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K-pop star Moonbin, member of boy band Astro, dies at age 25

Washington Post Moonbin, who began his career as a child actor, was found at his home in Seoul’s Gangnam district. There were no signs of foul play, police told Korean media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/moonbin-astro-death-kpop-korea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexico searches for 3 missing US sailors with plane, ships

Washington Post The Mexican Navy says it is using ships and a plane to search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/mexico-missing-americans/265eaaf4-df17-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Dozens killed in stampede in Yemen’s capital

Washington Post An official with the Houthi rebel-run Interior Ministry said that at least 78 people were killed in Sanaa, with dozens of others injured. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/yemen-stampede-sanaa-death-toll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Costa Rica president promises more police, tougher laws

Washington Post Costa Rica’s president is promising to put more police in the streets and he wants legal changes to confront record-setting numbers of homicides that have shaken daily life in a country long known for peaceful stability https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/costa-rica-police-homicides-violence/4daedcdc-df12-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78, injures 13

Fox News People stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, and at least 78 were killed and dozens more suffered injuries, a Houthi official said. The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa when hundreds of poor people gathered at an event organized by…

Vatican revives artisan academy in St. Peter’s Basilica

Fox News The Vatican on Wednesday inaugurated a new arts and crafts academy inside St. Peter’s Basilica, which revives a centuries-old apprentice system that trained stonemasons, carpenters and artisans to care for the treasures in the world’s biggest Catholic church. CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FACE VATICAN TRIAL OVER DAMAGE TO FAMOUS STATUE The ceremony came as the…

Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78, official says

Washington Post Yemen’s Houthi rebels say people have stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital and at least 78 people are dead and dozens more are injured https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/yemen-houthis-stampede-sanaa/def1a76c-df06-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexico finds 8 sacrificial victims at Gulf coast pyramid

Washington Post Archaeologists in Mexico say they have found 13 buried sets of human remains, eight of which appear to be young men who were sacrificed to sanctify a temple https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/mexico-archeology-maya-sacrificial-victims/c500737a-df0a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s Lula loses 1st minister after images during riot

Washington Post Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has lost his first Cabinet member after surveillance video showed the man present in the presidential palace as rioters trashed the building Jan. 8 while demanding the president’s ouster https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/brazil-cabinet-minister-fired-uprising/4f435050-df08-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Caribbean leaders agree to introduce nationwide bans on assault weapons

Fox News Caribbean Community leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style weapons mostly manufactured in the U.S. to curb spikes in gun violence and weapons smuggling in the 15-nation Caricom bloc. The decison came late Tuesday at the end of a two-day summit in Trinidad on crime. The bans…