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Ukraine war film 20 Days in Mariupol wins Oscar for best documentary (www.theguardian.com)

Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s first...

New Zealand to seize black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 as passengers recount incident (www.reuters.com)

Greta Thunberg dragged by police from climate protest blocking Swedish parliament (www.independent.co.uk)

Andrew Tate and brother Tristan can be extradited to UK, Romanian court rules (www.bbc.com)

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan can be extradited to the UK, a Romanian court has ruled....

Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide (apnews.com)

Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a devious imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters....

BP and UAE suspend $2 billion gas deal in Israel as Gaza war drags on | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

BP and an oil company owned by the United Arab Emirates have shelved talks to buy a 50% stake in Israel’s leading natural gas producer, judging the $2 billion deal too risky as the war in Gaza rages....

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty (apnews.com)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain’s wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona....

Britain faces an alarming rise in intimidation and threats of violence against those accused of Blasphemy, report warns (www.thetimes.co.uk)

Abbas appoints adviser as prime minister amid calls for reform (apnews.com)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington’s postwar vision for Gaza....

Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud (apnews.com)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud....

68 orphans were evacuated from Gaza to the West Bank, enraging Israel's far right (www.npr.org)

China has 12½ times more robots in its workforce than experts expected: report (www.scmp.com)

Israeli rabbi says ‘kill everyone in Gaza, including babies’ (thecradle.co)

Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ (www.politico.eu)

Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....

Funding cuts to UN aid agency threaten new crisis in Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)

The US privately told Israel the kind of Rafah campaign it could support (www.politico.com)

Senior U.S. officials have told their Israeli counterparts the Biden administration would support Israel going after high-value Hamas targets in and underneath Rafah — as long as Israel avoids a large-scale invasion that could fracture the alliance....

In Haiti, a police officer-turned-gangster is trying to seize control of the country (www.nbcnews.com)

Jimmy “Barbeque” Chérizier’s forces have laid siege to Haiti’s main international airport, traded fire with troops at government sites and sparked a mass jailbreak....

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From Moscow to Mumbai: Russia Pivots South for Trade (archive.ph)

China, Iran and Russia hold joint war games in Gulf of Oman in response to threats to coastal trade (www.aljazeera.com)

State media reported that a grouping of ships from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, led by the Varyag cruiser, arrived at the Iranian port of Chabahar on Monday ahead of the drills that will see representatives from the navies of Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan and South Africa act as observers....

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