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World Food Programme halts operations in Sudan after 3 employees killedground.news: 33 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

East Africa: African Union Calls for Ceasefire in Sudanground.news: 34 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

At Least 33 Killed by Gunmen in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeriaground.news: 14 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Fire in Dubai kills 16, injures 9 in apartment buildingground.news: 114 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Heatstroke kills 11 at India awards eventground.news: 46 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Iranian court sentences 10 military personnel over 2020 Ukraine jet downingground.news: 75 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Thousands protest in Czech capital calling on the government to resigneuronews16 April 2023 (LINK)

Thousands of Israelis in new protests against judicial reforms ground.news: 31 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Wagner chief calls for end of Ukraine war in blog postdeutschewelle16 April 2023 (LINK)

130 Ukrainian servicemen returned by Russia in prisoner exchangeground.news: 146 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Polish ban on Ukrainian grain and food imports includes transitreuters16 April 2023 (LINK)

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia's jailed ex-president nears death in hospitalGuardian16 April 2023 (LINK)

27 Countries Facing the Worst Climate Change Catastrophes247wallst.com16 April 2023 (LINK)

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua say they killed 9 army soldiersground.news: 11 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

FARC dissident group says to start peace talks with Colombian government in Mayground.news: 28 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Atiq Ahmed: Indian gangster-turned-politician shot dead on live television: Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were being escorted for a medical check-up in handcuffs at the time of the attack.: Atiq Ahmed was shown speaking to journalists just seconds before the fatal attackground.news: 27 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Clarence Thomas claimed income from defunct real estate firm: reportthehill16 April 2023 (LINK)

Chaim Topol: Fiddler on the Roof actor was Mossad spy, say familyground.news: 12 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

Phantom of the Opera ends historic Broadway run: 35 years, almost 14,000 performancesground.news: 35 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

SWISS to trial use of AI during boarding processbusinesstraveller16 April 2023 (LINK)


Soccer Tunisian player dies after setting himself on fire in protest against policeground.news: 34 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen hospitalised with "mild heart attack"ground.news: 71 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

Men against Japanese Prime Minister threw smoke bomb, crowd fledground.news: 5 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

G7 ministers agree to speed up renewable energy development ground.news: 78 sources16 April 2023 (LINK)

— But they stopped short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out of coal that Canada and some other members had pushed for, and left the door open for continued investment in gas, saying that sector could help address potential energy shortfalls.

Gang clash leaves at least 12 dead in Ecuador prisonground.news: 26 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

Next-generation solar panels are 1000 times more powerfulthebrighterside15 April 2023 (LINK)

Germany ends nuclear era as last reactors power downnewsfusion15 April 2023 (LINK)

Banks say they're acting on climate but continue to finance fossil fuel expansionarstechnica14 April 2023 (LINK)

$7 Trillion Of U.S. Bank Deposits Are Uninsuredbitcoinnews.com15 April 2023 (LINK)

Who Owns the Copyright to AI Creations? How Does AI Copyright Work?makeuseof15 April 2023 (LINK)

Donald Trump reports little income from Truth Social, up to $1.5m from NFTsabcnews15 April 2023 (LINK)

SpaceX will try to launch most powerful rocket on 17 Aprilafp / newsfusion15 April 2023 (LINK)

Japan approves plan to open its first casinoground.news: 45 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

Men against Japanese Prime Minister threw smoke bomb, crowd fledground.news: 5 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)


New Study: COVID-19 Omicron Variant Is More Deadly Than the Seasonal Fluscitechdaily14 April 2023 (LINK)

Want To Try OpenAI's GPT-4? Here's A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Try This Internet-Breaking AI Toolbenzinga14 April 2023 (LINK)

Top 10 hedge funds made £1.5bn profit from Ukraine war food price spikeGuardian14 April 2023 (LINK)

Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla Get Far More Government Money than NPR, which he labelle as "government-influenced": NPR's government grants represent less than 1% of the nonprofit's revenuegizmodo14 April 2023 (LINK)

Twitter gives subscribers 10,000 character limitground.news: 25 sources15 April 2023 (LINK)

Elon Musk Files to Incorporate Artificial Intelligence Company: The news comes after Musk signed an open letter in March urging labs to take a break from AI developmentsource14 April 2023 (LINK)

— The company was incorporated last month, The Wall Street Journal reported on 14 April, referring to a state filing. Musk has yet to tweet about the new company.

