Germany ‘Takes Note’ of Kejriwal's Arrest, Expects Standards of Judicial Independence to Apply (thewire.in)
A pro-West diplomat and an ally of populist premier to meet in runoff for Slovakia’s presidency (apnews.com)
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-western career diplomat defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election Sunday to set up a runoff between the two to decide who will succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president....
Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions (apnews.com)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies....
Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98 (www.theguardian.com)
Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global multimedia franchise, has died at the age of 98....
What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre (apnews.com)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, the most deadly attack in Russia in years. Though the U.S. says it has evidence backing up the jihadists’ claim, that didn’t stop Moscow and Kyiv from pointing the finger...
Al Shabaab launches deadly attack on military base in Somalia (www.reuters.com)
MOGADISHU, March 23 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday after Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a military base....
NASA needs your smartphone during April's solar eclipse (www.popsci.com)
Emily Harding, former CIA operative: if we find a way to make the Russian population at home understand the costs of this conflict to them in their hometowns. (www.csis.org)
The sentiment in Washington before the Moscow attack was that Russians needed to experience firsthand the impact of the war in Ukraine. This attitude intensified as US sanctions proved ineffective, Russian advancements in Ukraine quickened, and President Putin received a high level of support from the Russian population during...
Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs (kotaku.com)
Blizzard Makes Big Changes as ‘Overwatch 2’ Struggles (www.bloomberg.com)
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Global fertility rates to plunge in decades ahead, new report says (www.cnn.com)
U.S. Doubles Down on Defunding UNRWA — Despite Flimsy Allegations (theintercept.com)
The U.S. government will defund the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians through next year — even as 1.1 million people in Gaza face threats of famine in coming months — on the basis of flimsy allegations by Israel against a tiny minority of the agency’s staff that have yet to be proven....
Kamala Harris announces new office to implement ‘red flag’ gun control laws (www.theguardian.com)
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California (www.propublica.org)
Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing....
Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy (apnews.com)
Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects (www.foxnews.com)
California's unemployment rate rises to the highest level in the nation. Slower job growth is to blame (apnews.com)
A deepfake is already spreading confusion and disinformation about the Moscow terror attack. (www.motherjones.com)
Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)
Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on...
Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98 (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98....
Hong Kong Article 23: Basic rights threatened as law enacted, critics charge (www.nbcnews.com)
“We are basically seeing the Hong Kong government trying to slam shut the really last vestiges of room for criticizing it,” said Kevin Yam, one of 13 overseas pro-democracy activists accused of national security offenses by Hong Kong authorities....
Is Threads Hiding Mentions of Pixelfed? (wedistribute.org)
Baldur's Gate 3 Has Sold Around 15 Million Copies Already | GameLuster (gameluster.com)
Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record (www.today.com)
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said in a report that about 4.97 million people out of a population of about 11.5 million were facing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity....
