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Ukrainian forces probe front lines for Russian weak spots

Washington Post Ukrainians are short on ammunition, taking losses and waiting on weapons, but they’re also testing Russia’s vulnerabilities ahead of a counteroffensive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/ukraine-frontline-vulnerabilities-counteroffensive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Massive volcano eruption in Russia’s east leaves landscape covered in ash

Washington Post Shiveluch is one of the biggest volcanoes on the sparsely populated Kamchatka peninsula. The eruption blew a plume of ash as high as 65,000 feet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/russia-volcano-eruption-shiveluch-kamchatka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Japan is hostile for LGBTQ people, but attitudes are shifting. Slowly.

Washington Post Japan is the only G-7 country not to recognize same-sex marriage, and its government is facing calls for action before the group’s meeting in Hiroshima in May. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/japan-lgbt-rights-same-sex-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Musician Kauan Okamoto alleges talent manager assaulted him

Washington Post When Johnny Kitagawa told one of the boys staying at his luxury house to go to bed early, everyone knew “it was your turn.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/kauan-okamoto-johnny-kitagawa-alleged-assault/45cabf42-d8fd-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

As Ukraine war drags on, civilians’ mental health needs rise

Washington Post Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people nearly a year ago, Nastya takes slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mental-health-trauma-ukraine-war/3ebcb4ae-d8fc-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Fishing regulators need more transparency, ocean groups say

Washington Post More transparency in regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to account — is needed if fish species are to be protected, conservation agencies and fishing industries players say https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/fisheries-management-transparency-ocean-conservation/b9f17d40-d8fb-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Firing in Indian army station kills 4 soldiers

Washington Post The Indian army says a firing incident inside a military station has killed at least four soldiers in northern India https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/india-shooting-army-camp/a386387e-d8f7-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine live briefing: U.S. vows to ‘turn over every rock’ to find source of intelligence leak

Washington Post The European Parliament is also holding an inter-committee meeting with lawmakers from Kyiv regarding Ukraine’s potential accession to the European Union. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Divisions in Ethiopia’s ancient church pose new threat to war-weary country

Washington Post Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has long helped bind the country together but is now struggling to resolve fissures among bishops from rival ethnic groups. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/ethiopia-orthodox-church-oromo-tigrayan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexican immigration agency chief to be charged in fatal fire

Washington Post Mexico’s top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mexico-migrant-deaths-fire-ciudad-juarez/853634d2-d8ed-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world