Category: World News
Mother 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…
Read MoreNew Wave of Fighting Hits Sudan’s Capital
New York Times 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 East African nation. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/17/world/sudan-fighting-news/sudan-fighting-khartoum
Read MoreDiplomacy, aid and a court hearing for Evan Gershkovich: What to watch for this week.
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/diplomacy-and-trials-in-moscow-what-to-watch-for-this-week.html
Read MoreWho is Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Putin critic sentenced to 25 years?
Washington Post What to know about the Russian politician and historian who was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he criticized Russia’s war on Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/who-vladimir-kara-murza-kremlin-critic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTaliban close education centers in southern Afghanistan
Washington Post Afghan authorities say they are closing education centers supported by non-governmental groups in the country’s south until further notice https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/afghanistan-taliban-education-girls-women/457f5014-dd23-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreEurope’s most powerful nuclear reactor kicks off in Finland, helping country cut off energy ties from Russia
Fox News Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly. The Olkiluoto 3 reactor, which has 1,600-megawatt capacity, was connected into the Finnish national power grid in March 2022…
Read MoreUnited States agrees to help finance Poland’s nuclear energy plan
Fox News A project to develop small nuclear power reactors in Poland is moving forward, with a cooperation agreement between the Polish energy giant ORLEN and two U.S. government financial institutions signed Monday. Poland is turning toward renewable and noncarbon energy, away from its past reliance on its own coal. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has…
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron to address nation in attempt to calm public anger regarding pension reform
Fox News French President Emmanuel Macron is aiming to calm public anger that threatens the ambitions of his remaining four years in power with a first televised address to the nation on Monday since he enacted protest-igniting pension reforms. The evening address kicks off a likely arduous battle for the second-term president to repair the…
Read MoreUS sails warship in Taiwan Strait following China’s drills in region
Fox News The U.S. sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since China concluded its massive military drills surrounding Taiwan on Sunday. The U.S. 7th Fleet sent guided missile destroyer USS Milius through the strait in what the U.S. has called a routine operation, and one which served to emphasize that…
Read MoreHundreds of French firefighters battle country’s biggest forest fire so far this year
Fox News France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year. The fire erupted Sunday and burned on more than 2,500 acres of land along the Mediterranean coast,…
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