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Alabama Shooting: At Least 4 Killed and Multiple People Injured

New York Times The shooting in Dadeville, Ala., took place at a dance studio where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party, according to local news reports. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/birthday-party-shooting-dadeville-alabama.html

Lavrov to visit Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba from April 17-21

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is scheduled to meet with the top leadership of these states and talks with foreign ministers https://tass.com/politics/1605023

Three World Food Program employees killed in clashes in Sudan – UN mission

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. They died in Northern Darfur in the line of duty, Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the International Organization for the Republic, said https://tass.com/emergencies/1605009

4 arrested in Hong Kong crackdown on SIM card scheme helping scammers create social media accounts

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Three jobless men aged 24 to 28 and 35-year-old woman arrested during raids. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3217262/4-arrested-hong-kong-crackdown-sim-card-scheme-helping-scammers-create-social-media-accounts?utm_source=rss_feed

Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows

Washington Post An analysis of Russia’s effectiveness at boosting propaganda on social media platforms is part of a trove of documents recently leaked on the chat app Discord. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/16/russia-disinformation-discord-leaked-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Airbus, Boeing are vying for China’s aviation market, but does the European aerospace firm have the edge?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Airbus and its US rival Boeing count China as a key aviation market, but the European aerospace firm is seen to have an advantage amid worsening trade relations between Beijing and Washington and the…

How Bank Apps Know You’re You

Wall Street Journal Username and password aren’t the only line of defense protecting mobile financial-account logins from hackers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bank-apps-know-youre-you-f45df28f

WeightWatchers Gets a Makeover With Obesity-Drug Business

Wall Street Journal The decision to get into the obesity-medication business for drugs such as Ozempic makes sense as it tries to turn a declining business around. https://www.wsj.com/articles/weightwatchers-gets-a-makeover-with-obesity-drug-business-af384d08

PMC Wagner assault units liberate two districts in Artyomovsk

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, noted that the Airborne Forces fettered the enemy’s actions on the flanks of the assault detachments https://tass.com/defense/1605007

Ukraine’s Defence Minister: Ukraine’s losses in war are smaller than number of victims of earthquake in Türkiye

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Defence Minister of Ukraine, said that the losses on the Ukrainian side during the full-scale war are less than the number of victims of the earthquake in Türkiye. Source: Reznikov in an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Razon Quote: “Of course, we have losses, because we are at war. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/16/7398106/