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• China unveils guardrails for managing generative A.I. services before public release

  11-04-2023 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  China’s cyberspace watchdog unveiled a draft proposal Tuesday for how to manage generative artificial intelligence services ahead of a public release, Reuters reported.  The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that content from generative AI services must align with the country’s core socialist values. Generative AI’s are bots that aim to create new things by consulting their existing body of data.  Per the CAC, service providers will be compelled to require
  
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• Mayor says Louisville shooter’s rifle ‘will be back on the streets’ under state law

  11-04-2023 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Kentucky law requires officers to send assault-style rifle used in shooting to state police officials to sell at auctionThe mayor of Louisville has said Kentucky law would make him a criminal if he destroys the assault-style rifle used by a gunman in Monday’s killing of five bank employees in his city.An emotional Craig Greenberg was speaking Tuesday at a lunchtime press conference during which police revealed the killer – an employee at the Old National Bank who also wounded eight o
  
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• Harvard to rename school after top Republican donor following $300m gift

  11-04-2023 23:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Graduate school of arts and sciences to be named in honor of Ken Griffin, 54, hedge-fund billionaire and world’s 35th richest personHarvard University will rename its graduate school of arts and sciences after billionaire hedge fund executive and Republican megadonor Kenneth Griffin, the institution announced on Tuesday, after a new $300m contribution brought Griffin’s total support of his alma mater to more than half a billion dollars.Griffin, 54, is the founder and chief executive
  
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• Forbes '30 Under 30' honoree's charity accused of mistreating refugees

  11-04-2023 23:50
  
  The charity founded by Safi Rauf, who's been celebrated for his humanitarian work evacuating refugees from Afghanistan, is being sued for fraud.
  
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• Up to 50 UK special forces present in Ukraine this year, US leak suggests

  11-04-2023 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Documents appear to list number of western special forces personnel in Ukraine in February and MarchLeaked US military documents indicate that the UK has deployed as many as 50 special forces to Ukraine.The documents suggest that more than half of the western special forces personnel present in Ukraine between February and March this year may have been British. Continue reading...
  
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• More than 900 people affected by Grenfell Tower fire settle claims

  11-04-2023 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The bereaved, survivors and locals to receive damages relating to 2017 tragedy in west LondonMore than 900 bereaved family members, survivors and local people who were affected by the devastating Grenfell Tower fire have agreed on a settlement of their civil claims arising from the blaze.The fire at the residential tower block in west London killed 72 people in June 2017. Those who took part in the legal claim were represented by 14 firms that have stressed the agreement does not affect the long
  
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• Liz Truss to say Macron trip to China was sign of weakness

  11-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM to say in speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi Jinping would be a mistakeLiz Truss will say Emmanuel Macron’s recent trip to China was a “sign of weakness”, after the French president asked Beijing for support in ending the war in Ukraine.In the latest of a series of foreign policy interventions designed to encourage Rishi Sunak to take a tougher approach towards China, Truss will say in a speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi
  
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• Investing in public transport could give economy £50bn annual boost, says TUC

  11-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Radical rise in spending on trains, trams and buses needed to cut car use, reports body representing unions in England and WalesMinisters have been urged to ramp up spending on public transport in England and Wales to tackle the climate emergency, and to unlock a £50bn a year boost to the economy, in a report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The report released by the TUC, a federation representing 48 unions, argues for a radical increase in investment – calling for £18bn mor
  
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• Ukraine's civilian death toll reaches 8,500; UN says number likely 'considerably higher'

  11-04-2023 23:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Civilian deaths in Ukraine have mounted, according to figures released by the United Nations on Tuesday, reaching nearly 8,500 confirmed deaths since the war began, with the top agency warning that actual figures are likely "considerably higher." The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported the 8,490 civilians had been killed and another 14,244 injured had been injured as of April 9, 2023, following Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. A reported 501 children have
  
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• Biden's blink-and-you'll-miss-it visit to NI

  11-04-2023 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite months of diplomatic chatter, the US president's Northern Ireland trip does not amount to much.
  
