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Mexican immigration agency chief to be charged in fatal fire

Washington Post Mexico’s top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mexico-migrant-deaths-fire-ciudad-juarez/853634d2-d8ed-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population

Washington Post In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India’s Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/india-population-aging-kerala/f4f424b2-d8ea-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Bruce Haigh, Australian envoy who aided apartheid-era escape, dies at 77

Washington Post Mr. Haigh’s role in helping a journalist flee South Africa was recounted in the film “Cry Freedom.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/12/bruce-haigh-australia-apartheid-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia

Washington Post Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals are evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast as an intensifying tropical cyclone approaches https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/australia-cyclone-ilsa-pilbara/138e2bb6-d8eb-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Macron’s China trip turns into a European uproar

Washington Post At the center of the controversy is an interview French President Emmanuel Macron gave that touched on Taiwan and China, saying Europe should not get “caught up in crises that are not ours.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/macron-taiwan-china-interview-trip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexican official fired for ordering rays’ stingers removed

Washington Post Officials in northern Mexico say they have filed complaints against a local employee who ordered fishermen to rip the stingers off live rays to protect tourists during Easter week https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/mexico-environment-rays-mutilation/bac12a0e-d8dd-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan don’t want kids: survey

Fox News Nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan have no interest in having children, a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm found. The adults said they did not want children because of economic concerns and the burden of childbirth and parenting. According to a survey conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical, of the 400…

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration

Washington Post The United States, Panama and Colombia will launch a 60-day campaign aimed at halting illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap, where the flow of migrants has multiplied this year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/darien-gap-panama-colombia-us-migrants/abdc4fe6-d8bf-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

US State Department proposes $542M sale of mobility artillery rocket systems to Morocco

Fox News The U.S. State Department is proposing a deal with the government of Morocco that includes the sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and other related equipment for $542.2 million to improve security of the non-NATO ally in North Africa. Congress was notified of the possible sale Tuesday, when the Defense Security…

Taiwan Air Force mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping with patch of Winnie the Pooh being punched

Fox News Taiwanese citizens are rushing to buy a patch worn by members of its air force that mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping amid escalating tensions between the island and mainland China. The patch shows a Formosan black bear, which is native to Taiwan, holding Taiwan’s flag while punching Winnie the Pooh, which Chinese dissidents…