Sudan’s civil war: ‘I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head’ – BBC

  1. Sudan's civil war: 'I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head'  BBC
  2. ‘They were chanting as they killed people in their homes’: survivors describe attack on Sudan’s Zamzam camp  The Guardian
  3. Sudanese Paramilitaries Kill Entire Clinic Staff in Famine-Struck Camp  The New York Times
  4. Sudan’s war takes a(nother) grim turn  Politico
  5. Survivors Describe Executions, Arson in Attack on Sudan's Zamzam Camp  U.S. News & World Report
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Scholars Decipher Ancient Graffiti In Room Of Jesus’ Last Supper – Forbes

  1. Scholars Decipher Ancient Graffiti In Room Of Jesus’ Last Supper  Forbes
  2. Archaeologists reveal strange inscriptions in Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem  Fox News
  3. Medieval Graffiti at Historic Jerusalem Site Deciphered With Cutting-Edge Tech  Artnet News
  4. Researchers uncover hidden inscriptions in Jerusalem’s Last Supper Room  HeritageDaily
  5. Medieval graffiti discovered in the Last Supper Hall in Jerusalem's Cenacle  The Jerusalem Post
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Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise – NPR

  1. Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise  NPR
  2. China denies Zelenskyy’s charge that it provides Russia with weapons  politico.eu
  3. Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles  Reuters
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv sanctions three Chinese companies accused of helping Russia  The Guardian
  5. China is supplying weapons to Russia, says Zelensky  The Independent
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Nicola Coughlan ‘Wouldn’t Touch’ Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole – Teen Vogue

  1. Nicola Coughlan 'Wouldn't Touch' Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole  Teen Vogue
  2. JK Rowling’s journey from Harry Potter creator to gender-critical campaigner  The Guardian
  3. How J K Rowling funded a legal battle that curtailed trans rights in UK  Times of India
  4. Britain Rules on What a Woman Is  The Atlantic
  5. The Supreme Court ruling gives clarity - but now comes the difficult part  BBC
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Is Israel’s partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave? – France 24

  1. Is Israel's partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave?  France 24
  2. Is Israel Preparing for a Long-term Occupation of Gaza?  Foreign Policy
  3. Memories and Mourning as Israel Annexes Rafah  Inkstick
  4. Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says  BBC
  5. Israeli troops will remain in Gaza buffer zones indefinitely, Defense Minister Katz says  Fox News
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Pakistan: Islamist mob beat Ahmadi man to death in Karachi – DW

  1. Pakistan: Islamist mob beat Ahmadi man to death in Karachi  DW
  2. Man from Pakistan's persecuted religious minority lynched by Karachi mob  France 24
  3. Ahmadi community in Pakistan says one of their members is beaten to death by Islamists  AP News
  4. Ahmadi man lynched as TLP supporters storm worship place in Karachi’s Saddar: police  Dawn
  5. Mob beats to death man from persecuted Pakistan minority  The Avery Journal-Times
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German police crack down on illegal street car tuning as season begins

Enthusiasts gathering on Good Friday – renamed Carfreitag – face curbs on unauthorised tuning, illegal races and pollution

Police in Germany have announced a crackdown on illegal racing and the unauthorised modification of cars as members of the so-called tuning scene meet across the country for the start of their annual season.

The Good Friday holiday marking Christ’s death on the cross, called Karfreitag in German – from the Old High German word kara, meaning sorrow – is otherwise known by the extreme car enthusiasts as Carfreitag (car Friday) for its unofficial gathering of the “tuners” and “car posers”.

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How a Sydney scientist became enamoured with the ‘Ferraris of the crustacean world’ – and discovered a new shrimp species

Prof Shane Ahyong discovered ‘brutish’ mantis shrimp so unusual it needed its own new genus

When Prof Shane Ahyong was seven, his mum came home with a bag of prawns from the fish shop – but one of those things was not like the others.

“It just looked different,” said Ahyong.

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China’s leader ends Southeast Asia tour touting Beijing’s reliability vs. US tariff threats – AP News

  1. China’s leader ends Southeast Asia tour touting Beijing’s reliability vs. US tariff threats  AP News
  2. China and Cambodia agree on financing for a 94-mile canal linking the Mekong to the Gulf of Thailand  AP News
  3. Xi Jinping visits Phnom Penh on anniversary of U.S. humiliation  Nikkei Asia
  4. Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs  The New York Times
  5. 'Resist protectionism,' China's Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans  Reuters
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Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back – The New York Times

  1. Battling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back  The New York Times
  2. ‘Eat and flee’ tourists are ruining this ‘fragile’ popular vacation spot, officials say — here’s their latest attempt at a crackdown  Yahoo
  3. Venice expands day-tripper tax in bid to combat overtourism  AP News
  4. Venice’s €5 tourist fee returns – and will double for last-minute day-trippers  The Guardian
  5. Venice doubles entry fee for last-minute day-trippers  DW
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Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal over ‘impossible conditions’ – The Guardian

  1. Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal over ‘impossible conditions’  The Guardian
  2. Israel-Gaza war: Hamas formally rejects latest ceasefire offer  BBC
  3. Hamas rejects ceasefire offer as far-right Israeli lawmakers call for escalation in Gaza  CNN
  4. Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war  Reuters
  5. Headlines for April 18, 2025  Democracy Now!
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China dismisses Zelenskyy’s claim it has supplied weapons to Russia

Beijing rejects Ukrainian president’s accusation as ‘groundless’ and says it is committed to ending the conflict

China’s foreign ministry has dismissed as “groundless” the accusation by Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the country had been supplying weapons to Russia.

The comments, made at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday, came a day after the Ukrainian president said China was supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and that Chinese representatives were involved in weapons production on Russian territory.

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