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Justin Trudeau Shrugs at Chinese Election Interference

Wall Street Journal A Canadian intelligence report suggests Beijing meddled in the 2019 and 2021 campaigns. https://www.wsj.com/articles/justin-trudeau-shrugs-at-chinese-election-meddling-beijing-interference-csis-ottowa-canda-confucius-institute-mayor-tong-xiaoling-84c1f01c

India’s Indigenous groups allegedly driven out to save country’s dwindling tiger population

Fox News It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India’s major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country’s tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation program began 50 years…

Pentagon chief briefed on intel leak April 6

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738896

Vladimir Kara-Murza condemns Russian treason case

Washington Post Longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, facing up to 25 years in jail, tells judge that the war in Ukraine is the crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/vladimir-kara-murza-condemns-russian-treason-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine rescue team brings back 31 children from Russia amid war

Fox News The head of a Ukrainian rescue organization said Saturday that the organization has brought back 31 children from Russia, where they had been taken during the war. Mykola Kuleba said at a news conference in Kyiv that the children were expected to arrive in the capital later in the day. Kuleba is the…

Buttigieg pressured by Democrats to reform ‘racist traffic enforcement’

Fox News More than two dozen Democrats have signed a letter calling on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to reform what they describe as “racist traffic enforcement” against Black people. A group of 27 Democrats, including “Squad” Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Cori Bush of Missouri, Jamaal Bowman of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,…

World Bank Chief Calls Russia’s Arrest of Gershkovich a Brazen Act

Wall Street Journal David Malpass spoke on the first day of the bank’s semiannual meetings in Washington. https://www.wsj.com/articles/world-bank-chief-calls-russias-arrest-of-gershkovich-a-brazen-act-98b68a74

Opposition leader Yair Lapid heads to US in attempt to repair frayed ties

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738894

Poland and Ukraine Reach Temporary Solution After Grain Supply Dispute

New York Times Poland, Romania and Hungary, all of which border Ukraine and are members of the European Union, have struggled with a glut of grain and other Ukrainian agricultural products since last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/europe/poland-ukraine-grain-protests.html

Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines

New York Times As Moscow’s troops set booby traps in forests, houses and backyards, finding them has become a dangerous art for Ukrainian soldiers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/europe/russia-booby-traps-ukraine-war.html