04/25/2023 - DailyChatter

American, British, Irish, and Northern Irish politicians recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that ended years of violence in the disputed British territory. Some Republicans – or Northern Irish residents who want to unify the territory with Ireland – marked the occasion...

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The World Briefly

April 25, 2023

Deadly Fervor

Kenya

Kenyan authorities exhumed the bodies of scores of people from a forest in the country’s southeast this week, the work of what appears to be a religious starvation cult that has shocked the nation, the Washington Post reported Monday. Police investigators said at least 70 people...

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The World Briefly

April 25, 2023

The Diplomatic Makeover

Syria

Hundreds of people protested across northwestern Syria this week to denounce rapprochement efforts by some Arab nations with the government of President Bashar Assad, whose country became diplomatically isolated since the start of the Syrian civil war more than a decade ago, Al Jazeera reported...

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The World Briefly

April 25, 2023

In the Doghouse

South Korea

South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee has caused an uproar in the country this week after vowing to end the country’s controversial practice of eating dogs, the Korea Times reported. Her remarks received support from both ruling and opposition parties, with lawmakers from each side...

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Discoveries

April 25, 2023

Life Finds a Way

Scientists recently found that marine species normally known to only dwell along the western Pacific Ocean’s coasts have been thriving on plastic garbage in the high seas, USA Today reported. Their analysis focused on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – also known as the North Pacific...

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Northern Ireland

The World Briefly

Deadly Fervor

Kenya

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The Diplomatic Makeover

Syria

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In the Doghouse

South Korea

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