• 11/18/2024

María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86

New York Times She was a writer and translator but was best known as the widow of Jorge Luis Borges, one of Latin America’s great writers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html

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Riots flare up in France as Constitutional Council approves pension reform

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In Rennes, aggressive demonstrators attacked a police station and set its front door on fire https://tass.com/world/1604707

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China’s top banker says rate hikes by Western nations fuel global financial instability

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang addresses finance ministers in Washington in first trip to US capitol by a senior Chinese economic official since pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3217153/chinas-top-banker-says-rate-hikes-western-nations-fuel-global-financial-instability?utm_source=rss_feed

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Poland to supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters gradually – Duda

Pravda Ukraine Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that Poland will supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighters gradually as it expands its own fleet with FA-50 and later F-35 fighters. Source: Duda at a press conference with Alexander Van der Bellen, the President of Austria Quote: “We are currently sending MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/14/7397973/

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Criticized over response to war, Swiss offer $2B for Ukraine

Washington Post Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development assistance over the next six years, ponying up financial aid for Ukraine as Western critics press Bern to do more to help it defend itself against Russian invaders and squeeze Russian interests https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/switzerland-ukraine-aid-reconstruction/da225430-db04-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Finns to be informed about results of powder found in envelopes — Russian diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the envelopes were addressed to the embassy’s military attache and his aides https://tass.com/russia/1604705

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Alabama attorney general takes over prison litigation

Fox News Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking control of prison litigation away from the Department of Corrections and moving it to his office in their latest public disagreement. Marshall informed the department that the attorney general intends to remove the assistant attorney general status of the department’s six attorneys, the Alabama Department of…

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Leaked documents on planned Ukrainian offensive are not strategic — founder of Wagner PMC

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to YevgenyPrigozhin, much of the information contained in the documents was available in the public domain https://tass.com/russia/1604701

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New Jersey environmental agency charges itself for damaging endangered species’ habitat

Fox News New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has charged itself with damaging habitat for threatened and endangered birds that it was supposed to protect. The work was designed to create habitat for one species of bird, but actually wound up destroying habitat for two others. The department acknowledged it sent a violation notice and…

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