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• 5 soldiers dead in northern Niger ambush

  11-04-2023 23:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Gunmen killed five soldiers and wounded others during a weekend ambush of a military convoy performing escort duties in northern Niger, the army said Tuesday. No one has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, which occurred in the Agadez region on the road to Arlit town, the chief of staff for Niger's army, Abdou Sidikou Issa, said in a statement. GUNMEN KILL AT LEAST 50 IN ATTACKS ON VILLAGE IN NIGERIA The convoy, which included four Toyotas mounted with machine guns, was leaving a gold mi
  
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• Manhattan DA who indicted Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan over interference in case

  11-04-2023 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Alvin Bragg is suing to block the subpoena of a former prosecutor who led an inquiry into Donald Trump’s business practicesManhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican congressman Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an “unconstitutional attack” on the ongoing criminal prosecution of former US president Donald Trump in New York.The lawsuit aims to block a subpoena of Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who had led the Manhattan district attorney’s in
  
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• Italy cuts GDP growth forecast, stymied by inflation, Ukraine

  11-04-2023 22:41 via foxnews.com
  
  The Italian government on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for next year, taking into account the negative impact of rising interest rates, the effects of the war in Ukraine and localized crises in the international banking and financial system. BIRTH RATE IN ITALY HITS RECORD LOW IN 2022 AS POPULATION CONTINUES TO SHRINK In its Economic and Financial Document, approved by a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Italian Treasury forecast that gross domestic product will grow by 1.5% in 2024, d
  
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• France's Macron met with angry protests during speech in Netherlands, day after sparking outrage on Taiwan

  11-04-2023 22:38 via foxnews.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron saw another day of ire Tuesday as protesters interrupted him during a speech at The Hague amid his two-day trip to the Netherlands. Macron was only briefly interrupted before the protesters were quickly removed, but the demonstration showed that the French president continues to face strong opposition to his controversial pension reforms. Protests have swept France for weeks after Macron and his government pushed through a hugely unpopular pension reform that rai
  
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• Serbian press marks 24th anniversary of unpunished 1999 killing of journalist

  11-04-2023 22:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Independent Serbian journalists on Tuesday marked the 24th anniversary of the killing of a prominent editor and newspaper publisher who was fiercely critical of the government in Belgrade. Slavko Curuvija was shot dead at the entrance to his Belgrade apartment during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia over its crackdown against Kosovo Albanian separatists. His killing became a symbol of the struggle for a free press in the Balkan nation that is seeking membership in the European Union. Independent
  
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• US considering imposing Colorado River water cuts to western states

  11-04-2023 22:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Depending on the plan, either California would be the most affected, or Arizona and Nevada would be parchedThe federal government on Tuesday laid out options for saving the Colorado River in an effort to prevent it from falling to critically low levels and put an end to months-long negotiations between the seven western states and Indigenous nations that rely on it as a dwindling resource.The Department of the Interior said it would either impose cuts to water allotments according to the water-r
  
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• Conflict-plagued Sudan region reports 14 killed in 3 days

  11-04-2023 22:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Bloodshed in Sudan's long-troubled Darfur region has left at least 14 people dead over the last three days, two activists said Tuesday. Adam Haroun, a local activist, said clashes erupted Sunday in West Darfur province after Arab gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed a trader in the remote town of Fur Baranga. The killing sparked a series of reprisal attacks between Arabic and African tribal groups and looting, said Adam Regal, spokesman for a local organization that helps run refugee camps in D
  
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• Joe Biden lands in Belfast ahead of four-day visit to island of Ireland

  11-04-2023 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  US president arrives in Northern Ireland on Tuesday before flying to Dublin in visit to help ‘keep the peace’Joe Biden has landed in Northern Ireland ahead of a four-day visit to the island of Ireland to underpin his support for peace in the country and to celebrate his Irish roots.The US president was met at Belfast international airport by Rishi Sunak on Tuesday night for the start of a visit expected to mix delicate political choreography with economic announcements and events lin
  
