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Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal’s Annapurna

Washington Post An Irish climber has died and an Indian climber is missing after falling into a crevasse in two separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest mountain https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/nepal-mountaineering-annapurna-climber-dead/f22c9764-ddd1-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Putin visits occupied Kherson region in Ukraine, pushing illegal annexation

Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin made a secretive trip to an area in south Ukraine that he declared would be Russia’s “forever” but where his troops were forced to retreat last fall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/vladimir-putin-kherson-visit-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Sudan’s power struggle has killed nearly 200. Here’s what to know.

Washington Post Sudan’s military is fighting the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group known as RSF, in a conflict unleashing violence across the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/sudan-conflict-military-rsf-paramilitary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

U.S. diplomatic convoy fired on in Sudan as U.N. aid workers assaulted

Washington Post Secretary Antony Blinken said a U.S. convoy came under fire in Sudan, while the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/sudan-us-convoy-attacks-aid-groups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

G-7 stresses unity on China following unease over Macron’s comments

Washington Post Foreign ministers put on a unified front after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Europe should avoid getting dragged into a confrontation over Taiwan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/18/g7-china-macron-taiwan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia sees historic population drop spurring demographic crisis amid war in Ukraine

Fox News Russia is in the midst of a historic population decline as it continues to grapple with low birth rates, high emigration, staggering health statistics and a deadly war in Ukraine. The growing crisis has been described by some as a “silent war” against its own human capital. Russian President Vladimir Putin has listed…

The Yanomami are dying of malaria and malnutrition. Is it genocide?

Washington Post Brazil’s Supreme Court has launched an investigation into the Bolsonaro administration’s response to the Indigenous group’s pleas for help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/brazil-yanomami-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Indonesia dismisses rebel claim of army deaths in Papua

Washington Post Indonesia’s military chief has dismissed a separatist group claim that they had killed more than a dozen government soldiers who were searching for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in the restive Papua region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/indonesia-papua-attack-soldiers/da92d792-ddc4-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Reclusive Taliban leader releases end-of-Ramadan message

Washington Post The reclusive top leader of the Taliban has released a message lauding the changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover and the measures they imposed after seizing the country following two decades of war https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/taliban-leader-ramadan-eid-alfitr-message/22c944e4-ddc3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

J-Hope becomes 2nd BTS member to join South Korean army

Washington Post J-Hope, a member of K-pop sensation BTS, has entered a South Korean boot camp to start his 18-month compulsory military service https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/bts-south-korea-military-service-jhope/b11250f0-ddbf-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world