Category: World News
Putin is hosting the BRICS summit in Russia. What to know.
Washington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders from China, India and other countries for the bloc’s first meeting since its expansion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/23/brics-summit-2024-countries-russia-putin/
Read MoreBrazilian Artist Sends a Message to the Country’s Biggest Soy Exporter
New York Times Using natural materials from environmental disasters around the country, a Brazilian activist sends a message to a U.S. farming giant. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/travel/brazil-deforestation-cargill-mundano.html
Read MoreBiden-Harris envoy accused of pressuring Israeli lawmakers to drop bill banning terror-linked UN agency
Fox News As the Israeli Knesset prepares to debate legislation aimed at severing ties with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), U.S. pressure on Israeli lawmakers is said to be mounting against the bill. Fox News Digital has learned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition…
Read MoreThe internet fell for a dog filmed atop an Egyptian pyramid. Meet Apollo.
Washington Post A leader of a rescue group immediately recognized Apollo, one of millions of stray dogs in Egypt, barking at birds atop the Pyramid of Khafre. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/23/dog-on-pyramid-egypt-giza/
Read MoreLive Briefing: Northern Gaza conditions ‘beyond catastrophic,’ U.N. official says
Washington Post The head of the United Nations’ Gaza humanitarian affairs office described a desperate situation brought on by Israel’s ramped-up military operations in the area. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/23/israel-iran-war-news-hamas-lebanon-hezbollah/
Read MoreVatican debate over women as deacons hits a big obstacle: Pope Francis
Washington Post In the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, the prospect of women being ordained appears off the table for during Francis’s papacy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/23/women-deacons-vatican-synod-pope-francis/
Read MoreThe growing tension within the BRICS
Washington Post Russia and China see the burgeoning bloc as a vehicle for confrontation with the West. Other influential member states are not so keen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/23/brics-summit-russia-china/
Read MorePolice bust restaurant serving ‘best-selling’ pizza with side of cocaine
Fox News Police said it was “one of the best-selling pizzas.” German police on Monday raided a popular pizzeria in Düsseldorf accused of serving cocaine as a side dish. Local police launched an investigation into the restaurant after food inspectors tipped off authorities, BBC reported, citing criminal director Michael Graf von Moltke. Police arrested the…
Read MoreWalmart employee found dead inside walk-in oven at Canada store: police
Fox News Authorities in Canada are investigating what led to the death of a 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found inside a walk-in oven in the store’s bakery department. The Halifax Police Department released a statement regarding the Oct. 19 incident inside the Canadian Walmart store. Officers were called to the store, located at 6990…
Read MoreAlejandro Toledo joins list of Peruvian presidents imprisoned for graft
Washington Post Peru’s former president has been sentenced to serve more than 20 years on corruption charges, in the same prison that has housed other Peruvian leaders. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/22/alejandro-toledo-peru-graft-prison-president/
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