Category: World News
South Korea tour bus crash kills 1 Israeli, 34 people hurt
Washington Post A bus carrying Israeli tourists fell on its side on a road in southern South Korea, killing one woman and injuring 34 other people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/south-korea-bus-crash-israeli-tourists/cac1acae-da76-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNorth Korea claims new missile is a ‘breakthrough’ in weapons program
Washington Post The missile launch, which caused an evacuation alert in Japan, underlines Pyongyang’s determination to press ahead despite wide condemnation of its weapons. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/north-korea-missile-launch-solid-fuel-icbm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreA cyclone-hit Indian hamlet pins its hopes on a sea wall
Washington Post Mary Sebastian, who lives in a fishing hamlet of 40,000 people in India’s southern state of Kerala, fears many weather events exacerbated by climate change: cyclones, surging seas, flooding and erosion https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/climate-india-sea-wall-cyclones/040d567e-da69-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023
Washington Post Two U.N. groups say the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could soar to as many as 400,000 this year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/panama-darien-gap-migrants/2cc222fa-da61-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTunisian officials report 25 Europe-bound migrants dead, 15 missing in Mediterranean
Fox News At least 25 African migrants died and 15 are missing after a boat carrying them toward Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia this week, Tunisian authorities said. The Tunisian coast guard on Thursday recovered the bodies of 15 people trapped under the boat near the coast of Sfax,…
Read MoreFormer Haitian senator’s driver detained in Moise assassination case
Fox News The driver of a former Haitian senator has been detained for questioning in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said Thursday. Mozart Prevot was detained Tuesday by National Police officers who also searched his residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where they found a 9mm pistol and ammunition, the National Police…
Read MoreExperts doubt Mexico’s pledge to protect endangered porpoise
Washington Post Mexico has announced a new program to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise, saying that has headed off trade sanctions by the international wildlife body CITES https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/vaquita-marina-mexico-endangered-porpoise/9f8207d4-da51-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTop Peruvian politician gets 12 years for journalist’s 1988 murder
Fox News A Peruvian judge convicted retired army general and conservative politician Daniel Urresti and sentenced him to 12 years in prison Thursday for his role 35 years ago in the murder of a journalist who covered abuses during Peru’s civil war. Hailed by advocates as an overdue but key verdict in upholding accountability and…
Read MoreCyprus probing residents involved in alleged Russian sanctions evasion
Fox News Cyprus’ government said Thursday it’s looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in a new round of U.S. and U.K. sanctions targeting the financial networks of Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich who are close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides called an emergency meeting…
Read MoreHeavy rains in Iran trigger flash floods, killing at least 2
Fox News Heavy rains have triggered flash flooding in northern and western Iran, killing at least two people, Iranian state television reported Thursday. According to Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of the country’s emergency services, one fatality was reported in Qazvin province and the other in Ilam province in the past 24 hours, the state TV…
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