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1973: Moscow Walkout by Chinese Envoy

New York Times The official, Ma Lieh, left his seat during a speech at the Kremlin by a Soviet Politburo member, a sign of the strained relations between Moscow and Beijing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/world/1973-moscow-walkout-by-chinese-envoy.html

Russia forces Ukrainian children to attend ‘military patriotic education’ camps in Crimea: defense official

Fox News A top official on Thursday accused Russia of intensifying its efforts to force children in occupied areas of Ukraine to receive “military patriotic education” by sending them to camps in Crimea in a move to enhance its propaganda campaign. Moscow has been repeatedly accused of targeting children in its war against Ukraine by…

Ukraine planned attacks on Russian forces in Syria, leaked document shows

Washington Post THE DISCORD LEAKS | Last winter, Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate proposed striking Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries in Syria, before President Volodymyr Zelensky directed a halt to the operations https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/20/russia-ukraine-war-syria-attacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions

Washington Post Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he visited the island during the last leg of a Latin American tour that took him to Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/cuba-russia-lavrov-latin-america/b4def900-dfa8-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Missing Madeleine McCann: German court throws out sex charges against suspect in toddler’s disappearance

Fox News A German court on Thursday threw out sex charges filed against the prime suspect in British toddler Madeleine McCann’s 2007 disappearance, according to global reports. Madeleine disappeared from a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, when she was 3 years old. A Braunschweig, Germany, court dismissed rape and sexual…

Singapore to execute man who conspired to smuggle 2 pounds of cannabis

Fox News A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday. The family of Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was notified in a letter that he would be executed next Wednesday, anti-death penalty activist…

Senior Malian official among 4 dead in ambush in jihadi area

Washington Post Mali’s government says a senior Malian official and three other people have been killed in an ambush in an area of the country’s southwest https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/mali-jihadis-ambush-deaths/7a1a05ce-dfa5-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Muslims end Ramadan, begin holiday amid war, reconciliation

Washington Post Large parts of the Muslim world are preparing to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but the festivities are overshadowed in many parts of the region by conflict and tragedy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/eid-alfitr-ramadan-islam-muslims/68509472-dfa3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

NOAA Forecasters See a Respite for California

New York Times Less extreme spring temperatures could mean gradual snowmelt and lower flood risks, according to experts. “The picture is relatively optimistic,” one said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/climate/noaa-spring-outlook-california.html

Migrant sailboat crashes in Greece killing 1, 47 others rescued

Fox News Authorities in southern Greece say one migrant has died and 47 others have been rescued after a sailboat crashed into rocks and partially sank in a remote coastal area of the Greek mainland. The coast guard said the migrants ‒ 15 men, 16 women and 16 minors ‒ were located Thursday near the…