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The FCC has passed new requirements requiring broadcasters to report when foreign governments or their representatives lease their airtime to broadcast their own material.

Italian rail and urban transport workers will go on a nationwide strike on 23 April at the call of the Orsa union, demanding that the authorities provide them with an urgent vaccination against COVID-19.

The Cyprus Council of Ministers decided to extremely tighten quarantine due to the worsening epidemiological situation.

The Austrian authorities intend to carefully open restaurants, tourism, culture and sports from May 19, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at a press conference on Friday.

In the French commune of Rambouillet, a 49-year-old police officer was wounded by a man. The woman died. This information is reported by the BFMTV TV channel.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle has been launched from the Crew Dragon, which is making its second working flight to the International Space Station with astronauts.

The number of employees of Russian consulates general in the Czech Republic, as well as the Czech Republic in the Russian Federation, will not change.

The United States excluded Turkey from the F-35 aircraft production program for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. This information was reported by the representative of the Pentagon Jessica Maxwell.

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that recognizes America's capital, Washington, which belongs to the District of Columbia, as the 51st state.

As a result of repelling an air attack from Israel, four Syrian soldiers were injured. This information is reported by the SANA agency, making a reference to the data of a military source.

On April 22, the Turkish authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew due to the spread of coronavirus infection. The restrictions will be in effect until April 26.

Former US Ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza said about the "threat of a split" in the energy market in Europe because of Nord Stream 2.

Canada is suspending flights from Pakistan and India for a 30-day period amid rising coronavirus cases in those countries and the emergence of a new strain in India.

Almost 30 police officers were injured at the protests of opponents of restrictive measures on coronavirus, which took place yesterday in Berlin. Law enforcement officers detained 231 demonstrators.

The 14th Dalai Lama appealed to the people of the planet on the International Day of Mother Earth, which is celebrated on April 22, with an appeal to join forces to solve the problem of global warming and the lack of drinking water.