Israeli military investigating after Gaza officials say foreign aid workers killed in IDF strike (www.theguardian.com)
Here’s what you need to know about the world’s largest democratic election kicking off in India (apnews.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential....
Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription (www.cnbc.com)
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U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians....
World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza, José Andrés says (www.washingtonpost.com)
World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said Monday that several of the group’s employees were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Andrés, a celebrity chef, called those who died his “sisters and brothers” and “angels” in a statement on social media....
Israeli airstrike hits Gaza hospital tent camp (www.smh.com.au)
Kyiv fights off 36 tanks in one of Russia’s biggest assaults (www.independent.co.uk)
Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections (www.politico.eu)
A new 14,500-km subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points....
The EU compromise machine is breaking — and everyone’s blaming Germany (www.politico.eu)
Berlin’s domestic spats are gumming up the EU’s delicate policymaking process....
‘Our beautiful sister’: Friends pay tribute to Australian aid worker killed in Gaza (www.smh.com.au)
Indonesia buying two French submarines (www.bangkokpost.com)
War a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland's Tusk (www.bbc.com)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a “pre-war era” and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe....
Mystery dairy cow disease confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza (www.feedstuffs.com)
Myanmar Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China (www.irrawaddy.com)
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Europe’s boomtowns warn that far-right anti-immigration policies will stunt growth (www.politico.eu)
With immigration hawks on the rise, the bloc’s tech champions sound the alarm when it comes to recruiting expat workers....
Seven children, ages 12 to 17, wounded in Indianapolis mass shooting, police say (www.google.com)
Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory (www.bbc.com)
Turkey’s main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara....
Israel warns Ireland over calls to break trade links (www.rte.ie)
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Slovakia has just shut down its last coal power plant (www.euronews.com)
Chinese state media stoked allegation Taiwan's president would flee war (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen plans to flee in a U.S. plane if war erupts with China, according to an unsubstantiated report first published in 2021 and echoed in the run-up to the island’s January 2024 general election....
Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit (www.bbc.com)
A mysterious illness that has affected US diplomats in recent years has been linked to a Russian intelligence unit....
Inside the ruins of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital (www.washingtonpost.com)
Gaza’s largest hospital has been gutted. Combat bulldozers have moved sand into the courtyards. The buildings are scorched. It smells like death. Israeli commandos pulled out before dawn on Monday....
Total solar eclipse to sweep across Mexico, the US and Canada (www.theguardian.com)
The moon will pass directly in front of the sun, exposing ghostly traces of the sun’s atmosphere...
A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace (apnews.com)
A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea....
Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families (theins.ru)
A yearlong investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, has uncovered evidence suggesting that unexplained anonymous health incidents, also known as Havana Syndrome, may have their origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by members of Unit 29155....
