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World News Review http://feed.informer.com/digests/IDPGUAWZZB/feeder World News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:29:37 -0400 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68901820 BBC News - World urn:uuid:46e5abe3-d8af-b42e-4739-d27b65932acb Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:01:37 -0400 The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs. Sean 'Diddy' Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/sean-diddy-combs-files-motion-dismiss-claims-sexual-109714638 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:4c6c63c0-5946-ed4e-4bb4-c0bc20bedb71 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:58:29 -0400 Combs pushed back against a woman's lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault. Entertainment 15 UK forces may be deployed to help deliver Gaza aid https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68909511 BBC News - World urn:uuid:0d59300d-fb36-7c40-ad41-5b7392743c89 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:53:41 -0400 The US says no American forces will go ashore but an unnamed "third party" will drive aid into Gaza. Hong Kong stock exchange fights to regain investors’ faith https://www.ft.com/content/c77a82a7-ee6d-4d6f-9bec-f410d6fffe38 FT.com - World urn:uuid:1981fc60-25b7-d02e-61e6-3da5464fe534 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:00:40 -0400 New team faces steep challenge as high-profile listings sink British man injured in Tobago shark attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68909513 BBC News - World urn:uuid:16288f11-4c70-757c-5bc6-bb59a8c63814 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:08:04 -0400 The 64-year-old was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says. Columbia University says it has banned protester who said 'Zionists don't deserve to live' https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-says-banned-khymani-james-protester-said-zionists-rcna149642 World news urn:uuid:3986bd09-b300-61fe-f315-d404693612c8 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:35:44 -0400 Columbia University said Friday that it has banned a student protest leader from campus after a video resurfaced Thursday that showed them saying Zionists "don't deserve to live." Rebecca Cohen and TJ Swigart and Jean Lee and Megan Lebowitz and Mary Pflum and Antonia Hylton and Janhvi Bhojwani and Jasmine Cui Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus in New York City on Friday. Stephanie Keith Image: Pro-Palestinian Protests Continue At Columbia University In New York City Pelosi urges Gaza campus protesters to target Hamas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68909910 BBC News - World urn:uuid:7a64f810-7a50-deeb-9f5c-ac42343288ca Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:34:54 -0400 The Biden ally says outrage about the situation in Gaza is justified but protesters should condemn Hamas too. Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-promised-big-plans-flip-040531078.html Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines urn:uuid:9cdaaee8-8b05-6a91-10e8-0185aebe5f9b Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:05:31 -0400 Dubai deluge brings home climate change dangers to a desert nation https://www.ft.com/content/a12272e7-536f-49ac-85d8-97e60dfec05e FT.com - World urn:uuid:21c9040d-6037-80a8-c6f1-74d2a69e328c Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 Art and activism come together at the Canal Projects Library https://www.ft.com/content/e7eccf66-d956-44e0-959a-712ec2f86f35 FT.com - World urn:uuid:801246b5-b869-92cc-d3e3-8fd47cc8bb53 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 Social practice — artists’ community-based work — is about exploring the world outside the white cube Volleyball at the Eiffel Tower: Paris begins Olympic makeover https://www.ft.com/content/dd2016bf-7362-4e09-855d-af9b19614bdd FT.com - World urn:uuid:85f13b54-87c1-4dab-a3c9-3ab1f9a03fd9 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 Preparations have begun to allow breakdancers at the Place de la Concorde and archers at Les Invalides Curator Matthew Higgs: ‘People have become fatigued by huge art fairs with hundreds of galleries’ https://www.ft.com/content/2597510a-fb59-44ce-885b-ee0ad18168b7 FT.com - World urn:uuid:8eadfa99-1135-92b8-67e6-90b683695a1c Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 Independent Art Fair’s curatorial adviser believes New York’s art market is still growing even during an industry slowdown What new aid really means for Ukraine — and for Putin https://www.ft.com/content/b346bcde-a9b0-47e4-bfc9-d507a91dfbdc FT.com - World urn:uuid:a436b877-6759-151a-3a37-6fa308ba6564 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 Kyiv will have to husband its new resources carefully before trying to liberate Russian-occupied land Frieze New York 2024 https://www.ft.com/content/6c17e689-57ff-4732-9c0c-03f0f6a1021e FT.com - World urn:uuid:9739a464-0706-fab5-2e84-6e00de4734dd Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:42 -0400 The fair arrives as galleries, braving a downturn, find new ways to collaborate. Also: interviews with artists Amalia Mesa-Bains and Charisse Pearlina Weston, a profile of gallerist Ales Ortuzar and much more Gallerist Ales Ortuzar: ‘I wanted to break the echo chamber’ https://www.ft.com/content/18540b56-94b7-4ae7-ae8b-b81a6fe21ac9 FT.com - World urn:uuid:2d52a3b5-9d0e-4d45-70ed-2743f18542c3 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:41 -0400 Ortuzar Projects represents only 14 artists, all with low US profiles China Seeks to Bring a Booming Micro-Drama Industry Under Tighter Control https://time.com/6971346/china-micro-dramas-industry-popularity-censorship/ TIME: Top World Stories urn:uuid:e5df1254-0b0d-e018-0de4-d1857262d06d Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0400 China’s short-form video industry has been booming. But authorities are worried about the themes of these low-budget but hugely popular productions promoting the wrong values. <aside class="right-rail__container right-rail__container--ad"><div class="right-rail__ad__wrapper right-rail__module"><div class="right-rail__ad" id="right-rail__ad-6971346"></div></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN right-rail__outbrain right-rail__module" data-src="https://time.com/6971346/china-micro-dramas-industry-popularity-censorship/" data-widget-id="SB_2" data-ob-template="timemag"></div></aside> <img decoding="async" class="wp-block-gutenberg-custom-blocks-featured-media" src="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ChineseMicroDramas.png" alt="Chinese Micro Dramas"/> <p>Rags-to-riches tales, revenge plots, and plenty of twists—Chinese viewers are loving what they can find in internet “micro-dramas,” the latest big thing in Chinese entertainment of vertically-shot shows posted on social media with episodes that have runtimes of just a few minutes or less.</p> <p>But Chinese authorities, wary of losing control over messaging, aren’t loving the new medium so much—and are cracking down on the booming micro-drama industry.</p> [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] <p>Unlike legacy television productions with longer production schedules and larger budgets—and strict government oversight—the micro-drama industry has risen through the proliferation of low-budget, quickly made mini-shows that often cost only a fraction of the time and money to put in front of viewers, and until recently, were largely unregulated.</p> <p>Not known for award- or acclaim-worthy scripts or acting but rather for their pure bingeworthiness, micro-dramas tend to lean into familiar tried-and-tested themes, like love affairs, family disputes, and tensions between the rich and poor.</p> <p><strong>Read More: </strong><a href="https://time.com/6289559/china-inequality-wealth-flaunting-common-prosperity/" ><em>China’s Solution to Inequality? Cracking Down on Displays of Wealth and Poverty</em></a></p> <p>“They’re not looking for the quality of their drama,” Oscar Zhou, a lecturer at the University of Kent who is researching the topic, tells TIME of micro-drama makers. “It’s a very profit-oriented production model.”</p> <p>Yet, despite the low production value, the audiences these micro-dramas receive are massive and the financial returns practically immediate. Put out on platforms like Douyin, Bilibili, Kuaishou, and QQ, many micro-dramas require small-dollar subscriptions to follow, and viewers have proven willing to shell out for them. Last year, Kuaishou had around <a href="https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/1091879.html" target="_blank">270 million</a> daily active users watching micro-dramas—over 94 million of them paid users. And a <a href="https://www.163.com/dy/article/IKINQ0C105536AJ0.html" target="_blank">2023 show</a> launched on WeChat earned some 100 million yuan (around $19 million) in revenue in just eight days.</p> <p>In just five years, the domestic market size of the micro-drama industry has reached 70% of the scale of China’s century-old film industry, at around 38 billion yuan (around $5 billion) in 2023, according to Chinese financial newspaper <a href="https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/1093281.html" target="_blank"><em>Securities Times</em></a>, and projected to grow to <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-28/What-s-behind-the-boom-of-mini-dramas-in-China--1qJwwtFrw1G/p.html" target="_blank">$14 billion by 2027</a>.</p> <p>These micro-dramas are reaching American viewers, too. ReelShort, a Chinese app that streams them and that was launched in the U.S. in 2022, was at one point in 2023 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reelshort-overtakes-tiktok-us-ios-downloads-global-ed12c/?trackingId=QcbdleSVTPugVgjt%2FVYhsQ%3D%3D" target="_blank">the top app downloaded</a> on the Apple App Store, surpassing TikTok. On Google’s app store, it has more than <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newleaf.app.android.victor&hl=en&gl=US" target="_blank">10 million downloads</a>.