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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Among Americans 37 percent approval for Joe Biden's performance, 72 percent very concerned about the price of food and consumer goods and 46 percent expecting economic conditions to worsen over the next year.
Those are some of the findings from a Pew Research Center survey conducted from March 27th to April 2nd involving 5,079 adults in the USA....JERUSALEM POST
China announcing three days of military maneuvers around Taiwan starting on Sunday.
The military exercises follow the controversial trip of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-Wen to the United States that included her meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other House members.
The drills will be in the waters surrounding Taiwan on all side north, south, east and west...REUTERS-NIKKEI ASIA...
(More on Taiwan and China later in summary)
North Korea says it conducted another test of an underwater nuclear-capable attack drone this week. The test said to have proven the reliability and strike capability of the drone...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee seeking bank records for the Biden family.
Multiple banks and a former Biden business associate subpoenaed by the committee...FOX NEWS
A RUSSIAN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL SAYS THAT UKRAINE IS PLANNING A FALSE FLAG INCIDENT CLAIMING THAT RUSSIA USED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS IN THE WAR...TASS RUSSIA
More on the Ukraine War later in the summary...
Another deadly terrorist attack in Israel tonight. A 35-year old Italian tourist killed seven others hurt when a car plowed into a group of people in Tel Aviv.
Israel calling up all reserve border police and some military reservists following the attack.
Earlier developments in the security situation in Israel later in the summary...
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS REVOKED FDA APPROVAL FOR THE ABORTION DRUG MIFEPRISTONE BUT SUSPENDED HIS RULING FOR SEVEN DAYS TO ALLOW FOR AN APPEAL BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
THEN AN HOUR LATER ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE IN OREGON ORDERED THE APPROVAL TO REMAIN IN PLACE...BBC NEWS
US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS AND A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN DONOR DEFENDING THEMSELVES FOLLOWING A MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORT THIS WEEK POINTING TO WRONGDOING.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THERE WAS IMPROPRIETY WHEN JUSTICE THOMAS AND HIS WIFE WENT ON TRIPS PAID FOR BY REAL ESTATE TYCOON HARLAN CROW.
THOMAS SAYING HE UNDERSTANDS THE HOPSITALITY GIVEN TO HIM DOES NOT NEED TO BE REPORTED.
MR. CROW SAYS HE NEVER DISCUSSED ANY COURT CASES WITH THE JUSTICE ON THOSE TRIPS.
ATTACKS ON JUSTICE THOMAS AND HIS WIFE HAVE INTENSIFIED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CLOUDS SURROUNDING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE SUPREME COURT'S ABORTION LAW DECISION LAST YEAR....BBC NEWS
Fewer jobs being created in the United States but officially the unemployment rate remained at 3.5 percent last month...BBC NEWS
A RUSSIAN GENERAL TALKING ABOUT PFIZER'S COVID VACCCINE LINKING SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS TO COLLUSION WITH US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
LT. GEN. IGOR KIRILLOV COMMANDS RUSSIA'S RADIATION, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FORCES.
KIRILLOV SPEAKING FOLLOWING THE RECENT RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS POINTING TO PFIZER KNOWING ABOUT HEART RELATED SIDE EFFECTS OF ITS VACCINE AMONG YOUNG MEN IN PARTICULAR...TASS RUSSIA...KIRILLOV'S COMMENTS PART OF A LARGER STATEMENT REGARDING US BIOLABS OPERATING IN UKRAINE.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi calling for unity in the Islamic world over 'Israel's attacks in Palestine"...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
TENSE SECURITY SITUATION IN ISRAEL
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
THE SO-CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT' MINISTERS IN ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT WANT STRONGER ACTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT ROCKET AND GUN ATTACKS IN ISRAEL.
FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH AND NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR ALSO SAYING THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN ISRAEL WEAKENED ISRAEL'S SECURITY SITUATION WHEN THEY GOVERNEED...TIMES OF ISRAEL
TWO ISRAELI WOMEN KILLED, ANOTHER CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK TODAY.
THEIR CAR WAS SHOT AT CAUSING A CRASH...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today closed on Good Friday the numbers posted are from yesterday....MARKETWATCH
CHINA IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON TWO TAIWAN BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING TAIWAN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
CHINA ALSO SANCTIONING TWO US ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE REAGAN LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THE MEETING THERE INVOLVING US HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY AND TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN...TASS RUSSIA
The US Internal Revenue Service hiring 8,782 new people as 'enforcement staff' in the next two fiscal years.
It's part of an overall plan spending 80 billion dollars hiring nearly 30,000 new employees and employing new technology.
Many data scientists will be hired for 'enforcement purposes'...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY
PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT PASSING A RESOLUTION REJECTING A SUPREME COURT ORDER TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN PUNJAB PROVINCE NEXT MONTH.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED MONDAY IN FAVOR OF A MAY 14TH ELECTION DATE IN PUNJAB AFTER PAKISTAN'S ELECTION COMMISSION PUSHED THE VOTE BACK TO OCTOBER 8TH...TIMES OF INDIA
Saudi Arabia has made a commitment to loan two billion US dollars to Pakistan.
This is a major step towards an International Monetary Fund loan for Pakistan.
The United Arab Emirates will need to make a loan to Pakistan in order for the IMF deal to go through.
Pakistan short on cash reserves needed to import vital goods including energy supplies needed to operate the country's power grid...BLOOMBERG...DAWN PAKISTAN
The US Treasury Department says that North Korea is using decentralized finance services to get money for its nuclear weapons program. A report says that North Korean actors are stealing virtual assets from virtual asset and DeFi services...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA
POLICE IN SWEDEN APPEALING A COURT RULING OVERTURNING THEIR BAN ON BURNINGS OF THE QURAN.
IN FEBRUARY THE POLICE STOPPED TWO DEMONSTRATIONS WHERE BURNINGS OF THE MUSLIM HOLY BOOK WERE PLANNED...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
An Iranian naval group on a worldwide tour spotted in port in Cape Town, South Africa this week.
The ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean after going around the southern tip of South America...USNI NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR
RUSSIAN POLITICAL LEADER CYNICAL ABOUT LEAKED UKRAINIAN PLANS
RUSSIAN SAYS IT KILLED 50 UKRAINIAN MARINE GUARDS IN ATTACK IN KHERSON REGION
Russian political leader Dennis Rogov says that those leaked plans about a Ukrainian offensive may be part of a disinformation campaign...TASS RUSSIA
The Russian Aerospace Forces said to have killed 50 members of the Odessa Marine Guard in the Kherson Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In other news....
Russia formally charging Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage.
Gershkovich denied the charges....ANI NEWS INDIA
A FRENCH COURT WANTS TO QUESTION THE GOVERNOR OF LEBANON'S CENTRAL BANK.
MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY OVER FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES SURROUNDING RIAD SALAMEH...ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
South Africa says it has failed to extradite two members of a wealthy family from the United Arab Emirates.
Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused of profiting from their close relationship with former South African President Jacob Zuma.
They were arrested by UAE authorities but a judge in the UAE says that since some accusations of money laundering occurred there they could be prosecuted there...BBC NEWS
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