Elon Musk Suggests Doctors Who Treat Trans Youth Should "Go to Prison for Life"them.us14 April 2023 (LINK)

Banks say they're acting on climate but continue to finance fossil fuel expansionarstechnica14 April 2023 (LINK)

Five Austrian former officials tried for allegedly helping Mossad shield Syrianground.news: 10 sources14 April 2023 (LINK)

Mexico arrests 3 more officials in fire that killed migrantsground.news: 11 sources14 April 2023 (LINK)

China and India are buying so much Russian oil that Moscow's now selling more crude than it was before invading Ukrainesource14 April 2023 (LINK)

Argentinians buckle under 104.3% inflationAl Jazeera14 April 2023 (LINK)

Hungary's chilling new law lets people 'report' same-sex parents to authoritiesthepinknews14 April 2023 (LINK)


New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?ground.news: 40 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

Rights group: 75% surge in Iran executions last year as it sought to spread fearground.news: 25 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

UN, others cite new displacement from Ethiopia's Tigrayground.news: 22 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

At least 25 dead after boat carrying people to Europe sinks off TunisiaGuardian13 April 2023 (LINK)

Tibetan leader defends Dalai Lama after 'suck my tongue' request to boyCNN13 April 2023 (LINK)

German imports from Russia down over 90% in war's 1st yearground.news: 16 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

EU sanctions Russia's Wagner Group over fighting in Ukraineground.news: 4 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

Swiss banks warn Russian taxpayers of looming account closures/novayagazeta.eu13 April 2023 (LINK)

Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of espionagepbs.org13 April 2023 (LINK)

The controversy around Russian tourists in Indonesiaglobalvoices.org13 April 2023 (LINK)

UN rights chief seeks help as Mediterranean refugee deaths surgeAl Jazeera13 April 2023 (LINK)

UN: 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023ground.news: 20 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

Apple now makes almost 7% of its iPhones in Indiaground.news: 27 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

China sanctions senior US lawmaker for visiting Taiwanground.news: 94 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

Theodor Diener, Swiss-born scientist who discovered the tiny viroid, dies at 102washingtonpost ●13 April 2023 (LINK)

New dark matter map confirms Einstein's theories about the universetechspot.com13 April 2023 (LINK)

Thirteen women accuse Gérard Depardieu of sexual violenceground.news: 102 sources13 April 2023 (LINK)

Romance novel cover model, former body builder, who dragged Capitol officer on Jan. 6 sentenced to 3 years in prisonNBCnews13 April 2023 (LINK)


World Bank members endorse moves to boost lending by US$50 billion over decadeground.news: 4 sources12 April 2023 (LINK)

US becomes first major fishing nation to ratify deal to cut subsidies contributing to overfishing — WTO chiefreuters12 April 2023 (LINK)

Pentagon leaks: US thinks UN head Guterres too accommodating to Moscow, files suggestBBC12 April 2023 (LINK)

A Namibian fishing scandal is raising a stink in Europe: EU has not acted against Iceland's biggest fishing firm despite evidence of its corrupt deals in Namibiaqz12 April 2023 (LINK)

Pentagon leaks: US thinks UN head Guterres too accommodating to Moscow, files suggestBBC12 April 2023 (LINK)

Scientists warn of plant pandemics that threaten global food supply for billionsground.news: 6 sources12 April 2023 (LINK)

First human death due to H3N8 bird flu: woman in China with pre-existing conditions: all three people who contracted H3N8 in China are thought to have been exposed to the virus at live poultry marketsAl Jazeera12 April 2023 (LINK)

Myanmar military confirms air raid that killed dozens in anti-coup ceremony in SagaingAl Jazeera12 April 2023 (LINK)