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• Biden calls family of reporter detained in Russia and charged with espionage

  11-04-2023 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Phone call occurred a day after the US declared the Moscow-based Wall Street Journal reporter wrongfully detainedJoe Biden spoke to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after the Moscow-based journalist was detained in Russia and charged with espionage.The president made the call as he flew to Belfast to start a four-day trip to Northern Ireland and Ireland. The call happened one day after the Biden administration formally declared the reporte
  
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• Most leading Republicans remain quiet on abortion pill ruling as Dems blast decision

  11-04-2023 21:49
  
  Many Republicans have remained mum on a Texas federal judge's controversial ruling against the abortion pill mifepristone
  
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• Jailed Russian opposition leader's health deteriorating: Spokesperson

  11-04-2023 21:42
  
  The team of Russia's top opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, is a sounding the alarm that his health is seriously deteriorating in prison.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to delay prison sentence denied by judge

  11-04-2023 21:42
  
  Holmes is set to report to prison on April 27.
  
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• Armenian and Azeri soldiers clash near contested Nagorno-Karabakh region

  11-04-2023 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Rivals have accused each other of initiating fire which killed seven peopleSouth Caucasus rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of initiating a fatal clash around the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region which killed seven soldiers.The two neighbours – both formerly part of the Soviet Union – have fought repeatedly over the last 35 years for control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but home to a mainly ethnic Armenian populat
  
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• How the tide turned against the CBI’s director general

  11-04-2023 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Sacked chief says he is ‘shocked’ and allegations have been ‘distorted’CBI dismisses Tony Danker after conduct complaintsThe director general of Britain’s most prominent lobby group is not leaving quietly. On Tuesday morning, hours after learning of his dismissal from the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker posted a series of tweets in which he revealed he was “shocked” at the decision, which followed allegations of misconduct.Some present and
  
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• Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police

  11-04-2023 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Benice Ryley plans to display new dolls despite police investigation into an alleged hate crimeThe landlady of a pub whose collection of golliwog dolls was confiscated by police has assembled replacements, which she plans to display in defiance of a continuing investigation.Last week four Essex police officers and a trainee seized all the dolls on show in the White Hart Inn in Grays as part of an investigation into an alleged hate crime. Continue reading...
  
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• Germany expels Chad's ambassador after own envoy is kicked out

  11-04-2023 21:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Germany on Tuesday ordered Chad's ambassador to leave the country, responding to the central African nation's expulsion last week of the German ambassador. Chad's government on Friday gave German Ambassador Gordon Kricke 48 hours to leave, citing his "discourteous attitude" and accusing him of failing to respect diplomatic customs. A brief statement from the Chadian government gave no further details about the reason for his removal. Kricke arrived in Germany on Sunday after having been seen off
  
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• Workplaces are the most common mass shooting sites, data shows

  11-04-2023 21:26
  
  Monday's shooting in a Louisville bank is the latest workplace-related mass shooting to take place in the United States, according to gun violence data.
  
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• ‘We have to move fast’: US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence

  11-04-2023 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
  The commerce department has requested public comment on AI accountability measures to ensure privacy and transparencyThe US government is taking its first tentative steps toward establishing rules for artificial intelligence tools, as the frenzy over generative AI and chatbots reach a fever pitch.The US commerce department on Tuesday announced it is officially requesting public comment on how to create accountability measures for AI, seeking help on how to advise US policymakers to approach the
  
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• Over 1 million young Russians left workforce as Putin focused on Ukraine conflict: report

  11-04-2023 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia may have lost as many as 1.3 million young workers since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new report.  The Finexpertiza consulting firm released its findings after analyzing official statistics, reporting that working citizens under the age of 35 in Russia fell by 1.33 million people between December 2021 and December 2022, marking the lowest share since the start of data collection in 2006.  Young workers make up only 21.5 million out of t
  
