(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)
(STORIES PUBLISHED EARLIER TODAY HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND EXPANDED)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OFF THE EAST COAST OF TAIWAN.
SOME DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF HUALIEN WITH BUILDINGS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND OR LEANING...BBC NEWS
"Israel's frequent attacks on Lebanon and Syria are a serious violation of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the countries involved...
Such provocative actions could provoke an escalation of the crisis and endanger the security of the entire region...
These actions must stop immediately"
China's Deputy UN representative Geng Shuang speaking at UN Security Council discussing yesterday's Israeli strike in Damascus at an Iranian diplomatic facility...TASS RUSSIA
PROTESTERS BREACHING THE FENCE AT THE HOME OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN JERUSALEM TONIGHT.
CLASHES WITH POLICE AND CHAOTIC SCENES IN JERUSALEM TONIGHT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR BLASTING THE SHIN BET SECURITY AGENCY, ALSO INVOLVED IN HOSTAGE TALKS WITH HAMAS, FOR FAILING TO TAKE PROTECTION OF MR. NETANYAHU SERIOUSLY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US sanction regime against Russia reaching into Central Asia. In Kyrgyzstan national payment system "Elcart" will stop processing Russian "Mir" cards on Friday...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
28 of the 32 NATO countries now supporting the outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary General of NATO.
Unanimous support is required so four more nations need to endorse Rutte before he can be appointed...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Speaker Johnson is going to give Ukraine $60 billion next week and claims part of it is a "LOAN" to Ukraine.
It's absolutely ridiculous and laughable to even try to tell the American people that Ukraine will ever pay us back..."
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene commenting on House Speaker Mike Johnson's plans regarding more money for Ukraine.
Congresswoman Greene noting that other nations money is to be given to (Israel and Taiwan) have the ability to pay back loans but this is not the case with Ukraine...MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE "X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST
IN THE NETHERLANDS A SHORTAGE OF ALBUTEROL (SALBUTAMOL) INHALERS.
MANUFACTURES IN HOLLAND AND ACROSS EUROPE UNABLE TO MAKE THE INHALERS DUE TO A LACK OF RAW MATERIALS.
DURING THE DEBATE IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY HOPE WAS EXPRESSED THAT MANUFACTURE OF THE INHALERS CAN RESUME LATER THIS MONTH.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW ALLOWING IMPORTATION OF INHALERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 396.61 points or one percent.
The NASDAQ fell 156.38 points or .95 percent.
The price of oil sharply higher today at 454 pm New York Time near the end of trading 85 dollars 47 cents a barrel up one dollar 76 cents a barrel or 2.1 percent...MARKETWATCH
At least 29 have died in a fire at a nightclub undergoing renovation in Istanbul.
There were also injuries and those hurt believed to be involved in the renovation.
Managers of the nightclub detained for questioning after the fire...LBC NEWS UK
China's President Xi Jinping on the phone with Joe Biden. Their talks described as 'frank and in-depth'...TASS RUSSIA...
Xi warning the US that if it continues to suppress "China's high-tech development" China "will not sit idly by"...NEWS AGENCIES TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)...
There will be trilateral meetings in Washington between the US, Japan and the Philippines on April 11th.
It is being said that the three nations plan joint naval patrols in disputed waters of the South China Sea later this year...THE HILL
(Updated) 12 WOUNDED IN DRONE ATTACKS IN RUSSIA'S TARTARSTAN REGION...TASS RUSSIA...LATER REPORTS SAY 13 WERE HURT...
(ANALYSIS)
PRO-UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SPEAKING OF A STRIKE ON A DRONE FACTORY DEEP INSIDE RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
ONE WONDERS WHAT ASSISTANCE THE US AND OTHER WESTERN NATIONS ARE GIVING UKRAINE TO CONDUCT THIS KIND OF ATTACK.
Taiwan cancelling military exercises in the Kinmen islands close to China's mainland.
This after a Chinese drone overflew a Taiwanese military base. Video from the drone showing Taiwanese soldiers scattering.
A detachment of US special forces are reported deployed in the Kinmen chain of islands...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(UPDATED) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL 'UNINTENTIONALLY' HIT A CONVOY OF AID WORKERS IN GAZA.
THE DEATHS OF SEVEN AID WORKERS, ONE PALESTINIAN AND SIX FOREIGN NATIONALS, IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN GAZA DRAWING RESPONSES FROM A NUMBER OF NATIONS.
THOSE COUNTRIES SAY THEY WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ISRAEL IN THE MATTER OF THE DEATHS OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN CHARITY...BBC NEWS BLOG
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(UPDATED) ONE STUDENT KIKLED, TWO OTHER STUDENTS WOUNDED IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL IN FINLAND.
THE 12-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING FLED THE SCHOOL BUT WAS LATER ARRESTED... YLE NEWS FINLAND...BBC NEWS
In South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol offering talks with country's striking doctors over increasing the number of slots at medical schools.
Yoon says he still believes that at least two thousand new medical school slots are needed...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Iran's Foreign Minister says the US should be answerable for yesterday's deadly Israeli attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus.
A Swiss diplomat in Tehran called in to receive an Iranian message for the United States...PRESS TV IRAN
US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN HEADING TO SAUDI ARABIA WITH OTHER US OFFICIALS.
SULLIVAN MEETING CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SEEKING A DEFENSE PACT AND A PLAN FOR US SUPPORT OF A SAUDI CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
Florida's Supreme Court ruling on abortion law in the state allowing a 15-week abortion law to take effect which will also legalize a law regarding abortions following the first six weeks of pregnancy.
In a 4-3 decision Florida's high court also enabling an abortion referendum this fall that would allow abortions up to 24 weeks into pregnancy...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
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