cut a…
Read MoreSudan Live Updates: Civilians Feel Strain as Blasts Rock Capital
New York Times Many Khartoum residents were trapped at home without electricity or water as the country’s two top generals battled for a third day to control the northeast African nation. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/17/world/sudan-fighting-news
Read MoreWho Is Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian Opposition Activist?
New York Times Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in a Russian penal colony. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/vladimir-kara-murza-russia-activism.html
Read MoreHong Kong’s Catholic bishop arrives in China, first visit in nearly 3 decades
Fox News Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop arrived in Beijing on Monday, marking the first visit to the Chinese capital by the city’s bishop in nearly three decades, despite signs of Sino-Vatican strains. The five-day trip by Bishop Stephen Chow began about two weeks after Vatican News, the news portal of the Holy See, reported…
Read MoreEvan Gershkovich, WSJ Reporter Detained in Russia, Has First Consular Visit
New York Times Mr. Gershkovich, 31, was arrested by Russian security services in late March and formally charged with espionage, an accusation that his employer and U.S. officials vehemently deny. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/evan-gershkovich-russia-us-ambassador.html
Read MoreTaliban closes education centers, institutes supported by non-government groups in southern Afghanistan
Fox News Afghan authorities are closing education centers and institutes supported by non-governmental groups in the south until further notice, officials said Monday. The centers are mostly for girls, who are banned from going to school beyond sixth grade. The Education Ministry ordered the Taliban heartland provinces of Helmand and Kandahar to close education centers…
Read MoreChinese defense ministers’ tour of top Russian military academy underscores close ties between Moscow, Beijing
Fox News China’s defense minister on Monday toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the Russian capital that underscored the increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid the fighting in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Gen. Li Shangfu in the Kremlin on Sunday, noting that his trip follows a “very…
Read MoreGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife steps down as Brandenburg education minister
Fox News German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife is stepping down as the education minister of the region where the couple lives, the state government said Monday. The government of Brandenburg state, an eastern region that surrounds Berlin, said in a statement that Britta Ernst is resigning from her post, but didn’t give any reason. It…
Read MoreRussia’s Lavrov travels to Brazil, as Lula pushes for peace
Washington Post Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived to the Brazilian capital as Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pushes a diplomatic approach for peace in Ukraine that has irked both Kyiv and the West https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/brazil-russia-lula-lavrov-putin/7e0c7b04-dd2e-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMother in ‘pure agony’ as search continues for Americans who vanished off Mexico coast
Fox News The mother of one of the three Americans who went missing off the coast of Mexico during a sailing trip earlier this month said her daughter and her husband were experienced sailors, according to reports Monday. Ellen Argall, mother of Pennsylvania native Kerry O’Brien, said her daughter has had a love of the…
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