World News – Page 1930 – Prologue Journal

Reconsidering Tax Day

New York Times Make it a time of personal inventory, of looking back and taking account. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/briefing/surviving-tax-day.html

Bus with musicians crashes in western India, killing 13

Washington Post A passenger bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe has fallen into a gorge in western India, killing 13 people and injuring 29 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/bus-musicians-accident-india/bfd6b0b0-db74-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China expands wartime military draft to include veterans and college students

Fox News Beijing this week announced revisions to its conscription policy and said that should China enter a state of war, veterans and educated college students can expect to be on top of the list to be drafted. China has positioned these changes as a necessary step to modernize the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and…

A Fresh Map of Mars, From a Spacecraft Called Hope

New York Times Scientists assembled 3,000 images from an Emirati orbiter to create the prettiest atlas yet of the red planet. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/science/astronomy-mars-atlas.html

At least 42 people reported killed by rebels in Congo’s east

Washington Post A civil society organization in eastern Congo says a rebel group in Ituri province killed at least 42 people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/eastern-congo-militia-civilians-killed/cbab59f6-db68-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Zimbabwe’s aspiring female artists still ‘frowned upon’

Washington Post A self-portrait shows a 26-year-old artist covering her face with a yellow miner’s helmet while money spills over the edge of a traditional African reed basket she holds in her lap https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/zimbabwe-women-artists-exhibit-marriage/c554c2dc-db5d-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Germany ends nuclear power era, shuts down last of its plants

Washington Post Germany’s anti-nuclear movement fought for this moment for decades. But it comes as the U.S. and other countries have renewed interest in nuclear energy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/germany-shuts-nuclear-power-plants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine live briefing: Wagner chief suggests Moscow declare end to war; leak suspect charged

Washington Post Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, said in an online post that the strategic option for Moscow would be to lock down and defend its territorial gains. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Japanese leader Kishida evacuated after apparent smoke bomb thrown at him

Washington Post The incident, which happened while Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was at a campaign stop, comes after former leader Shinzo Abe was assassinated last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/15/fumio-kishida-japan-attack-smoke-bomb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazilian judge orders police to question Bolsonaro over post-inauguration riots

Fox News A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the federal police Friday to take testimony from former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the investigation itno the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital. Justice Alexandre de Moraes gave the federal police 10 days to question the former president, acting on a request…