Category: World News
A short Biden trip to N. Ireland, where peace clashes with dysfunction
Washington Post The president will celebrate the anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement. He won’t address the Northern Ireland Assembly, because it has broken down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/biden-northern-ireland-good-friday-agreement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMexican ballad singer Julián Figueroa dies at 27
Washington Post Mexican ballad singer Julián Figueroa has died at the age of 27, his mother confirmed Monday https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/julian-figueroa-singer-died-joan-sebastian/4349089c-d7e9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUS reports no casualties after rocket hits base in Syria
Fox News A rocket attack Monday targeted a base in eastern Syria where U.S. troops are based causing no injuries or damage, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement that one rocket struck the Mission Support Site Conoco in eastern Syria on Monday evening and another rocket was found at the attack…
Read MoreThe virus hunters
Washington Post A journey into the wild world of high-risk virus hunting, a coming reckoning, and The Post’s year-long investigation into the U.S. role in pushing such research to the edge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-virus-hunters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTeacher warns online porn, lockdowns driving rising student assaults against faculty
Fox News A teacher in the United Kingdom attributes widespread pornography and the lingering effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on a rising incidence of student assaults against teachers. Wendy Exton, a teacher in an alternative school, made the claim during a speech at a conference for the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT),…
Read MoreBritish PM Sunak urges Northern Irish politicians to return to work
Fox News U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the bravery of political leaders who struck the Good Friday peace accord 25 years ago Monday, as he urged Northern Ireland’s current politicians to return to work. While the peace deal largely brought an end to 30 years of hostilities, the Northern Ireland Assembly has been in…
Read MoreSaudi diplomat: Talks with Houthis aim to revive Yemen truce
Washington Post Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen says his trip to the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa was aimed at reviving a cease-fire and re-starting political talks to end the nine-year conflict https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/yemen-saudi-houthis-ceasefire-iran/8021b882-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMilitary: Syria rocket attack on US base nets no casualties
Washington Post The U.S. military says a rocket attack has targeted a base in eastern Syria housing American troops causing no injuries or damage https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/us-syria-iran-militias-rocket-conoco/58962686-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreBrazil’s Lula struggling to move forward after 100 days
Washington Post Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president on Monday and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/lula-brazil-politics-100-hundred-days-bolsonaro-government/1c2fc760-d7d9-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePolice car firebombed during Northern Ireland protest
Fox News Demonstrators opposing the Good Friday peace agreement that ended three decades of hostilities in Northern Ireland firebombed a police car Monday in Londonderry during a march on the agreement’s 25th anniversary, officials said. NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE DISRUPT ALLEGED NEW IRA BOMB PLOT AHEAD OF BIDEN’S VISIT: REPORT Police called for calm and said…
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