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Missing Indonesian submarine: rescuers find unidentified object as US joins search
The Guardian 23 Apr 2021
As the US military joined the search, the Indonesian navy said on Thursday its ships had found an unidentified object at a depth of 50-100 metres (165-330ft) ... He said they were waiting for a navy ship with underwater detection facilities to arrive in the area before they could investigate further.
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Over 120 wounded in east Jerusalem clashes
Straits Times 23 Apr 2021
JERUSALEM (AFP) - More than 100 Palestinians and 20 Israeli police were wounded in overnight clashes in annexed East Jerusalem, medics and the police said on Friday (April 23), as tensions mount over a police ban on gatherings and videos of attacks on youths ... The Israeli police said 20 officers were wounded, three of whom were taken to hospital ... �.
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China and Russia could win ‘moment of reckoning’ over control of internet unless UK evolves, GCHQ warns
The Independent 23 Apr 2021photo: AP / Panagiotis Balaskas
Germany under fire for ending scheme to take migrants from Greek islands
The National 23 Apr 2021
Germany said its scheme to take in refugees from Greek islands had ended on Thursday as the last 103 people arrived more than six months after a fire destroyed the Moria camp. A total of 2,765 people were offered a home in Germany in a programme which was expanded after the Moria blaze last September ... Read More ... “Germany has enough safe havens.” ... .
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Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border
Democratic Underground 23 Apr 2021
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV. MOSCOW (AP) Russian troops began pulling back to their permanent bases Friday after a massive buildup that has caused Ukrainian and Western concerns ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the announcement ... Read more ... .
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‘No peaceful protests anymore:’ Myanmar youth bear arms to fight junta
La Prensa Latina 23 Apr 2021
By Mratt Kyaw Thu. Kayin, Myanmar, Apr 23 (EFE).- Dozens of Myanmar youth who saw no results following peaceful protests against the military junta, have in recent months joined military training with ethnic rebel groups that have been fighting the state for decades ... After Gen. Min Aung Hlaing led the Feb ... However, he said making the jump was not easy.
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Thousands gather to wish Chad’s slain president “a deserved rest”
Metro USA 23 Apr 2021
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered at the main square in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Friday to pay their respects to the late President Idriss Deby, who was killed while leading his troops against a rebel offensive on Monday ... Most of the opposition boycotted the vote ... .
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Putin says open to meeting Ukrainian leader 'any time'
Anadolu Agency 23 Apr 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he is ready to receive his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Moscow "any time." ... Putin said "the acting leadership of Ukraine has taken a lot of steps aiming to destroy Russian-Ukrainian relations," however, if Zelensky wants to start restoring them, Russia would welcome this ... .
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EU urges 'flexibility' for seal Swiss deal
Urdu Point 23 Apr 2021
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen called for "flexibility" as Switzerland's president visited Brussels Friday for talks aimed at breaking the logjam over a long-delayed cooperation agreement ... "In a negotiation, the final metres are the most difficult," European Commission president von der Leyen said at the start of the meeting ... ....
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Fire at Shanghai electronics factory kills 8
Wtop 23 Apr 2021
The fire broke out at the Shengrui Electronic Technology (Shanghai) Co ... Source .
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Potential new malaria vaccine shows promise in Burkina Faso trial
Metro USA 23 Apr 2021
(Reuters) – A potential new malaria vaccine has proved highly effective in a trial in babies in Africa, pointing to it one day possibly helping reduce the death toll from the mosquito-born disease that kills up to half a million young children a year ... (Reporting by Kate Kelland, Editing by William Maclean). .
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France kicks controversial Benoit Paire out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics tennis team
Gulf News 23 Apr 2021
Dubai. The French Tennis Federation on Friday barred outspoken world No. 35 Benoit Paire from the Tokyo Olympics. Paire will not be considered for selection to Tokyo due to his “repeated deeply ill-judged behaviour”, a statement from the FFT announced ... Tennis. Rafael Nadal downs battling Kei Nishikori to reach Barcelona quarter-finals Tennis ... .
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China: Xinjiang exports to US on rise despite sanctions
Anadolu Agency 23 Apr 2021
Despite Washington’s sanctions and a ban on goods from Xinjiang, exports from China's northwestern province to the US have increased in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, according to data released by China’s customs agency ... The region’s overall exports rose 33.75% ... But imports into the region dropped by 33% ... .
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Iran supplied Yemen with weapons technology, says senior IRGC official
The National 23 Apr 2021
Iran supplied Yemen's Houthi rebels with weapons technology that helped bolster their efforts to attack Saudi Arabia, said Rostam Ghasemi, a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran's former economic minister. The admission from Mr Ghasemi marks the first time Iran has confirmed weapons aid to Yemen's Houthi rebels ... US ... .
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Honda aims for 100% electric vehicles by 2040, says new CEO
Metro USA 23 Apr 2021
By Eimi Yamamitsu. TOKYO (Reuters) -Honda Motor Co is aiming to increase its ratio of electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to 100% of all sales by 2040, chief executive Toshihiro Mibe said on Friday ... The target set by the government is “feasible”, Mibe said ... ($1 = 107.9100 yen). (Editing by Jacqueline Wong). .
