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Michelle Yeoh seeks new challenges after Oscar win

Washington Post Michelle Yeoh says she is looking for new challenges including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/michelle-yeoh-malaysia-oscar/df5d80b8-ddbc-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter over ‘government-funded’ tag

Washington Post It is the latest conflict between Twitter, owner Elon Musk and publicly supported news outlets like NPR, PBC, the BBC and ABC in Australia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/cbc-twitter-government-funded-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Iran renews threats against Israel during Army Day parade

Washington Post Iran’s president has reiterated threats against Israel while marking the country’s annual Army Day, though he stayed away from criticizing Saudi Arabia as Tehran seeks a détente with the kingdom https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/iran-army-day-parade-israel-us/d3532028-ddb9-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Israel remembers 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust

Washington Post Israelis have ground to a halt for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust as a two-minute siren wailed across the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/israel-holocaust-germany-nazi-jews/e9dac7a8-ddb7-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky

New York Times These days it takes a generation to build a giant telescope. A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert in Chile. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/science/astronomy-telescopes-magellan-chile.html

From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes

New York Times Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/science/space/astronomy-observatories-telescopes.html

Ukraine live briefing: Putin visits troops in Kherson region; Russia sentences top Kremlin critic to 25 years

Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of his forces in Ukraine’s Luhansk and Kherson regions, the Kremlin said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kremlin: Putin visits troops in Russian-occupied Kherson, Luhansk regions

Fox News Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the headquarters of where Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Tuesday. In a video released by the Kremlin early Tuesday, Putin can be seen visiting the command post for Russian forces in the southern Kherson region. The Russian president can also be seen meeting…

For Palestinians, holiest Ramadan night starts at checkpoint

Washington Post For many Palestinians, the journey to one of Islam’s most sacred sites on the holiest night of Ramadan begins in a dust-choked, garbage-strewn maelstrom https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/palestinians-ramadan-west-bank-israel-alaqsa/c0ab6b34-ddae-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Son of jailed Canadian pastor faces potential fines, prison for preaching outside kids’ drag queen story time

Fox News The son of a Canadian pastor faces potential fines and jail time for allegedly violating a new municipal bylaw in Calgary, Alberta, when he preached and read the Bible outside a drag queen story time for children at a public library on Saturday. Nathaniel Pawlowski, son of Cave of Adullam congregation pastor the…