Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off (www.reuters.com)
How Israeli settlers are expanding illegal outposts amid Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 1,200 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank have been forced from their homes since the conflict started, according to rights groups and the United Nations.
Vietnam’s president resigns, raising questions over stability (www.cnn.com)
The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors’ confidence in the country....
US reportedly considering plea deal offer for Julian Assange (www.theguardian.com)
Military intelligence: Russia's railway to Crimea is 'important target' for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The railway Russia is constructing in the occupied territories of Ukraine, which leads to Crimea, is “a serious challenge” and “an important target” for Kyiv, Andrii Yusov, a spokesperson of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), said on March 21....
Supreme Court won't hear appeal of private school that wouldn't let Muslim students pray (www.cbc.ca)
The country’s top court has declined to hear the appeal of a private Calgary school that was found to have discriminated against two Muslim students who were denied prayer space on campus....
Palestinian who converted to Judaism mistakenly killed by IDF soldiers (m.jpost.com)
[H]e did nothing suspicious in particular and they became suspicious simply from the fact that he got off the bus in a location near where Jews lived and where Palestinians did not typically get off....
‘Man-made famine’ charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence | Israel-Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. wades into India-China spat, says border state belongs to New Delhi (asia.nikkei.com)
Washington opposes encroachments over boundary that Beijing insists is not decided...
Researchers believe that corona origins in the laboratory are possible (www-spiegel-de.translate.goog)
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping (momentummag.com)
The Children Who Lost Limbs in Gaza (www.newyorker.com)
More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?
Evergrande: China property giant and its founder accused of $78bn fraud (www.bbc.com)
Owen Jones quits Labour over support for Gaza 'war crimes' (www.newarab.com)
Jones has been a member of the party for 24 years, but in an open letter published in The Guardian, the columnist announced he would be leaving, underlining party leader Keir Starmer’s pro-Israel stance....
Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government (apnews.com)
A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a hand on the levers of power....
Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines (www.latimes.com)
In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying....
UK workers block factories accused of sending arms to Israel (www.newarab.com)
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) found that 15 percent of the components of every F-35 that Israel uses in its war on Gaza is made by firms within the British arms industry, which is estimated to have brought in at least £336 million since 2016.
Over 13,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza war: UNICEF (www.newarab.com)
EU leaders urged to put economies ‘on war footing’ at Ukraine negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
EU leaders are to meet in Brussels to discuss ways to radically increase military and financial support for Ukraine amid calls for member states to put their economies “on a war footing”....
US calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in draft UN resolution (www.theguardian.com)
The US has drafted a new UN security council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” and hostage deal in Gaza, amid mounting pressure on Israel to halt its military campaign and allow the delivery of substantial amounts of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory....
After appeal to Musk, X suspends accounts that outed neo-Nazi cartoonist (arstechnica.com)
Researchers, journalists are blocked from sharing the alleged identity of Stonetoss....
Cubans stage rare protests demanding electricity, food (www.lemonde.fr)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (www.politico.eu)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX...