Category: World News
South Korea tour bus carrying Israeli visitors crashes, killing 1 and injuring 34 others
Fox News A bus carrying Israeli tourists fell on its side on a road in southern South Korea, killing one woman and injuring 34 other people. The tour bus with 33 Israelis and two South Koreans — the bus driver and a tour guide — crashed Thursday on a slope in the southern city of…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia mends ties with Syria as part of regional diplomatic spree
Washington Post Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic push could reshape regional dynamics, analysts say, at a time of uncertainty about the future of U.S. engagement in the Middle East. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/saudi-arabia-syria-iran-yemen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrench court to rule on the Macron retirement-age hike behind protests
Washington Post The Constitutional Council will decide Friday whether to approve, tweak or reject the pension legislation increasing the minimum retirement age. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/france-retirement-age-pension-reform-constitutional/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrance’s top constitutional body set to rule on Macron’s contested plan to raise the retirement age
Fox News France’s top constitutional body was expected to rule Friday on whether President Emmanuel Macron’s contested plan to raise the retirement age passes muster, a decision that could calm or further enrage opponents of the measure. All eyes were on the heavily guarded Constitutional Council, which can nix all or parts of a complex…
Read MoreHow Much Power Should the Courts Have?
New York Times In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/magazine/courts-power-government.html
Read MoreFormer head of China’s CDC says there is ‘no evidence’ coronavirus came from animals
Fox News The former head of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that there is no evidence COVID-19 came from an animal and jumped to humans. “Even now, people think some animals are the host or reservoir,” George Gao said at a summit in London. “Cut a long story short, there is…
Read MorePakistani police: 3 children killed while playing with bomb
Washington Post Pakistani police say three children were killed while playing with an unexploded bomb at an abandoned house in the country’s southwest, near the Afghan border https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/pakistan-children-killed-unexploded-ordnance/c192b68e-dace-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRussian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut
Washington Post Analysts and Russian officials say the battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is heating up again https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/russia-ukraine-war-bakhmut/196c85bc-dacd-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreChina sanctions US lawmaker for his visit to Taiwan, claiming he violated ‘One China’ principle
Fox News China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he violated the “One China” principle that says Beijing has sovereignty over the island. The mainland’s ruling Communist Party says Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 amid a civil war, must be reunited with China by force if…
Read MoreChina’s defense minister set to meet with Russian counterpart, other military officials in Moscow
Fox News Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu will visit Russia next week for meetings with counterpart Sergei Shoigu and other military officials, China’s Defense Ministry said Friday. Li’s visit underscores China’s strengthening engagement with Russia, with which it has largely aligned its foreign policy in an attempt to reshape the world order to diminish…
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