Category: World News
7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java and Bali islands
Fox News A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and tourist island of Bali on Friday, causing panic but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.0 quake was centered 59.8 miles north of Tuban, a coastal city in East Java…
Read MoreSome UK nurses end strikes but others vow more walkouts
Washington Post A British nursing union has rejected a pay offer from the government, dashing hopes of a quick end to a months-long wave of public-sector strikes that has disrupted schools, hospitals and services https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/uk-nurses-strike-doctors-disruption-pay-nhs/5bc81214-dae1-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read More3 students training to be Alpine guides in Italy killed in an avalanche
Fox News Rescue crews on Friday recovered the bodies of three students training to be Alpine guides who were caught in an avalanche along Italy’s northwest border with France, officials said. The National Alpine Rescue Corps had suspended the search on Thursday due to bad weather after the avalanche in the Val di Rhemes, near…
Read MoreBelarusian air force crews complete tactical nuclear weapon training as part of Russian plan
Fox News Belarusian air force crews have completed their training for using tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy the weapons to its ally Belarus amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The ministry released a video in which a Belarusian pilot said that the training course…
Read MoreWhat to know about Arcturus, a new coronavirus subvariant the WHO is tracking
Washington Post India has returned to mask mandates in some areas after rising coronavirus cases linked to a new variant called Arcturus, or XBB.1.16. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/14/covid-variant-arcturus-india-explained/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreBrazil’s Lula is latest world leader to visit Beijing, marking closer China ties
Washington Post The Brazilian president is in Beijing, bolstering Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s effort to set up a multipolar world that diminishes the United States’ primacy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/brazil-china-lula-xi-jinping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHezbollah chief: Israel didn’t hit Hamas in Lebanon strikes
Washington Post The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group claims that Israel did not hit Hamas or Hezbollah targets in last week’s strikes on southern Lebanon https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-nasrallah/598ab7a6-dada-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreSurvivor of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising honored on 80th anniversary
Fox News Tova Gutstein was born in Warsaw the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. She was 10 years old when the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto launched the first act of collective defiance against the Nazis in Europe. Now 90, she is among the few remaining witnesses of the ghetto uprising — and…
Read MoreAustrians tried for allegedly helping Mossad shield Syrian
Washington Post A trial has opened in Vienna of five former Austrian officials who are accused of harbouring and protecting a suspected Syrian war criminal in Austria at the request of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/austria-syria-trial-intelligence-officers-mossad/6e99c496-dadc-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrance’s Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction
Washington Post French President Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/france-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-macron-paris/67c68db6-dadc-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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