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www.cnn.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*nlhpzpXxBl7cr7Pk)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="9947">Wednesday, 3 May 2023…</h1><h2 id="760a">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="2f9e">The South Sudanese foreign ministry announces that a seven-day ceasefire has been agreed to, lasting from 4 to 11 May.</p><div id="4cc7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-conflict-drives-100000-over-border-amid-crumbling-ceasefires-2023-05-02/"> <div> <div> <h2>Sudan conflict drives 100,000 over border amid crumbling ceasefires</h2> <div><h3>Sudan's war has forced 100,000 people to flee across the border and fighting now its third week is creating a…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*sejJNfvk_EmKnKcq)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="9e0b">Disasters and Accidents…</h2><p id="80ed">Rwanda reports 109 deaths from floods which began yesterday throughout the country, six people also died in Uganda.</p><div id="7e4c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/floods-heavy-rains-kill-least-55-rwanda-state-broadcaster-2023-05-03/"> <div> <div> <h2>At least 55 killed in heavy rains in Rwanda: official</h2> <div><h3>NAIROBI, May 3 (Reuters) - Around 55 people have been killed in western Rwanda after heavy rains triggered flooding…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*S2Ae6-SmByH1LTAJ)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="d99b">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="d01a">Belarusian democracy activist and blogger Roman Protasevich, who was arrested in May 2021 after his flight was diverted to Minsk on orders of president Alexander Lukashenko, is sentenced to eight years in prison.</p><div id="0375" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/belarusian-activist-protasevich-sentenced-to-8-years-in-jail-news-agency-58da9e1f"> <div> <div> <h2>Belarusian Activist Protasevich Sentenced To 8 Years In Jail: News Agency</h2> <div><h3>A Belarusian activist who was arrested in 2021 after his Ryanair flight to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus has…</h3></div> <div><p>www.barrons.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="87d8">Tuesday, 2 May 2023…</h1><h2 id="fb7c">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="8154">Rapid Support Forces re-capture Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, after a week of fighting with more than 200 people killed.</p><div id="40c4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-darfur-bloodshed-hemeti-allies-enemies-control"> <div> <div> <h2>Bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur as Hemeti's allies and enemies vie for control</h2> <div><h3>As the world's eyes have been locked on violence erupting in Khartoum, to the west the restive Sudanese region of…</h3></div> <div><p>www.middleeasteye.net</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*LYZJIE8-vZuFMErA)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="6f3d">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="3cf4">Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming “faulty” Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues.</p><div id="a2b1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/indias-cash-strapped-go-first-airways-suspends-flights-et-2023-05-02/"> <div> <div> <h2>India's Go First Airways files for insolvency proceedings, suspends flights - report</h2> <div><h3>BENGALURU, May 2 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Indian airline Go First Airways has suspended its flights for May 3 and 4…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*X89nVZqkNHY_UPhn)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c8f7">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="f781">The United States Department of Defense announces that it will deploy 1,500 troops along the Mexican border to provide non-law enforcement related administrative assistance to the United States Border Patrol.</p><div id="d174" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/us-troops-border-migrant-surge/index.html"> <div> <div> <h2>Biden admin to send 1,500 troops to southern border for support roles ahead of expected migrant…</h2> <div><h3>The Biden administration is making plans to send an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.cnn.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kF7zMPns9zP-cL53)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="f2db">Monday, 1 May 2023…</h1><h2 id="5c62">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="0188">Russia launches cruise missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. Among the targets hit is an industrial zone in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where a large explosion damaged or destroyed 19 apartment buildings and 25 homes, with 34 people reportedly injured. Ukrainian forces say that they shot down 15 of 18 missiles launched by Russia.</p><div id="a369" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/01/ukraine-ammunition-depot-reportedly-hit-in-wave-of-russian-missile-attacks"> <div> <div> <h2>Ukraine ammunition depot reportedly hit in wave of Russian missile attacks</h2> <div><h3>Russian missile strikes have injured 34 civilians and apparently damaged railway infrastructure and an ammunition depot…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*u4iEZfGCUQcmTudZ)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="ce0c">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="f598">The FDIC seizes control of First Republic Bank, while JPMo

