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Polish volunteer mortally wounded in Ukraine buried at home

Fox News A Polish volunteer who died of wounds sustained during a humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine was buried in his home city in western Poland Friday. Marek Mastalerz of the Inicjatywa Nehemiasz (Nehemiah Initiative) private aid group is the first Polish volunteer known to have been killed in neighboring Ukraine since Russia started the…

For Earth Day, 7 Inspiring Reads

New York Times We picked some of our favorite articles from the Times’s Climate Desk. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/climate/earth-day-reads.html

Washington looks to temper concerns among allies following intelligence leak

Fox News Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin did not beat around the bush Friday in a meeting with allied defense officials following a significant intelligence leak earlier this month, telling the U.S.’ international partners that he “take[s] the issue very seriously.” “We will continue to work closely and respectfully with our deeply valued allies and…

Canadian academic convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

Washington Post A Paris court has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/paris-synagogue-bombing-1980-diab/d72c4520-e05d-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking end of Ramadan

Fox News The holiday of Eid al-Fitr ushered in a day of prayers and joy for Muslims around the world on Friday. The celebration was marred by tragedy amid the explosion of conflict in Sudan, while in other countries it came against the backdrop of hopes for a better future. After the Ramadan month of…

Toronto airport heist: $15M container of gold, valuable items stolen from cargo facility

Fox News A container stocked with an estimated $15 million worth of gold and “other items of monetary value” has been stolen from Canada’s busiest airport, police say. The incident happened Monday at Pearson International airport in Toronto after a plane carrying the goods unloaded its cargo to a facility away from the airport’s passenger terminals. …

Belgian art foundation to exhibit $5 million T. rex skeleton in Antwerp

Fox News A Swiss auction house that sold a composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton for over $5 million this week said Friday that the new owner, a Belgian art foundation, will exhibit the fearsome dinosaur at a new cultural center in Antwerp. The skeleton, made up of nearly 300 bones dug up from three sites in…

German court sentences man who drove into groups of pedestrians to be permanently held in psychiatric hospital

Fox News A German court has convicted a 30-year-old man who drove into groups of pedestrians in Berlin last year of one count of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, ordering him to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital. The Berlin regional court concluded that the driver, a German citizen born in Armenia,…

Japanese LGBTQ activists urge government to enact anti-discrimination law

Fox News Japanese LGBTQ activist groups delivered a statement to the government on Friday urging that Japan enact an anti-discrimination law and legalize same-sex marriages ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations being hosted by Japan in May. Japan is the only G-7 country that does not recognize same-sex marriage…

German climate advocates march through Berlin, cause gridlock in parts of the capital

Fox News German climate activists best known for bringing traffic to a standstill by gluing themselves to the road instead staged a rare protest on the move Friday, marching through Berlin and causing gridlock in parts of the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in the past year…