Arrest made in St. Petersberg café blast
Russian investigators work at the site of an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Russian authorities have detained a 26-year-old native of St. Petersburg after a bomb killed a prominent military blogger in a café on Sunday. Russian officials are accusing Ukraine and Russian opposition activists for the attack. And, more than 60 Chinese Christians fleeing government harassment are struggling to reach the US. They’ve been detained along the way in Thailand on visa charges. Also, the fate of Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso is in the hands of the country’s national assembly after the constitutional court approved impeachment proceedings against him for acts of corruption. Plus, how the Taliban won Afghanistan.
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