</p> <p>But the very intriguing tropes that keep viewers glued to their screens, especially content that highlights negative aspects of family life, are also what keep censors up at night.</p> <p>Over the course of just over a year, the industry has transformed from one of the most free forms of expression in China to one of the most heavily regulated.</p> <p>Between the end of 2022 and February 2023, China’s Radio and Television Administration took down some 25,300 shows for their alleged “pornographic” and “vulgar” content, state-run <a href="https://news.cctv.com/2024/01/28/ARTIumWubEq1Omk2ec8GTnSd240128.shtml" target="_blank">CCTV News</a> reported. And in <a href="https://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-12/12/c_1704042778297969.htm" target="_blank">December 2023</a>, the Communist Party’s Cyberspace Affairs Office issued guidelines on short-video content, barring display of pornographic or violent behavior, incitement of ethnic and regional discrimination, and spread of “wrong views on marriage and love.” <a href="https://companies.caixin.com/2024-04-11/102184945.html" target="_blank">Starting June 1</a>, the government will require all micro-dramas to have a license before they can be distributed online.</p> <p>Many of the platforms also began self-policing to ensure continuity in operations. In recent months, <a href="http://www.cnsa.cn/art/2023/9/16/art_1488_41814.html" target="_blank">Douyin</a> and <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&op=images" target="_blank">Kuaishou</a> have taken down several micro-drama titles for “<a href="http://www.cnsa.cn/art/2023/9/16/art_1488_41814.html" target="_blank">bad values</a>” and other illegal content. <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/by-qian-lang-for-rfa-mandarin-04162024173117.html" target="_blank">Earlier this month</a>, Douyin announced that it took down six micro-dramas because they “deliberately amplified and exaggerated content such as conflicts between husband and wife, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.” On the same day, Kuaishou took down four titles and more than 700 related content, echoing some of the reasons from Douyin, adding that the titles were found to be “deviating from the mainstream value orientation of society.”</p> <p>The Xi Jinping administration has repeatedly promoted the preservation of family values as a way to boost <a href="https://time.com/6836949/birth-rates-south-korea-japan-decline/" >languishing birth rates</a>. Young citizens have cited a multitude of factors as to why they don’t want to marry or have kids, including predominantly economic concerns, but in an <a href="https://www.women.org.cn/art/2023/10/31/art_17_174279.html" target="_blank">October 2023 speech</a> before the All-China Women’s Federation, Xi said: “It is necessary to tell good family tradition stories, guide women to play their unique role in carrying forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, establish good family traditions, and create a new trend of family civilization.”</p> <p><strong>Read More: </strong><a href="https://time.com/6306151/china-low-fertility-trap-birth-rate-policies/" ><em>China Is Desperate to Boost Its Low Birth Rates. It May Have to Accept the New Normal</em></a></p> <p>To that end, the government seems to recognize the appeal of micro-dramas as a potential tool to harness, not just a problem to constrict. In January, state regulators <a href="https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=ed4ea4940f76b0af17ab8f8abd1e3a35" target="_blank">launched</a> a plan to integrate cultural and tourism promotions into as many as 100 micro-dramas this year, as towns that have been featured in micro-dramas have seen boosts in visitors. “The government won’t just shut down the whole genre, because it could be an opportunity for them to do something more creative,” says Zhou. “Ideological work,” he calls it.</p> <p>Zhou doesn’t believe the new restrictions will turn off producers of micro-dramas, who are clearly more interested in profit than principle, he says. “This is always a negotiable space,” he says of the Chinese entertainment industry. “If they want to censor the ‘non-conventional family values’ drama, then the production company can find the next corner.”</p> <p>But viewers are already expressing displeasure over the latest overt example of the CCP’s efforts to transform culture into control.</p> <p>In response to the April takedown of several titles, one Weibo user <a href="https://weibo.com/2495784474/O9b1EvTEG?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank">commented</a>: “Film and television dramas are part of culture. If you compare culture to a tree and impose too many restrictions on it, it will only grow into a tree with a crooked neck, let alone ‘cultural confidence.’” (<a href="http://english.www.gov.cn/news/topnews/202210/16/content_WS634b9299c6d0a757729e14ab.html" target="_blank">Cultural confidence</a> is a CCP slogan that calls on Chinese people to be proud of their culture.)