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Biden Plans an Electric Vehicle Revolution. Now, the Hard Part.

New York Times The administration’s push to supercharge E.V. sales must now surmount resistance from manufacturers and consumers as well as likely legal challenges. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/climate/electric-vehicles-biden-epa.html

UN, others cite new displacement from Ethiopia’s Tigray

Washington Post Aid workers in Ethiopia say Amhara’s regional forces have displaced tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from disputed territory in the north of the country in recent weeks, despite a peace deal last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/ethiopia-forcible-displacement-tigray-un-amhara/d05b5522-da29-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

‘Every shot counts’: the mobile air defense protecting Ukraine’s skies at a moment’s notice

Fox News KYIV, Ukraine – Ihor’s comrades were eager to show us something special. A cone, the remnants of a Russian X-101 missile that didn’t make it to its final destination. The 23-year-old clean-shaven specialist grinned slightly, on his shoulder a soviet era Man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD). Ihor is the 1st Presidential Brigade MANPAD specialist. After…

As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds

New York Times When rains fail unexpectedly, higher temperatures can more rapidly parch the ground, to devastating effect. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/climate/flash-drought-warming.html

Vancouver police remove, arrest squatter who set up encampment on one of city’s most expensive properties

Fox News Police in Canada have removed a squatter who had set up a makeshift shelter on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Vancouver and lived there for almost a year. A campsite on Vancouver’s Belmont Avenue overlooking Spanish Banks Beach, one of the most pricey and exclusive streets in the…

Leader of Online Group Where Secret Documents Leaked Is Air National Guardsman

New York Times Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared classified documents that revealed government secrets about the Ukraine war. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/documents-leak-leaker-identity.html

Ukraine, Moldova, Romania sign joint agreement to strengthen security to counter threats posed by Russia

Fox News Neighbors Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova signed cooperation agreements in Romania’s capital Thursday after a trilateral meeting on ways to strengthen security in their Black Sea region to counter threats posed by Russian aggression. The Black Sea Security Conference in Bucharest brought together the three countries’ foreign and defense ministers, government officials and international…

Suspect in 2005 UK police slaying extradited from Pakistan

Fox News A 74-year-old man extradited from Pakistan appeared in a London court Thursday to face a murder charge in the death of a police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a bank robbery almost two decades ago. Piran Ditta Khan attended a brief hearing at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He is charged…

OAS rights court rules against Mexico on no-bail policy

Fox News The Inter American Human Rights Court ruled Wednesday that Mexico violated the rights of two men who were held in pre-trial detention for 17 years before being convicted of homicide. The court, which is a branch of the Organization of American States, said such extended detention violates the right to personal freedom and…

China warns of rocket debris northeast of Taiwan in preparation for undisclosed plans

Fox News China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16. Southern Fujian province’s Maritime Safety Administration said that vessels would be prohibited from entering the waters from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on that…