Taiwan president cancels Africa trip blaming Chinese pressure – Reuters

  1. Taiwan president cancels Africa trip blaming Chinese pressure  Reuters
  2. Taiwan Abruptly Cancels Lai’s Trip, Citing China Interference  Bloomberg
  3. Taiwan's Lai scraps Africa trip at 11th hour, blames Chinese 'coercion'  Nikkei Asia
  4. Taiwan president cancels trip to Eswatini and accuses China of pressuring African countries  10TV
  5. Taiwan’s leader Lai delays Africa trip after 3 nations revoke flight permission  South China Morning Post
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Germany and Italy reject push by EU allies to end association deal with Israel – The Times of Israel

  1. Germany and Italy reject push by EU allies to end association deal with Israel  The Times of Israel
  2. Why is the EU under pressure to suspend its trade agreement with Israel?  Al Jazeera
  3. EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel  The Guardian
  4. EU: Failure to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement shows contempt for civilian lives  Amnesty International
  5. EU ministers reject calls to suspend Israeli trade agreement over 'war crimes'  Euronews.com
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Slain Israeli Hostage’s Mom Pens a Searing Account of Grief – Newser

  1. Slain Israeli Hostage's Mom Pens a Searing Account of Grief  Newser
  2. A Mother Remembers One of the ‘Beautiful Six,’ Abducted on Oct. 7  The New York Times
  3. Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief  AP News
  4. An American hostage’s mother on her new memoir of ‘love and pain’  The Washington Post
  5. Exclusive | Mother of Oct. 7 captive executed by Hamas details agonizing moments of ‘son’s last day’: ‘Howled like a wounded animal’  New York Post
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NBC, ABC & CBS Evening News Ratings: Two Networks Hit Trouble – TV Insider

  1. NBC, ABC & CBS Evening News Ratings: Two Networks Hit Trouble  TV Insider
  2. Week of April 6 Evening News Ratings: WNT Stays on Top  ADWEEK
  3. WITH 8.4 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 — OUTDELIVERING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 4.6 MILLION  detpress.com
  4. Troubling viewership ratings for two top networks amid broadcast shake-ups and hiccups  AOL.com
  5. Wide gap in ratings remains between ABC and competitors NBC and CBS in nightly news programs  The Independent
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NATO criticises Russian and Chinese nuclear stances, urges cooperation with US – Reuters

  1. NATO criticises Russian and Chinese nuclear stances, urges cooperation with US  Reuters
  2. Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  3. Why the 2026 NPT Review Conference – and Diplomacy – Must Not Fail  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
  4. NATO accuses Russia and China of “irresponsibility” over their threatening rhetoric  Plataforma Media
  5. NATO warns of escalating nuclear risks ahead of key Non-Proliferation talks  Euractiv
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2 Cruise Ships Exit Strait of Hormuz After Being Stranded for Weeks – The New York Times

  1. 2 Cruise Ships Exit Strait of Hormuz After Being Stranded for Weeks  The New York Times
  2. Cruise ships stranded in Middle East clear the Strait of Hormuz  USA Today
  3. Cruise Ships Seized Brief Hormuz Reopening to Flee Persian Gulf  Bloomberg
  4. The last Gulf-stranded cruise ship clears Strait of Hormuz  Seatrade Cruise News
  5. Stranded cruise ships on way to Europe after passing Strait of Hormuz  Euronews.com
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Trump Ally Apologizes for Role in Getting Him Elected After President Turns on Them, Says We ‘Are the Reason This is Happening’ – Just Jared

  1. Trump Ally Apologizes for Role in Getting Him Elected After President Turns on Them, Says We ‘Are the Reason This is Happening’  Just Jared
  2. Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’  The Guardian
  3. ‘Tormented’ Tucker Carlson Begs for Forgiveness for Helping Trump  The Daily Beast
  4. Tucker Carlson ‘sorry for misleading people’ with Trump support  The Hill
  5. Tucker Carlson Apologizes For Helping Trump Get Elected—Says He’s ‘Tormented’ By It  Forbes
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Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip – AP News

  1. Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip  AP News
  2. From Africa, Pope Leo warns humanity's future is 'tragically compromised'  Reuters
  3. Maintaining hope: Equatorial Guinea waits for the Pope  Vatican News
  4. God bless the pope down in Africa  The Pillar
  5. Pope denounces the “colonization” of Africa's minerals as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea  kare11.com
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George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100

Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the state

George R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nation’s first Asian American governor – has died at age 100.

Ariyoshi, a Democrat who led the state from 1973 to 1986, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Sunday night, according to a statement Monday from the current governor, Josh Green.

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Mass murder trial in El Salvador for almost 500 alleged MS-13 members – CBS News

  1. Mass murder trial in El Salvador for almost 500 alleged MS-13 members  CBS News
  2. Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members are on a mass trial in El Salvador  AP News
  3. El Salvador tries over 400 alleged gang members for 47,000 crimes  Yahoo
  4. El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang  The Guardian
  5. Hundreds of MS-13 gang members in El Salvador mass trial accused of more than 47,000 crimes  Sky News
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