Father of girl who drew anti-war art extradited from Belarus to RussiaAP12 April 2023 (LINK)

Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation caseNBCnews12 April 2023 (LINK)

Fox News under fire for 'credibility problem' over late disclosure of Murdoch role: Judge chided firm's lawyers after they revealed for the first time in nearly two years owner's executive chairman titleThe Guardian12 April 2023 (LINK)

UNCTAD calls for a bold international economic agenda to avert another lost decade for developing countriesunctad.org12 April 2023 (LINK)

— UNCTAD finds that 81 developing countries (excluding China) lost $241 billion in international reserves in 2022, an average decline of 7%, with over 20 countries experiencing a drop of over 10% and in many cases exhausting their recent addition of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). Meanwhile, borrowing costs, measured through sovereign bond yields, increased from 5.3% to 8.5% for 68 emerging markets. 39 countries paid more to their external public creditors than what they received in new loans.

UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing Medground.news: 27 sources12 April 2023 (LINK)

Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann apologises to missing girl's parentsground.news: 7 sources12 April 2023 (LINK)


Yasmine Motarjemi on the Nestlé affairwww.humanrights.ch11 April 2023 (LINK)

Afghanistan: UN forced to make 'appalling choice' following ban on women nationalsnews.un.org11 April 2023 (LINK)

UN to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban banground.news: 49 sources11 April 2023 (LINK)

UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia — APground.news: 15 sources11 April 2023 (LINK)

UN Calls for Massive International Support to Somaliaground.news: 44 sources11 April 2023 (LINK)

China's Inflation Rate Drops to Lowest in 18 Monthsnews.bitcoin.com11 April 2023 (LINK)

Trump fan, retired firefighter, gets 4-year sentence for hitting officers with a fire extinguisher on Jan. 6NBCnews11 April 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland not recommending spring-summer COVID-19 vaccine, including for high-risk individuals boosted under six months agoground.news: 11 sources11 April 2023 (LINK)

ITC: Global exports fell by 4.3% in January 2023, as compared to January 2022. Minerals exports grew 5.3%, while agriculture, fisheries, food exports grew 4.0%, and manufacturing exports fell 7.3%, compared to one year earlier.intracen11 April 2023 (LINK)

The impact of the Black Sea Grain Initiative: for every tonne of wheat shipped from Ukraine to developing countries in 2022, there is a gap of two tonnesunctad11 April 2023 (LINK)

We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spotstheconversation11 April 2023 (LINK)

AI can probably crack your password in seconds: for most of the common passwords, at least 51% of those tested were cracked in less than a minute.digitaltrends11 April 2023 (LINK)

Swiss researchers use typing, mouse clicks to detect office stressground.news: 4 sources11 April 2023 (LINK)


'Arcturus', the latest COVID variant eyed by the WHO, appears to have a new symptom: pediatric conjunctivitisfortune.com ●10 April 2023 (LINK)

China hands lengthy jail terms to two rights lawyers in crackdownground.news: 67 sources10 April 2023 (LINK)

Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him asking a boy to 'suck my tongue': sticking out one's tongue is a sign of respect or agreement and was often used as a greeting in traditional Tibetan culture:NBCnews10 April 2023 (LINK)

— "Sticking out one's tongue is a sign of respect or agreement and was often used as a greeting in traditional Tibetan culture":There's no mention of tongue-sucking.

News Presenter Generated with AI Appears in Kuwaitground.news: 14 sources10 April 2023 (LINK)

In reversal, Netanyahu says he's keeping Gallant as Israel's defense ministeraxios10 April 2023 (LINK)

China simulates striking Taiwan on second day of drillsground.news: 107 sources10 April 2023 (LINK)

Fifth body found in French Alps following avalanche on Armancette glacier, which is near the village and ski resort of Les Contamines-Montjoieground.news: 11 sources10 April 2023 (LINK)

Did humans bring Covid-19 to Wuhan market? A Chinese scientist claims soground.news: 11 sources10 April 2023 (LINK)

— The scientist also denied a recent study that suggested that racoon dogs were the origin of the Covid virus.

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