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• City of London police open inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct at CBI

  11-04-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation begins after the Guardian reports on complaints against senior figures at business organisationCity of London police have launched an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the Confederation of British Industry in the wake of the Guardian’s reports of complaints against senior figures at the organisation.Britain’s most prominent business group is battling to secure its future after more than a dozen women employed by the CBI claimed to have been victims of vari
  
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• EY plan to break up consultancy and audit divisions blocked by US office

  11-04-2023 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Accountancy firm confirms work has stopped on radical scheme after internal concerns about structureEY has scrapped plans for a radical breakup of its global operations after internal disputes over the potential structure of the new businesses.The company started laying the groundwork for separating its audit and advisory businesses – under the codename Project Everest – last year, as the big four accounting firms faced mounting criticism about conflicts of interest between the two d
  
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• WATCH: Officer reunites with boy he saved from drowning in 2011

  11-04-2023 20:37
  
  Twelve-year-old Matthew got to meet the man who saved his life.
  
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• A series of concussions saw this Olympic champion admitted to a psychiatric ward

  11-04-2023 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  Three years after becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold in wrestling, Helen Maroulis was told she was about to be admitted to a psychiatric ward with suicidal thoughts.
  
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• US feared Ukraine could fall ‘well short’ in spring counter-offensive, leaks reveal

  11-04-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Top secret’ document reportedly warned Kyiv faced shortfalls in troops and weaponry and suggested any gains would be modestPentagon leak traced to video game chat about UkraineUS intelligence reportedly warned in February that Ukraine might fail to amass sufficient troops and weaponry for its planned spring counter-offensive, and might fall “well short” of Kyiv’s goals for recapturing territory seized by Russia, according to one of a trove of leaked defence documen
  
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• FBI warns against using public USB charging ports

  11-04-2023 20:06
  
  FBI warns against using public charging stations
  
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• The leak explained in under 60 seconds

  11-04-2023 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Key takeaways from the breach of classified US documents about the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Hungary signs new energy deals with Russia; UN tally of Ukraine civilian deaths approaches 8,500

  11-04-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed.The RIA Novosti news agency in Russia reports on its Telegram channel that yesterday an unknown drone fell near Belgorod airport. Citing emergency services, it said “there were no casualties, the fence was slightly damaged”.The claims have not been independently verified. Continue reading...
  
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• Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention

  11-04-2023 19:57
  
  The Democratic National Committee announced on Tuesday Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center from August 19 to 22.
  
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• US and China unite in effort to rehabilitate Ya Ya the panda bear

  11-04-2023 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States and People's Republic of China are cooperating on the return and rehabilitation of a giant panda that has lived in Tennessee for decades. U.S. officials are working to return Ya Ya, a panda from the Memphis Zoo, to Chinese custody amid concerns for her health. "The Chinese side has made full preparations for the return of Ya Ya and will coordinate more closely with the US institutions concerned to complete a pre-departure health evaluation and send the giant panda safely home a
  
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• Jerusalem holy site visits restricted after Israeli soldiers shoot two Palestinians

  11-04-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Al-Aqsa mosque closed to non-Muslims and tourists after gunmen who shot at an army post killed by security forcesIsrael has halted visits by non-Muslims and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site, as its military said soldiers had shot dead two Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of unrest showed no sign of subsiding.Last week, an Israeli police raid at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, a tinder box in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, triggered rocket attacks fr
  
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• Ukraine wants India to play a larger role in helping to end the war with Russia

  11-04-2023 19:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine wants India to play a bigger role in helping end Russia’s war, its deputy foreign minister said Tuesday during the first visit by a senior Ukrainian official to India since the war began last year. India "can play a bigger and greater role" and Ukraine would "welcome any effort that is directed at resolving the war," Emine Dzhaparova said. She made the comments in a speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs, a think tank in New Delhi, after meeting with her Indian counterpart,
  
