What's Going On In The World Tommy Housman & Sarah Seils

Friday April 19 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/world/asia/china-us-biden-japan.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/12/world/israel-gaza-war-news-hamas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/11/israel-damascus-strike-iran/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/12/niger-russia-us-military/
https://www.dw.com/en/belgium-probes-russian-interference-in-eu-elections/a-68804538
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240412-exodus-from-key-town-on-myanmar-thai-border-as-it-falls-to-anti-junta-resistance
China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back
Travel Warnings Issued as Israel Prepares for Possible Iranian Strike
Pentagon frustrated by lack of notice from Israel in Syria strike
Russian soldiers arrive in Niger as relationship with U.S. deteriorates
Belgium probes Russian 'interference' in EU elections
Exodus from key town on Myanmar-Thai border as it falls to anti-junta resistance
Strategic Showdown: Thitu Island's Battle between the Philippines and China
Biden Administration Announces Additional $7.4 Billion in Student Loan Cancellations
DEI Programs Face Opposition, There is a Reason: Universities Resort to Rebranding
Biden Administration Greenlights Broadened Background Checks for Gun Purchases

U.N. resolution on Gaza cease-fire vetoed after angry exchange between U.S., Russia; Blink and Netanyahu diverge over direction of war
Once in decline, Indigenous food culture in Borneo thrives again
Ukraine war: Five dead and a million without power after wave of Russian strikes
Senegal’s presidential election: A look at the four main candidates
House Passes Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown, Prompting G.O.P. Mutiny
Cosmic explosion will be visible to the naked eye in once-in-a-lifetime stargazing event
Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68380251
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68384402
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68379646
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-china-officials-discuss-russia-north-korea-military-cooperation-state-2024-02-23/
https://www.dw.com/en/valencia-fire-death-toll-rises-to-10-as-questions-swirl/a-68356950
US targets Russia with more than 500 new sanctions
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic's mother 'given hours to agree secret burial'
Israel's PM Netanyahu lays out Gaza plan for after the war
US, China officials discuss Russia-North Korea military cooperation, State Department says
Valencia fire death toll rises to 10 as questions swirl
Alabama Supreme Court's rule cells awaiting implantation for in vitro fertilization as children 
All religious communities shall be equal before the law and clearly separated from the state.
Black Student’s Suspension Over Hairstyle Didn’t Violate Law, Texas Judge Rules
U.S. returns to the moon as NASA's Odysseus successfully touches down

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage
Israel raids Nasser Hospital in Gaza; doctors describe gunfire
In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency
Ukraine updates: Berlin and Kyiv ink bilateral security pact
House into recess until February 28
Trump's influence further complicated matters
Biden unequivocally blamed Putin for death of Navalny
March 1 deadline for the 2024 budget approaching
Willis is not on trial Trump is

'My memory is fine' - Biden hits back at special counsel
From Poland to Spain, Europe's farmers ramp up protests
Zelensky sacks Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Pakistan stunned as ex-premier Khan’s party overperforms in election
DENGUE FEVER: HOPE FOR AN END TO A DEADLY DISEASE
Optimism about the U.S. economy sends stocks to a new record
The border crisis is helping to mainstream a dangerous conspiracy theory 
 
Monarch butterflies just took a big hit. Midwesterners may see few of them this year 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68244352
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68249099
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/09/pakistan-election-results-imran-khan
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68244813