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Live updates | 5 Arab foreign ministers in Moscow for talks

The Call | 2022-04-04, 14:50

CAIRO — Five Arab foreign ministers have traveled to Moscow for talks with Russia’s top diplomat on the war in Ukraine. The Arab League says the foreign ministers of Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Jordan and Sudan will meet Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey

Library study finds 'challenged' books soared in 2021

The Call | 2022-04-04, 14:50

NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. “A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library.

Pakistan’s top court adjourns hearing on no-trust vote till April 4

Gulf News | 2022-04-04, 14:49

Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard arguments in one of the most significant cases in political history on Monday but adjourned the hearing till April 5. Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial took suo motu notice on Sunday on the dismissal of the no-trust

U.S. FDA advisers to discuss additional COVID vaccine boosters

Toronto Sun | 2022-04-04, 14:48

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s staff said on Monday that expert advisers would discuss the timing and populations for use of additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters doses in a meeting later this week. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This

Ukrainian refugees at U.S. border in Mexico: "Just hope... and pray"

CBS News | 2022-04-04, 14:48

The refugee crisis created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has come to America's doorstep, with hundreds of refugees arriving in Tijuana to make their way to the San Ysidro port of entry. ...

Superyacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin seized by U.S.

CBC | 2022-04-04, 14:47

The U.S. government seized a mega yacht

Kids struggling with writing and speech development in the wake of the Covid pandemic, UK ...

CNBC | 2022-04-04, 14:47

Children continue to struggle with basic development skills such as writing and speaking in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a U.K. study has found. ...

Live updates | US urges Russia’s ouster from UN rights body

East Bay Times | 2022-04-04, 14:45

By The Associated Press GENEVA — The United States plans to seek a suspension of Russia from its seat on the U.N.’s top human rights body in the wake of rising signs that Russian forces may have committed war crimes in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to

Ukrainian president says Russian actions in Ukraine make negotiations harder

The Times of India | 2022-04-04, 14:45

BUCHA: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday it had become harder for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia since Kyiv became aware of the scale of alleged atrocities carried out by Russian troops in Ukraine. Zelenskyy spoke on national television from the

British Company Produces 1 Million Kosher-For-Passover Matzahs for Ukraine

The Algemeiner | 2022-04-04, 14:44

Matzah. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – A British kosher food manufacturer devoted its entire factory this week to produce a million matzahs for Ukraine’s Jewish community and refugees in time for Passover following a request from the Orthodox Union,

Singapore’s Jewish Community Hosts First Interfaith Passover Seder

The Algemeiner | 2022-04-04, 14:44

A Passover Seder table. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – Singapore’s Jewish community hosted its first interfaith seder ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins on April 15 at sundown, reported Yahoo! News. Ten religious leaders were

Prince Andrew 'set to accompany' Queen to Epsom Derby

Canada Dot Com | 2022-04-04, 14:44

Prince Andrew will reportedly accompany Queen Elizabeth to the races over Platinum Jubilee weekend.

GT World Challenge: Arun Maini takes Mercedes-AMG GT3 to podium in Imola

TeluguStop | 2022-04-04, 14:44

Imola (Italy), April 4 : India's Arjun Maini led the Haupt Racing Team to a successful start to the new GT World Challenge Europe season this wee Source:TeluguStop.com Read More.. ...

The friends of Orban: Le Pen and Salvini congratulate president on election victory

The Independent | 2022-04-04, 14:43

‘When the people vote, the people win,’ Marine Le Pen gushed on Twitter

China could join forces with Russia in bid for World Women’s Handball Championship, pair set for friendly games this month

Inside The Games | 2022-04-04, 14:39

China is considering joining forces with Russia to launch a joint bid for the World Women’s Handball Championship as the two nations look set to compete on the handball court later this month. Russian Handball Federation President Sergey Shishkarev has

Why Putin faces ‘more NATO’ in the Arctic after Ukraine invasion

Live Mint | 2022-04-04, 14:38

BARDUFOSS : The sound of gunfire echoed around the Norwegian fjords as a row of Swedish and Finnish soldiers, positioned prone behind banks of snow, trained rifles and missile launchers on nearby hills ready for an enemy attack. The drill, in March, was the

The World Food Programme’s contribution to improving the prospects for peace in Ethiopia

Reliefweb | 2022-04-04, 14:36

The goal of this report is to explain and assess the contribution of WFP Ethiopia’s climate adaptation and risk management programmes

Missing Migrants, Missing Solutions? Reviewing GCM Objective 8 in West Africa

Reliefweb | 2022-04-04, 14:36

More than 2,100 migrants have died in West Africa and on overseas routes from the region to Europe since 2014, according to data from IOM’s Missing Migrants Project (MMP). In 2018, Objective 8 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Henkel to Continue Business in Russia for Now

The Epoch Times | 2022-04-04, 14:36

BERLIN—Henkel will continue doing business in Russia for the time being, the German consumer goods group's chairperson said on Monday, adding that the

Human Rights Watch Alleges War Crimes Against Ukrainian Civilians by Russian Forces

The Epoch Times | 2022-04-04, 14:36

Human Rights Watch said Sunday that it had documented a series of grave abuses allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine,

India Rejects Adani Bids to Supply Imported Coal Over ‘High Prices’

The Epoch Times | 2022-04-04, 14:36

India's Andhra Pradesh state has canceled two bids from Adani Enterprises Ltd. for tenders to supply imported coal due to the high

Village leader and family found buried in shallow grave outside Ukrainian capital

Indian Express | 2022-04-04, 14:36

The head of the village of Motyzhyn, her husband and son were shot and buried in a shallow grave, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry said on Monday, showing their partially covered bodies in the sand. Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and

Calls grow for more sanctions on Russia after mass graves found around Kyiv

Tacoma News Tribune | 2022-04-04, 14:35

LVIV, Ukraine — Calls for war-crime investigations and harsher sanctions on Moscow grew Monday as Ukrainian and Western officials responded to discoveries of mass graves and streets littered with the ...

Watch Kentucky duo survive a hiccup to advance past duets round on ‘American Idol’

Tacoma News Tribune | 2022-04-04, 14:35

There was worry on the face of Noah Thompson after his duet performance with Olivia Faye on “American Idol,” but the duo from Kentucky still managed to escape into the ...

Indonesian court sentences teacher to death for raping 13 students

News24 | 2022-04-04, 14:33

An Indonesian court has handed down a death sentence to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty. ...

The Royal Oak: A Watch Masterpiece at 50

New York Times | 2022-04-04, 14:33

Gerald Genta’s design for Audemars Piguet, widely considered one of the most influential designs of all time, reaches a milestone. ...