Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at 63 (www.nbcnews.com)
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Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them (www.lgbtqnation.com)
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Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts....
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House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App (www.nytimes.com)
The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in the United States....
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Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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Ukraine packed a Cessna-style plane with explosives, added remote controls and kamikaze’d it into a Russian drone factory 600 miles away (www.forbes.com)
In a sharp escalation of its drone campaign targeting strategic industries deep inside Russia, Ukraine seems to have fitted Cessna-style light planes with remote controls, packed them with explosives and flown at least one of them more than 600 miles to strike a Russian factory in Yelabuga, 550 miles east of Moscow....
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A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace (apnews.com)
A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea....
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‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
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Five killed and 10 injured in Gaza aid airdrop when parachute fails to open (www.theguardian.com)
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How to fix Korea's birthrate? Put girls in school earlier, controversial report argues (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
“Notably, Chang’s report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and...
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' (abcnews.go.com)
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
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UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
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Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah (www.commondreams.org)
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Gaza: Children killed as Israeli strike on playground leaves 11 dead (www.thenational.scot)
At least 11 people, including children, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, it has been reported....
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Israel's defence against Iran attack overnight 'likely cost over $1bn' (www.middleeasteye.net)
It cost Israel more than $1bn to activate its defence systems that intercepted Iran’s massive drone and missile attack overnight, according to a former financial adviser to Israel’s military....
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Prepare for Putin pivot to invade us, say Baltic states (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Diplomats say Putin’s brutalisation of Ukraine has brought back darkest memories of occupation under Stalin...
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Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals (www.theguardian.com)
The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...
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Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters (www.reuters.com)
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Israeli minister Ben Gvir calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding (www.middleeasteye.net)
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
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Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’ (www.nbcnews.com)
In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country....
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House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu (abcnews.go.com)
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Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)
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Tesla pushes for $56bn pay deal for Elon Musk (www.bbc.com)
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Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust (www.aljazeera.com)
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