Category: World News
Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn
Washington Post The covid-19 epidemic has challenged conventional thinking about biosafety, leading a growing number of scientists to reconsider the danger of prospecting for unknown viruses and other research with pathogens. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2023/virus-research-risk-outbreak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAvalanche kills 6, including mountain guides, in French Alps
Washington Post French local authorities say the death toll from Sunday’s avalanche in the French Alps has risen to six, including two mountain guides https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/french-alps-avalanche-killed-mountain-guides/5fa0ceac-d786-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIn Ukrainian village, a family lives under cloud of shelling
Washington Post Ten-year old Khrystyna Ksenofontova spends her days caring for cats and studying while living under a cloud of shelling https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/russia-ukraine-family-front-line/ddb060dc-d781-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFrance: 2 bodies found after Marseille building collapse
Washington Post Authorities say two bodies were found overnight in the rubble following an explosion that collapsed a building in the southern French city of Marseille https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/france-marseille-building-collapse/3bf2caf8-d774-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreChina jails human rights activists for years over private gathering
Washington Post Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong were tried behind closed doors for “subversion of state power” amid a crackdown on activism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/china-activists-xi-zhiyong-ding-jiaxi-jail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMan in China jailed for scaring neighbor’s 1,100 chickens to death amid feud: report
Fox News A man in China was sentenced to prison after he snuck onto his neighbor’s property and scared 1,100 chickens to death. The man, identified only by his last name Gu, snuck onto his neighbor Zhong’s chicken farm and used a flashlight to frighten the chickens, causing them to kill each other, China Daily…
Read MoreTesla to open battery factory in Shanghai as China seeks foreign investment
Washington Post Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said the factory will supplement another in California. The batteries are touted as a solution to avoid outages and stabilize power grids. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/10/tesla-shanghai-megapack-battery-factory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreLebanon still proxy battleground, 50 years after Israel raid
Washington Post It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization in their apartments https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/lebanon-israel-plo-beirut-ehud-barak/0e00166c-d767-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDespite Iranian attack killing American abroad, Biden pursues nuclear deal with ayatollah’s regime
Fox News The Iranian regime’s recent drone attack on an American base in Syria, which resulted in the murder of a U.S. contractor, has not deterred the Biden administration from pursuing the controversial nuclear pact with Tehran that would dramatically enrich the coffers of the Islamic Republic. The White House remains wedded to the Joint Comprehensive…
Read MoreUkraine live briefing: Counteroffensive preparations underway in Ukraine; pope calls for peace
Washington Post Leaked U.S. intelligence documents indicate a shortfall of Western-supplied weaponry, raising concerns about Ukraine’s ability to lead a counteroffensive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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