Category: World News
Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia
Washington Post Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals are evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast as an intensifying tropical cyclone approaches https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/australia-cyclone-ilsa-pilbara/138e2bb6-d8eb-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMacron’s China trip turns into a European uproar
Washington Post At the center of the controversy is an interview French President Emmanuel Macron gave that touched on Taiwan and China, saying Europe should not get “caught up in crises that are not ours.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/macron-taiwan-china-interview-trip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMexican official fired for ordering rays’ stingers removed
Washington Post Officials in northern Mexico say they have filed complaints against a local employee who ordered fishermen to rip the stingers off live rays to protect tourists during Easter week https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/mexico-environment-rays-mutilation/bac12a0e-d8dd-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHalf of unmarried people under 30 in Japan don’t want kids: survey
Fox News Nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan have no interest in having children, a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm found. The adults said they did not want children because of economic concerns and the burden of childbirth and parenting. According to a survey conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical, of the 400…
Read MoreUS, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration
Washington Post The United States, Panama and Colombia will launch a 60-day campaign aimed at halting illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap, where the flow of migrants has multiplied this year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/darien-gap-panama-colombia-us-migrants/abdc4fe6-d8bf-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUS State Department proposes $542M sale of mobility artillery rocket systems to Morocco
Fox News The U.S. State Department is proposing a deal with the government of Morocco that includes the sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and other related equipment for $542.2 million to improve security of the non-NATO ally in North Africa. Congress was notified of the possible sale Tuesday, when the Defense Security…
Read MoreTaiwan Air Force mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping with patch of Winnie the Pooh being punched
Fox News Taiwanese citizens are rushing to buy a patch worn by members of its air force that mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping amid escalating tensions between the island and mainland China. The patch shows a Formosan black bear, which is native to Taiwan, holding Taiwan’s flag while punching Winnie the Pooh, which Chinese dissidents…
Read More2 guards at Mexican detention center didn’t have keys to let migrants out
Fox News Two guards who fled a fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked Mexican detention center did not have keys to the cell door, Mexico’s president said Tuesday. The comments by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came on the same day that the bodies of 17 Guatemala migrants killed in the fire were…
Read MoreChina will require AI to reflect socialist values, not challenge social order
Fox News China on Tuesday revealed its proposed assessment measures for prospective generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, telling companies they must submit their products before launching to the public. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) proposed the measures in order to prevent discriminatory content, false information and content with the potential to harm personal privacy…
Read MoreMexican tourist fatally shot in Caribbean coast resort of Tulum
Fox News A Mexican tourist has been shot to death in the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum in a dramatic robbery at a U.S. chain coffee shop, prosecutors and police said Tuesday. The tourist apparently refused to hand over an expensive watch he was wearing, and was shot by the robbers. Video of the killing…
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