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Torrential storms batter South Florida, close key airport

Washington Post Nearly a foot of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/florida-storms-flooding/2a604766-d99f-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Pentagon leak shows perils of spying on your friends

Washington Post The United States may be collecting too much information, and sharing it with too many people, for it all to remain secret. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/pentagon-leak-spying-allies-peril/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

North Korean missile prompts Japan to call for false alarm evacuations in Hokkaido

Fox News North Korea’s military launched a ballistic missile towards the sea Thursday, prompting a false alarm that caused Japan to issue brief evacuation warnings for the island of Hokkaido. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that the missile fired from the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese government alerted residents of…

China says drills around Taiwan are ‘serious warning’

Fox News Chinese military drills held around Taiwan should be viewed as a warning to the self-governing island, a government spokesperson said Wednesday. The Chinese military held three days of large-scale air and sea exercises it dubbed “Joint Sword” that ended Monday, and comes after U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a meeting with Taiwanese…

Key EU corruption case suspect under house arrest

Fox News Belgian authorities have decided to move the key suspect at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union’s assembly from jail and place her under house arrest, the federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. EU LAWMAKER AT HEART OF ALLEGED QATAR BRIBERY CASE TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY Spokesman Antoon Schotsaert told the…

Bahrain, Qatar restore relations after 6 year blockade

Fox News The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar agreed to restore diplomatic relations late Wednesday. Bahrain had been the last holdout of four Arab nations that imposed a boycott and blockade on Qatar in 2017. They were angered by Qatar’s support for Islamist groups that rose to power in some countries following the 2011…

Over 4,000 families displaced by Burundi floods

Fox News A week of floods has displaced thousands of families in a part of western Burundi where a river separates the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local official said Wednesday. More than 4,000 families living in the village of Gatumba were displaced by flooding, Mutimbuzi district chief administrator Simeon Butoyi…

Alleged captain of capsized migrant boat in English Channel charged with manslaughter

Fox News A man who allegedly piloted a small boat packed with migrants that capsized while crossing the English Channel in December has been charged with four counts of manslaughter. Ibrahima Bah, 19, is due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to face the charges related to the Dec. 14, 2022 capsizing. His…

Colombia’s Petro fires police chief who claims he used exorcisms to catch fugitives

Fox News Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday removed the national police director who had talked about using exorcisms to catch fugitives. Neither Petro nor the Defense Ministry elaborated on reasons for the dismissal of Gen. Henry Sanabria, a staunch Catholic who was appointed by Petro in August of last year. But Sanabria was under…

Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

Washington Post South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/north-korea-missile-launches-us-drills/18cf1214-d983-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world