Wed 27 April 2022: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a threatening letter Tuesday containing a bullet, local media reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that police have launched an investigation into the letter, which was sent to Bennett’s home in the city of Ra’anana in central Israel. Israel’s Shin Bet internal security […]
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Crew-4 astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren and Samantha Cristoforetti on the Crew Dragon “Freedom.” (Image credit: SpaceX) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 27 April 2022: The Crew-4 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, carrying a NASA mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon and the Crew-4 members will […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: The public prosecutor in Mali announced on Tuesday the launch of an inquiry into a mass grave uncovered near a former French military base in Gossi, in the north of the country. Last Friday, the Malian army claimed to have uncovered the mass grave. “The public prosecutor in Bamako informs the […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: According to media reports, a court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after finding the civilian leader guilty in the first of 11 corruption allegations against her. The judgment was announced on Wednesday in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, according to the Reuters and Associated Press […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Russia halted gas supplies to Poland under the Yamal contract on Wednesday, data from the European Union network of gas transmission operators showed, in a deepening of the rift between the West and Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria, like Poland a NATO and EU member, said earlier that Russia […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: Russia, as one of the founding countries of the UN, has always supported this organization, it is unique, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guteres. “Russia, as one of the founding countries of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) criticized Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on Tuesday, warning that the agreement threatens the social network’s users’ freedom of speech and jeopardizes the safety of journalists on the platform. “This space (Twitter) must be duly moderated, while respecting freedom of speech. It is […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: Even amid economic fallout of COVID-19, world military spending hit record levels, says Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Total global military spending rose 0.7% to $2.1 trillion in 2021, with the US, China, India, UK and Russia making up 65% of this, according to data released Tuesday by the Stockholm International […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: It may come as a surprise, but former US President Donald Trump has said that he will not be returning to Twitter. As soon as it was announced that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had successfully purchased Twitter, the social media site was flooded with tweets and memes celebrating the controversial figure’s […]
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Pope Francis attends a meeting with members of the Sri Lankan community living in Italy, in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 26 April 2022: Pope Francis urges the island nation to name the bombers behind series of attacks in 2019 that the Catholic Church suspects was a conspiracy. Pope Francis has urged […]
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