Israel declares Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ over comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust (www.timesofisrael.com)
Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy (techxplore.com)
Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy::Extensive greenery coverage on building rooftops could significantly reduce temperatures at the city scale and decrease energy costs, according to a new study.
A broke Chinese real estate developer left Los Angeles with empty, graffiti-covered towers and a billion-dollar bill (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....
India wants Israel to be mindful of Gaza civilian deaths (www.thehindu.com)
A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting spree with a Kalashnikov rifle (apnews.com)
Passenger allegedly boards flight from Nashville to Los Angeles without a ticket (www.usatoday.com)
A woman allegedly boarded a flight from Nashville to Los Angeles without a boarding pass earlier this month....
The Threat of All Out War: Yemen Nears the Tipping Point As US Airstrikes Intensify (www.mintpressnews.com)
U.S. and British officials maintain that their attacks target “Houthi” military positions – ammunition stores and missile launch sites, but the reality of the ground tells a different story. Yemeni civilians say they are blind and indiscriminate and often leave civilians maimed or killed. Assuming the U.S. and UK are...
First-Person Star Wars Mandalorian Game In The Works At Respawn - Report (www.gamespot.com)
Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article (arstechnica.com)
It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.
Embracer Cancelled Nearly 30 Unannounced Games In Just 6 Months (kotaku.com)
LineageOS 21 brings Android 14 to more Phones and Tablets (www.howtogeek.com)
China set to lose 60 percent of population by century's end (www.newsweek.com)
Russia Using Thousands of Musk’s Starlink Systems in War, Ukrainian General Says (www.wsj.com)
“Ukraine’s top military-intelligence officer said Russian invasion forces in his country are using thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals, and that the network has been active in occupied parts of Ukraine for ‘quite a long time,'” the Wall Street Journal reports....
White House confirms monitoring of ‘troubling’ Russian anti-satellite weapon (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say ‘space-based’ weapon under development but not yet deployed is not immediate threat to anyone’s safety...
AI will eliminate busywork. Are we sure that’s a good thing? (www.theverge.com)
Embracer says it's looking out for shareholders after cutting almost 1,400 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
See What the Solar Eclipse Will Look Like across Most of the U.S. (www.scientificamerican.com)
Even if you’re not in the path of totality, the solar eclipse on April 8 will offer a show to nearly everyone across North and Central America...
Hezbollah says Israel will 'pay price' after deadly day (www.reuters.com)
Hezbollah said on Thursday Israel would pay “the price” for killing 10 people including five children in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of hostilities across the Lebanese-Israeli border....
European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption (www.eureporter.co)
Would a recognized Palestine help end the Gaza conflict? (www.dw.com)
Although Germany does not consider Palestine a country, a majority of the world’s states — 139 out of a total of 193 — at the United Nations do. What’s significant this time, though, is that recognition is apparently being reconsidered by the US, a country that has previously vetoed almost every attempt to make Palestine...