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Today's Featured Article: Konon Molody

• Involved in the Portland spy ring (1953-1961).
• Spied for the Soviet Union in the UK, obtaining classified documents.
• Worked with Harry Houghton, Ethel Gee, and others.
• Exposed in 1960 by Polish spy Michael Goleniewski.
• Group arrested in 1961; sentences ranged from 15 to 25 years.

Did You Know

• Solfrid Koanda qualified for a weightlifting competition soon after starting the sport.
• Joint Operations Command was created post-2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami.
• A village in North Sulawesi founded by Java War exiles.
• "Continuity" by Andre Wee at Hume MRT station depicts a historical site.
• First governor of Macau used a ruse to acquire Fortaleza do Monte.
• Pittsburgh TV station construction delayed by mine shafts.
• Football coach Jorge Munoz assisted a former player he coached.
• Birth of Christianity in Minahasa celebrated annually on June 12.
• Protesters in New York City launched a "Garbage Offensive."

In the News

• Explosion at Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran, resulted in 70 deaths.
• Car-ramming attack at street festival in Vancouver, 11 killed.
• Militants killed 26 tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.
• Pope Francis died at age 88.
• Ongoing conflicts: Gaza war, M23 campaign, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sudanese civil war.

On This Day – April 29

• 1760: France unsuccessfully attempted to retake Quebec City.
• 1770: James Cook landed at Botany Bay, marking first European landfall on Australia's east coast.
• 1945: U.S. Army liberated Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp.
• 1995: Largest attended wrestling event, Collision in Korea.
• 2015: Bali Nine ringleaders executed in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

Featured Picture

• Mount Whymper
  • Located in Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, 2,845m high.
  • First climbed by Edward Whymper and team in 1910.
  • Composed of sedimentary rock from Precambrian to Jurassic periods.
  • Picture shows southeastern aspect from Stanley Glacier Trail.

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