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rgan Chase agrees to buy “a substantial majority of assets” and to assume the “deposits and certain other liabilities” of the bank, in the second-largest bank failure in US history.</p><div id="4e94" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/business/first-republic-purchase-hnk-intl/index.html"> <div> <div> <h2>JPMorgan Chase to buy most First Republic assets after bank fails | CNN Business</h2> <div><h3>JPMorgan Chase is buying most assets of First Republic Bank after the nation's second largest bank failure ever, in a…</h3></div> <div><p>www.cnn.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*vHH3metsMH_Pw3qR)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="8d3a">Sports…</h2><p id="83fb">Luca Brecel wins his first World Snooker Championship title, defeating Mark Selby by a score of 18–15 in the final at The Crucible in Sheffield, England. Brecel becomes the first player from continental Europe to win the tournament.</p><div id="5838" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/snooker/65443284"> <div> <div> <h2>Best action from first session as Brecel leads Selby</h2> <div><h3>Watch the best shots from the first session of the World Snooker Championship final as Belgium's Luca Brecel breezes…</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*GKJ8PwOCa5MdXGDG)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="9674">Sunday, 30 April 2023…</h1><h2 id="0eeb">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="0eea">Iran evacuates 65 nationals from Sudan with Saudi Arabian assistance.</p><div id="4845" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2294886/middle-east"> <div> <div> <h2>Iranian evacuees praise Saudi rescue efforts after fleeing fighting in Sudan</h2> <div><h3>JEDDAH: Iranian evacuees have thanked Saudi Arabia after they escaped the fighting in Sudan aboard a Saudi-flagged ship…</h3></div> <div><p>www.arabnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*YiXG57z1yR9Qi0Ss)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="3c6d">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="01f8">A man in Setúbal, Portugal, shoots and kills three men during a dispute at a pigeon race, before killing himself.</p><div id="7b66" class="link-block"> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/portugal-pigeon-racers-slain-75918e3848fca3b9d6c9f086b6805481"> <div> <div> <h2>Man kills 3, self, in dispute among Portuguese pigeon racers</h2> <div><h3>Portuguese police say a man fatally shot three other men before turning the gun on himself. Local media described the…</h3></div> <div><p>apnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Hf57jJ3qUiWimEaT)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="2c89">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="856d">Citizens of French Polynesia head to the polls to elect the 57 members of the Assembly.</p><div id="7631" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.paudal.com/2023/04/30/french-polynesia-turns-the-page-on-the-fathers-of-the-people/"> <div> <div> <h2>French Polynesia turns the page on the "fathers of the people"</h2> <div><h3>Whatever the result of the second round of territorial elections, Sunday April 30, 2023, it is a page that turns in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.paudal.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*dD6ngc9gW_K3nB7k)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="fda5">Previously…</h1><div id="7c54" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xl-a74eb6c08737"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XL</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 23 April to Saturday, 29 April 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*1RjJrrBGZtXl9QTi)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="f458" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxix-875a6775a2c6"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXIX</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 16 April to Saturday, 22 April 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*xKyOMDDCCAw35ogp.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="d8ac" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxviii-c28650efbd9a"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXVIII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 9 April to Saturday, 15 April 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*hOmIThgTbJdOjw3q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="1eb8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxvii-a7bff1de4564"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXVII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 2 April to Saturday, 8 April 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*OylHWT0qFY6lLQCn)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="4477" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxvi-192ae34fcb4c"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXVI</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 26 March to Saturday, 1 April 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*aP5TsacxfTkebB-t.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A WEEK IN BRIEF

A Week in Brief: Volume XLI

A Week in Brief: Sunday, 30 April to Saturday, 6 May 2023

Four of five Proud Boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy

Saturday, 6 May 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Two Palestinians members of Tul Karm Battallion are killed during a raid by the Israeli Defense Forces in Tulkarm.

Law and Crime…

Farajollah Cha’ab, a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, is executed by hanging in Iran after being accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed 25 people.

Friday, 5 May 2023…

Business and Economy…

The Senate of Bolivia approves legislation aimed at monetizing gold reserves for international trade amid concerns of a shortage of dollars.

Disasters and Accidents…

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing one person and injuring 22 others.

Law and Crime…

Belgian authorities arrest an Iraqi al-Qaeda member and charge him with murder, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the killings of at least 376 people and the injuring of over 2,300 others more than a decade ago in Iraq.

https://apnews.com/article/belgium-iraq-terror-attacks-baghdad-green-zone-3beb1a8479ac92ac6a8f779c76df5c7c

Thursday, 4 May 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Israeli security units kill three wanted Palestinian men in Nablus, West Bank, murderers of a mother and her two daughters in April in Efrat.

Business and Economy…

The European Central Bank raises interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, the smallest increase since it began hiking rates in July.

Law and Crime…

Four members of the Proud Boys are found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, D.C., for their role in forcibly preventing the peaceful transfer of power from then-U.S. President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.

Wednesday, 3 May 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

The South Sudanese foreign ministry announces that a seven-day ceasefire has been agreed to, lasting from 4 to 11 May.

Disasters and Accidents…

Rwanda reports 109 deaths from floods which began yesterday throughout the country, six people also died in Uganda.

Law and Crime…

Belarusian democracy activist and blogger Roman Protasevich, who was arrested in May 2021 after his flight was diverted to Minsk on orders of president Alexander Lukashenko, is sentenced to eight years in prison.

Tuesday, 2 May 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Rapid Support Forces re-capture Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, after a week of fighting with more than 200 people killed.

Business and Economy…

Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming “faulty” Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues.

Law and Crime…

The United States Department of Defense announces that it will deploy 1,500 troops along the Mexican border to provide non-law enforcement related administrative assistance to the United States Border Patrol.

Monday, 1 May 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Russia launches cruise missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. Among the targets hit is an industrial zone in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where a large explosion damaged or destroyed 19 apartment buildings and 25 homes, with 34 people reportedly injured. Ukrainian forces say that they shot down 15 of 18 missiles launched by Russia.

Business and Economy…

The FDIC seizes control of First Republic Bank, while JPMorgan Chase agrees to buy “a substantial majority of assets” and to assume the “deposits and certain other liabilities” of the bank, in the second-largest bank failure in US history.

Sports…

Luca Brecel wins his first World Snooker Championship title, defeating Mark Selby by a score of 18–15 in the final at The Crucible in Sheffield, England. Brecel becomes the first player from continental Europe to win the tournament.

Sunday, 30 April 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Iran evacuates 65 nationals from Sudan with Saudi Arabian assistance.

Law and Crime…

A man in Setúbal, Portugal, shoots and kills three men during a dispute at a pigeon race, before killing himself.

Politics and Elections…

Citizens of French Polynesia head to the polls to elect the 57 members of the Assembly.

Previously…

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