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Oval Office ‘feebleness’ and CCP sympathizers allow Xi to drive a wedge between US and Europe: Gordon Chang

Fox News “Feebleness in the Oval Office” and pro-China sympathizers pushing friendly policies have led to European leaders cozying up to America’s biggest adversary, China expert Gordon Chang told Fox News. “One of the main Chinese foreign policy goals these days is to divide Europe from the United States,” said Chang. “And it looks like…

Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade

Washington Post State media says Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/syria-tunisia-embassy-diplomatic-ties/12b5477e-d91d-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China’s struggles with lab safety carry danger of another pandemic

Washington Post Investigations show China is vulnerable to serious lab accidents, exposing problems that allowed deadly pathogens to escape in the past, and could well do so again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/china-lab-safety-risk-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Volcano spews ash cloud for 2nd day on Russia’s Kamchatka

Washington Post A massive volcanic eruption is spewing out ash for a second day on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into the sky and blanketing wide areas https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/russia-volcano-eruption-kamchatka-shiveluch/68495fae-d913-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Pope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms

Washington Post Pope Francis has evoked memories of the 1960s Cold War and urged world leaders to use reason, not weapons https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/pope-francis-ukraine-war-peace/c5717de2-d913-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

US envoy: Balkans ‘poisoned’ by Russian disinformation

Washington Post A United States envoy on countering global disinformation says countries in the western Balkan region have been “pretty seriously poisoned” by Russia’s influence campaigns https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/us-rubin-russia-balkans-disinformation/f1c04390-d910-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Read Your Way Through Kerala

New York Times A strip of lush land at the tip of India where spices grow wild, Kerala has long drawn the gaze of outsiders. Here’s Abraham Verghese’s guide to its literature, which nods at these influences but is very much its own. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/books/books-india-kerala.html

How Bono helped bring peace to Northern Ireland

Washington Post U2 burst onto the stage in Belfast and orchestrated one of the most iconic images associated with Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/12/bono-u2-northern-lreland-peace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

IMF slashes cash-strapped Pakistan’s growth outlook to 0.5%

Washington Post The International Monetary Fund has slashed the growth outlook for cash-strapped Pakistan, forecasting the South Asian country’s fragile economy will grow just 0.5% this year, down from 6% in 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/pakistan-imf-economic-outlook/52443d90-d90a-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

German police seize cooked bats from van on Belgian border

Washington Post Authorities say German police seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish when they stopped a van that had entered the country from Belgium https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/germany-police-seize-bats-fish/689a9a40-d904-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world