World News – Page 2023 – Prologue Journal

UK may soon seize kitchen knives from suspected criminals’ homes amid dangerous weapons crackdown

Fox News Machetes and some serrated knives could be seized from the homes of suspected criminals under a new United Kingdom proposal amid a crackdown on dangerous weapons. Under the proposed law, criminals who buy or sell them could face up to two years in jail. The crackdown would ban the sale and possession of…

Death toll in Beijing hospital fire rises to 29

Washington Post Authorities in Beijing say the death toll in a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in a hospital has risen to 29, with 26 of them patients https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/deadly-beijing-hospital-fire/6f54febc-de71-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang leader arrested in Mexico City

Washington Post Police and marines in Mexico’s capital have arrested an alleged senior leader of the Mara Salvatrucha gang who is wanted in the United States for extortion, drug distribution and terrorism-related charges https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/mexico-arrest-texas-mara-salvatrucha/415b1a10-de70-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide

Washington Post Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi is convinced India is no longer the same country it once was for its minority Muslim citizens https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/india-population-ayodhya-religion-muslims-hindus/35361bec-de6e-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Meir Shalev, preeminent Israeli writer, dies at 74

Washington Post In works of fiction, nonfiction and memoir, he captured his country’s history without becoming mired in its politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/19/meir-shalev-israeli-novelist-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Brazil’s Lula reaches out to China and Russia, stoking U.S. unease

Washington Post Away from the West, the “nonaligned” world is finding its voice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/brazil-china-russia-lula-multipolar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

9 Indonesian fishermen feared dead, 11 rescued off Australia

Washington Post Nine Indonesian fishermen are feared drowned and another 11 have been rescued after spending six days without food or water on an island off the Australian coast in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/indonesian-fishermen-rescue-australia-cyclone-ilsa/e4cf7288-de64-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Canadian union says federal workers will strike

Washington Post Canada’s largest federal public-service union says some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the federal government failed to produce an agreement before its deadline https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/canada-union-strike-public-workers/a70fffea-de54-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China readies supersonic spy drone unit, leaked document says

Washington Post China’s cutting-edge drone could give it a surveillance advantage during a possible military confrontation over Taiwan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/china-supersonic-drone-taiwan-leaks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

4 severely wounded in stabbing attack at German gym

Fox News Four people were severely wounded in a stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg, police said Tuesday evening. No arrests were announced, and police said they were seeking one suspect. The motive of the attack was not immediately clear. The incident occurred in the old city of Duisburg…