News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
"No child anywhere should have to flee their homes, or witness the murder of their loved ones": Actor Angelina Jolie arrives in Lviv, Ukraine to meet with children affected by the war. https://t.co/8RFaTV9kH6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 30, 2022
Despite Putin’s decree last month that Russia would only pay foreign creditors in rubles, the country made a number of international debt payments in dollars and euros this week to avoid a default.https://t.co/1mn5njMhNI
— Axios (@axios) April 30, 2022
The famous Russian ballet may seem like an unlikely choice to foreigners, but it is a powerful historical reference for Russians that is being used as one of several coded forms of protest during war, according to Russian State University anthropologist. https://t.co/omxSojwDnd
— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2022
"I am not a professional (soldier), I am a professional in IT. I can help in that."
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 30, 2022
Software developers in Ukraine say that even though they are not fighting in the war, they are helping their country by shoring up an important industry. https://t.co/Lb81qG4YjI
Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold off Russia's offensive in Ukraine's south and east. https://t.co/mkol1r8uN8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 30, 2022
There's a growing concern that the looming end of the Covid-19 public health emergency could result in millions of people being kicked off Medicaid. https://t.co/zb4IlwDx2j
— POLITICO (@politico) April 30, 2022
The streets of Shanghai were eerily quiet at the start of a long holiday weekend, following an outbreak of COVID that has paralyzed the city of 25 million and put residents in Beijing on edge. pic.twitter.com/rpgkkaaiLS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 30, 2022
A judge on Friday rejected former Pres. Trump's affidavit claiming that he possesses no documents subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General’s Office. https://t.co/EnKDCWYXPp
— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2022
Meadows’s lawyers: Jan. 6 Committee trying to "vilify" him https://t.co/QFtDOrsfaQ pic.twitter.com/csGXguL8Jp
— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned yet again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top military officials over the staging of a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. https://t.co/WFDRuHvHze
— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2022
DOJ challenges Alabama law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youthhttps://t.co/eUgvsJpZoU
— Axios (@axios) April 30, 2022
Two separate weather systems will bring severe storms to more than a dozen states this weekend, some of the same ones that were hit Friday night. https://t.co/S0PRflyudw
— CNN (@CNN) April 30, 2022
