New cargo-passenger vessel to operate Taiwan-Matsu route
Taipei, April 17 (CNA) A ceremony marking the maiden voyage of a new ferry that will help transport passengers and cargo between Taiwan proper and the outlying archipelago Matsu was held in Keelung Port on Sunday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304170010
Read MoreUkrainian soldier brought home from Russian captivity calls his beloved for the first time in 5 months
Pravda Ukraine A Ukrainian soldier who came back from Russian captivity on 16 April has called his beloved and admitted that he had been dreaming about this for five months. Source: A video of the conversation posted by Yulia Pryimak, Head of the Central Office of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of…
Read MoreChina says condemns US sanctions on its firms allegedly involved in fentanyl trade
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739421
Read MoreChinese baijiu distiller ZJLD eyes biggest Hong Kong IPO this year as share sale set to raise up to US$811 million
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ZJLD Group on Monday started selling up to 490.7 million shares at a price range of HK$10.78 to HK$12.98, giving international investors additional access to a growing market amid China’s consumption recovery. https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3217313/chinese-baijiu-distiller-zjld-eyes-biggest-hong-kong-ipo-year-share-sale-set-raise-us811-million?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNearly 100 civilians killed in clashes between army, paramilitary force in Sudan — medics
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. No official data about casualties among the conflicting sides has been available yet https://tass.com/world/1605195
Read MoreFirefighters battle France’s 1st major forest blaze of 2023
Washington Post Hundreds of firefighters are steadily wrestling under control France’s first major forest fire of the year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/france-fires-climate-environment/2059b89c-dcf1-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIndonesian hacker group claims to have hacked Israeli ministries
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739419
Read MoreSlovakia completes delivery of 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine Slovakia has already sent to Ukraine all 13 MiG-29 fighter jets that the Slovak government had previously decided to provide to Ukraine for countering the Russian invasion. Source: Slovak Defence Minister Jaro Nad, as reported by European Pravda, referring to Aktuality Details: After the first four fighter jets were handed over to Ukrainian…
Read MoreFormer US Navy officer ran pro-Russian Donbass Devushka account
Pravda Ukraine Sarah Bils, a former US Navy officer, was involved in the management of the pro-Russian social media account Donbass Devushka, which leaked at least four classified documents. Source: The WSJ, The Insider Quote: “One of the biggest spreaders of pro-Kremlin disinformation and propaganda, who posed online as a Russian Jewish woman from Luhansk,…
Read MoreIran blasts ‘deafening silence’ on Israeli violations of Palestinian rights
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Tehran blasts the deafening silence of the so-called advocates of human rights on the widespread and systemic violation of Palestinians’ rights by Israel. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/17/701708/Iran-blasts-deafening-silence-Israeli-violations-Palestinian-rights
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