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Foreign Minister Cohen says arrest of Jordanian MP ‘unrelated to Jordan’

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-740127

Russia Says Two Drones Attack Crimea, Another Crashes Near Moscow

Wall Street Journal The attack in Sevastopol, a key military port city, was repelled by Russian forces, according to the local governor. Meanwhile, Moscow stepped up its criticism of a deal that allows for the export of Ukrainian grain. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-says-two-drones-attack-crimea-another-crashes-near-moscow-d1f59bb5

Watchdog: World military spending up to an all-time high

Washington Post A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/24/global-military-expenditure-ukraine-russia/77ac8b18-e293-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kenya president says cult deaths akin to terrorism

Washington Post Kenya’s president says the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of a pastor is akin to terrorism https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/24/kenya-cult-deaths/ec80cde0-e294-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia’s Nepomniachtchi, China’s Ding finish Game 11 for World Chess Crown in tie

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Ian Nepomniachtchi currently leads over Ding Liren 6 to 5 https://tass.com/sport/1608685

Russia works on evacuating Russians from Sudan, taking into account all risks — ambassador

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Andrey Chernovol explained that the delay was due to the assessment of certain risks and threats that need to be minimized https://tass.com/world/1608683

Woman charged in killing of Russian military blogger expresses regret for what happened

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. However, Darya Trepova did not say whether she was pleading guilty or not https://tass.com/society/1608681

NAMI negotiating production of Aurus-branded yachts with United Shipbuilding Corporation

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Fyodor Nazarov noted that it is premature to discuss the potential timing for the appearance of such passenger vessels https://tass.com/economy/1608679

Moscow court rejects appeal from cafe bombing suspect

Washington Post A Russian court has rejected an appeal from a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/24/russia-cafe-explosion-ukraine-blogger-tatarsky-trepova/5899258c-e294-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

New York is now home to record 30 Israeli unicorns

Jerusalem Post With the judicial overhaul threatening to damage Israel’s start-up ecosystem, are more companies soon to join them in the Big Apple? https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-740126