UN experts warn Taliban restrictions may amount to femicide
Washington Post U.N. experts are warning that Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/afghanistan-taliban-women-femicide/4c7d95d0-eb81-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAn Art Collector’s Manhattan Mansion Sells for $41 Million
Wall Street Journal The roughly 12,000-square-foot townhouse first hit the market in 2021 with an asking price of $52 million. https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-art-collectors-manhattan-mansion-sells-for-41-million-ed4cc581
Read MoreRussian forces improve positions in several directions — DPR head
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Denis Pushilin, the situation in the DPR has predictably escalated in recent days https://tass.com/russia/1614383
Read MoreAll the king’s … swans? A quiz on the British royals’ assets.
Washington Post How much do you know about the properties and other assets owned by the king, the royal family or the Crown? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/quiz-charles-monarchy-wealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreEU experts call for Russia to be held accountable for ecocide
Pravda Ukraine The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called on the EU to criminalise the crime of ecocide committed by Russia during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: a statement published on Friday by the EESC, quoted by European Pravda Details: The EESC adopted an opinion at its April plenary on the right…
Read MoreWI Gov. Evers orders special election to fill newly-minted state Senator’s Assembly seat
Fox News Gov. Tony Evers ordered a special election Friday to fill an open Assembly seat representing Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. GOP REP. DAN KNODL WINS OPEN WISCONSIN SENATE SEAT, CREATING A REPUBLICAN SUPERMAJORITY IN THE CHAMBER Republican Dan Knodl represented the 24th Assembly District from 2009 until last month, when he won a special election…
Read MoreArmenia ready to accept Russia’s proposal on settlement with Azerbaijan — PM
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashiyan recalled that under this proposal, the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh’s status is to be postponed and Russian peacekeepers are to stay in the area https://tass.com/world/1614381
Read MoreBryansk Region authorities refute reports of Ukrainian sabotage groups breaking through
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Earlier on Friday, several Telegram channels published reports that several Ukrainian sabotage groups tried to infiltrate the Bryansk Region https://tass.com/russia/1614379
Read MoreRussia looks forward to success in grain deal talks — diplomat
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian experts and specialists are now working on observance of lawful requirements of the country in this regard, head of the delegation at Vienna talks on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov said https://tass.com/russia/1614377
Read MoreAward Winner (Saturday Cryptic Puzzle, May 6)
Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/award-winner-saturday-cryptic-puzzle-may-6-c886567e
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