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• Supporters defend Dalai Lama’s odd interaction with young boy, point to Tibet’s history of 'tongue greetings'

  11-04-2023 19:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Supporters of the Dalai Lama defended him online this week after the religious leader asked a young boy to "suck my tongue" on Monday, outraging many observers. The Dalai Lama's defenders argued criticism was coming from Westerners who misunderstand Tibetan culture. Sticking out one's tongue at another person is considered a sign of respect or affirmation in the region's culture, according to the University of California at Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies. "Expression of emotions and
  
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• French building collapse death toll rises to 6; 2 missing

  11-04-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  French investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the city of Marseille as a possible "involuntary homicide" case, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Prosecutor Dominique Laurens said an investigation was opened on that basis after the first body was found in the building, which collapsed in a fiery explosion early Sunday. Four of the six victims have been formally identified, Laurens said: a 74-year-old couple and two women, ages 88 and 65,
  
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• UK has named first woman to lead communications intelligence agency GCHQ

  11-04-2023 19:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Anne Keast-Butler, who has spent 30 years working in national security for Britain, was named Tuesday as the first woman to head the U.K.'s communications intelligence agency. Keast-Butler, currently deputy director general at MI5, the domestic intelligence agency, will head the Government Communications Headquarters — better known as GCHQ. Her appointment comes as intelligence agencies focus on threats from Russia and China. "Anne Keast-Butler has an impressive track recordworking at the
  
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• John Olsen, celebrated Australian artist, dies aged 95

  11-04-2023 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  In a career spanning seven decades best known for his landscapes, Olsen won the Archibald prize in 2005 for a self-portraitGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJohn Olsen, one of Australia’s most celebrated artists best known for his landscapes, has died aged 95.Olsen, who won the Archibald prize in 2005 for a self-portrait and was appointed to the Order of Australia in 2001, passed away on Tuesday evening surrounded by his family. Continue reading...
  
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• French pension reform protestors interrupt President Emmanuel Macrons speech in the Netherlands

  11-04-2023 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Protesters opposing France's unpopular pension reforms on Tuesday briefly interrupted a speech in the Netherlands by French President Emmanuel Macron as he was about to outline his vision for the future of Europe during a two-day state visit. Some members of the audience at a theater in The Hague shouted at Macron as he was just starting his speech, accusing him of undemocratically forcing through his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron's pension reforms prompted massive prote
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 412 of the invasion

  11-04-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaked US documents appear to indicate Egypt was planning to covertly supply Russia weapons; US says reporter Evan Gershkovich ‘wrongfully detained’ Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Dog walks on front legs to avoid touching the snow

  11-04-2023 19:12
  
  The snow is lava!
  
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• Decision on Ukraine warplanes coming 'before summer,' says Denmark, as Washington scrambles over intel leak

  11-04-2023 18:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Denmark’s acting defense minister on Tuesday said he expects Copenhagen and its NATO allies will reach a decision on sending warplanes to Ukraine "before the summer" as concerns mount over Kyiv’s air defense capabilities amid the classified U.S. document leak. The Pentagon is still scrambling to locate the source of the leaked documents that paint a grim picture of Ukraine’s air defenses and suggest they could be depleted by next month.  Officials have yet to authenticate
  
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• ‘The Saint’ leaves Italian town after case opened into statue’s ‘tears of blood’

  11-04-2023 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Maria Giuseppe Scarpulla investigated after claim blood stains on statue of Virgin Mary come from a pigA woman nicknamed “the Saint” has mysteriously vanished from a small lakeside town near Rome where pilgrims have flocked for years to pray before a statue of the Virgin Mary that she claimed shed tears of blood.Maria Giuseppe Scarpulla, originally from Sicily, and her husband reportedly fled Trevignano Romano last week after a private investigator triggered a judicial investigation
  
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