</p> <p>“The country wants to control your thoughts,” another user commented, while another asked: “Are you afraid that it will affect the marriage rate because it is too realistic?”</p> <p>“Like consumers everywhere, most mainstream audiences and consumers of media are going to prefer the lowest common denominator, that is, content produced in their native language, reflecting the country and reality in which they live, and readily accessible on their favorite app or streaming platform,” Michael Berry, director of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, tells TIME.</p> <p>But, he adds, complaints about censorship in China aren’t typically allowed either. And, he believes—cynically, he admits—that over time, Chinese audiences will simply “readjust their expectations per what is permissible.”</p> <p><em>—Koh Ewe contributed reporting.</em></p> Uncategorized News Desk overnight Chad de Guzman "I Wish More People Talked About It": Women Are Sharing Things They Didn’t Learn About Their Bodies Until It Happened To Them https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wish-more-people-talked-women-034602324.html Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines urn:uuid:b37fef31-b9db-4e7e-e6ce-b8fa0a1735f4 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:46:02 -0400 Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead in Baghdad https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68910812 BBC News - World urn:uuid:3bdcd11b-5a1f-1f74-fe23-dd700bfa422f Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:45:48 -0400 The government says a specialist team is looking into the death of the well-known influencer. Frank Field, MP and welfare reformer, 1942-2024 https://www.ft.com/content/16481845-ebfe-4a63-b480-13d2b3cfc8a7 FT.com - World urn:uuid:8e431f1f-f604-6028-f469-5168a4f89ebb Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:00:40 -0400 Former UK labour minister eschewed tribalism and held out the promise of a more collaborative style of politics Divided Bank of England faces political heat over calls for rate cuts https://www.ft.com/content/49eb3e63-d97a-4dfa-ae5c-3a633e18fbf7 FT.com - World urn:uuid:d9b4b3cb-b57d-6c67-858d-74614b6e3261 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:00:40 -0400 Analysts warn chancellor against public comments on likelihood of lower interest rates 'We're not less athletic because we wear sparkles' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68887835 BBC News - World urn:uuid:ea47cb4e-1653-02c5-3936-982145273720 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:50:24 -0400 South London team Unity Allstars Black compete for the "three-peat" in Florida's cheerleading Why is the US going after TikTok? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68905434 BBC News - World urn:uuid:95b206d3-01eb-2d65-03eb-cd8a83e2042d Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:48:55 -0400 The BBC's Suranjana Tewari considers what the future holds for the hugely popular social media app. Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/regulators-close-philadelphia-based-republic-bank-us-bank-109710170 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:3792923f-19c6-bdf3-d9be-44f16376df0f Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:38:26 -0400 Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Business 8 9-year-old boy wins seagull screeching competition https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/9-year-old-boy-wins-seagull-screeching-competition-209809989762 World news urn:uuid:823a97b6-6b52-c232-601d-cb0a3c8423e4 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:23:02 -0400 A 9-year-old boy from Belgium has captured the internet's attention after winning a seagull screeching competition. 9-year-old boy wins seagull screeching competition A 9-year-old boy from Belgium has captured the internet's attention after winning a seagull screeching competition. NFL to allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers during games https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/nfl-players-wear-protective-soft-shell-helmet-covers-109709263 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:46e785b2-a54c-a47d-7cbf-0f3aabf6f6b4 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:14:39 -0400 The NFL says it will allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games next season if they choose Sports 10 Oil tanker damaged in Houthi missile strike https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68909912 BBC News - World urn:uuid:aa35fbe0-7ecc-f6ef-5734-e32aef2d4b61 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:55:16 -0400 The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star. Sheriff's deputies fatally shoot driver while serving a high-risk drug warrant in Memphis https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriffs-deputies-fatally-shoot-driver-serving-high-risk-109710378 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:695ecec9-ead6-e0bc-9f04-fb3696b59bc1 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:43:08 -0400 Officials say sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man who sped toward them in a vehicle as they were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood on Friday in Memphis, Tennessee US 7 1 climber dead, another seriously hurt after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/1-climber-dead-hurt-after-1000-foot-fall-109710858 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:29e63933-5026-199e-947e-a19b5520ade1 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:42:11 -0400 Authorities say a climber is dead and another seriously injured after falling about 1,000 feet while on a steep, technical route on Mount Johnson in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve US 8 Protest leader sorry for 'kill Zionists' comments https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68909942 BBC News - World urn:uuid:43d5760e-c862-fab7-52c8-f62e1381740b Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:40:25 -0400 The student who said "Zionists don't deserve to live" has since been barred from the Columbia campus. As USC cancels commencement, Columbia students worry theirs could be disrupted https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usc-cancels-commencement-columbia-students-worry-disrupted-rcna149205 World news urn:uuid:da1383f8-cee9-61df-1b6b-0c94b901f0d6 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:33:37 -0400 After the University of Southern California canceled its main commencement, students at other campuses with protests wonder if theirs will be next. Daniella Silva and Antonia Hylton USC public safety officers detain a demonstrator during clashes after officers attempted to take down an encampment in support of Gaza at the University of Southern California on April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles,. Mario Tama USC public safety officers detain a demonstrator during clashes after officers attempted to take down an encampment in support of Gaza at the University of Southern California on April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles,. Tornado Damage Surveyed in Omaha Suburb https://www.yahoo.com/news/tornado-damage-surveyed-omaha-suburb-013337736.html Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines urn:uuid:14c9a15d-4ed2-79fe-6fda-a6eff935e5b1 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:33:37 -0400 Dead whistleblower accused Boeing of safety breaches https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/68907597 BBC News - World urn:uuid:a21431c2-f366-a9cc-df09-d17c6b7e4f51 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:26:14 -0400 John Barnett had been giving a formal legal deposition against the plane manufacturer before his sudden death. BBC returns to beach where five migrants died https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68904413 BBC News - World urn:uuid:f0467837-7d56-3b62-4538-160dadc29373 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:55:02 -0400 Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday. Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal https://www.yahoo.com/news/hamas-says-received-israels-response-004004187.html Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines urn:uuid:4ba4559b-1c1e-5f0a-afc6-dae750a1b66f Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:40:04 -0400 Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a month https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/orca-calf-swims-canadian-lagoon-trapped-month-109709253 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:06e7cc1c-9d97-be07-60af-0b527b819746 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:28:02 -0400 Officials in Canada say a young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island has gotten past a bottleneck at high tide, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea International 10 Retired pro wrestler, failed congressional candidate indicted in Vegas murder case https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/retired-pro-wrestler-failed-congressional-candidate-indicted-vegas-109709915 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:f16f76dd-92c4-8518-e995-5357a0c11937 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:23:25 -0400 A retired professional wrestler who failed in bids for Congress from Nevada and Texas has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of an Idaho man during a Halloween Party last year at a Las Vegas Strip hotel Politics 12 Baby orca free after month trapped in Canadian lagoon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68909800 BBC News - World urn:uuid:c218d208-1101-20f7-8832-318c5fb79836 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:23:20 -0400 The orphaned calf swam from British Columbia after several rescue attempts by a First Nations community. Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maine-govenor-signs-off-new-gun-laws-mental-109696105 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:c2ae5a11-debf-a8de-c187-5e811d74d772 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:22:38 -0400 Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow fla... US 3 More than 2 dozen reported tornadoes in 3 states amid outbreak in the Plains https://abcnews.go.com/US/severe-weather-including-tornado-threat-expected-impact-heartland/story?id=109692800 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:6aa3e744-35c1-46a3-b01d-86cfbe3c5ba9 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:06:35 -0400 The highest tornado threat exists from the Dallas region north to Des Moines, Iowa. US 5 WATCH: Mountain lion cub relaxes in hammock at California zoo https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/mountain-lion-cub-relaxes-hammock-california-zoo-109706973 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:6bf62728-151e-45c2-d8d0-9bef11d53ae9 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:50:03 -0400 A foster mountain lion cub named Willow enjoyed relaxing in a hammock at the Oakland Zoo, where he and his sister, Maple, were welcomed in November after their mother was struck and killed by a car. US 16 Hungary opens up to Chinese tech despite protests https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68848770 BBC News - World urn:uuid:d1cba97b-28da-208f-fa18-0173558a8a96 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:23:41 -0400 Hungary is attempting to be a world power in manufacturing electric vehicle batteries, despite locals' reservations. Has South Africa's 'get-out-of-jail' vote lived up to the hype? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68896379 BBC News - World urn:uuid:538814b2-e9bb-c204-47ad-20bcd37d2236 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:20:46 -0400 Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy. Dancing, Daleks and Saharan Dust: Photos of the week https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68897719 BBC News - World urn:uuid:f5a4f3dc-7de8-2f8e-f479-fcfc6d673727 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:17:10 -0400 A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68906013 BBC News - World urn:uuid:532e7248-e401-4195-ae57-927a841a4d6c Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:12:11 -0400 A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV. College protests live updates: Police crack down as encampments spread https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/college-protests-palestinian-israel-gaza/?id=109588144 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:f099fe4e-5262-6138-8925-62bb6b73500e Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:11:40 -0400 Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. US 13 Israeli airstrikes take place in Gaza areas Israel had designated as 'safe zones' https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/israeli-airstrikes-take-place-in-gaza-areas-israel-had-designated-as-safe-zones-209799749553 World news urn:uuid:b4f02eda-5440-86bb-118f-3686c05fadb8 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:11:15 -0400 An NBC News investigation has documented at least 12 Israeli airstrikes that took place in areas of Gaza the Israeli military had previously designated as safe. NBC News' Hala Gorani reports. Israeli airstrikes take place in Gaza areas Israel had designated as 'safe zones' An NBC News investigation has documented at least 12 Israeli airstrikes that took place in areas of Gaza the Israeli military had previously designated as safe. NBC News' Hala Gorani reports. WATCH: Toddler is ‘all done’ with dad’s animal game https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/video/toddler-dads-animal-game-109703051 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:d69bada5-21a0-4968-9d8e-0dcbe48ccd73 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:05:44 -0400 One-year-old Skylee lost patience with her dad's animal game. GMA 17 Indian students have died in the US – the community wants answers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68832876 BBC News - World urn:uuid:da27bc19-7645-4ef6-dfc8-10bdda3b1044 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:03:48 -0400 A spate of unconnected deaths of Indian students in the US has set off safety concerns within the community. Paramedic sentenced to 4 years probation in connection with Elijah McClain's death https://abcnews.go.com/US/final-responder-convicted-elijah-mcclains-death-sentenced/story?id=109687374 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:6eb1c6bb-0691-3dfb-a8c5-dd37c1e91dd5 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:57:39 -0400 Aurora paramedic Jeremy Cooper was sentenced after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Elijah McClain's death. US 15 Harvey Weinstein to appear in NYC court next week in first step toward retrial https://abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-weinstein-nyc-court-appearance-retrial/story?id=109707471 ABC News: ABCNews urn:uuid:72449a70-26e2-bb2f-535f-191992d6cf85 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:53:16 -0400 Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction was overturned by New York's highest court on Thursday. US 1