World News: 30 April 2023

Kirsten Neuschäfer becomes first woman to win historic Golden Globe Race
A South African skipper who set out nearly eight months ago to sail across the world has made history as the first woman to win an around-the-world race by the three great capes. She completed the course in 235 days, 5 hours and 44 minutes, sailing 30,290 nautical miles total.

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Russian oil is still powering Europe’s cars with help of India
Back in December, the European Union barred almost any seaborne crude oil imports from Russia. It extended the prohibition to refined fuels two months later.
However, the rules didn’t prevent countries like India from snapping up cheap Russian crude, turning it into fuels like diesel, and shipping it back to Europe at a markup.

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Even one American in Iraq is too many, Iran leader tells Iraqi president
“The Americans are not friends of Iraq,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by his official website. “The Americans have friendships with no one and are not even loyal to their European friends.”
Alongside his emphasis on expelling the United States from the neighbouring country, the supreme leader also stressed that Iran considers Iraq’s progress to be of high importance to Iran and said bilateral security and economic agreements that were signed last month need to be fully implemented.

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Xi Jinping on a global roll, China eyes ports on West Africa and Argentina
While consolidating its hold in South-East Asia with a new port in Ream in BRI debt ridden Cambodia, China is now eyeing to establish military presence in Bata in Equatorial Guinea on the west coast of Africa and is pushing Argentina to build a naval base at Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province to open the door to Antarctica and monitor sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Brazil's Lula recognises 1,200 square km of Indigenous land
The land remains under the federal government’s jurisdiction, but the designation grants Indigenous peoples the right to use it in their traditional manner. Mining activities are prohibited, and commercial farming and logging require specific authorizations. And non-Indigenous people are forbidden from engaging in any economic activity on Indigenous lands.

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‘Vulnerable’ South Asia least prepared to deal with urban heat: World Bank
The impacts of heat in South Asia are already emerging with over 3,600 heat-related deaths in India and Pakistan during the 2015 heat waves. More recently in 2022, at least one billion people in India and Pakistan experienced further record-breaking heat waves with temperatures reaching 51 degrees Celsius in some parts of Pakistan.

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