Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate almost certain to become president (www.theguardian.com)
Radical change candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye pulls off stunning election win after main rival Amadou Ba concedes defeat...
Israeli minister quits Netanyahu's unity government, saying he was sidelined (www.reuters.com)
UK to link voter data hack to China - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The attacks on the Electoral Commission took place in August 2021 but were only revealed last year....
Islamic State Claims Attack on Niger Army That Killed Dozens (www.voanews.com)
Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries (apnews.com)
Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries to its navy crew members and heavy damage to the wooden vessel, Philippine officials said....
Canadian governments commit millions to landfill search for remains of slain Indigenous women (apnews.com)
Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions to help search a landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women....
US says it has not received a formal request by Niger junta to leave military bases (apnews.com)
A top Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. has not received a formal request from Niger’s junta to depart the country, saying it has received mixed signals on whether the hundreds of U.S. troops there are no longer welcome....
Swiss Federal Railways successfully tests remote-controlled train (www.swissinfo.ch)
Seoul proposes cadaver sharing among schools to relieve shortage after med school student increase (www.koreabiomed.com)
Supporters of arrested Indian opposition politician protest in New Delhi after Modi government arrested him. (apnews.com)
Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case (apnews.com)
In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself.”
India's main opposition party accuses Modi government of freezing bank accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident’s house, killing at least 9 from the same family (apnews.com)
Former Pakistani minister warns Taliban: ‘Another attack on Pakistan, our troops will seize Wakhan’ (www.khaama.com)
Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport group...
Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament (www.reuters.com)
Japan brings era of negative interest rates to an end with first hike in 17 years (www.cnn.com)
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa (www.bbc.com)
Details are also released of President Biden's high-stakes call to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump and his co-defendants are contesting the judge's decision that permits Fani Willis to remain. (saynewsy.blogspot.com)
Cuba summons top US diplomat, accuses US of stoking protests (www.reuters.com)
China ends 9-year decline in new marriages in 2023, but divorces also climb (www.bangkokpost.com)
Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market (www.propublica.org)
Iran ready to help Syria boost its defense, deterrent power: Defense minister (www.presstv.co.uk)
War on Gaza: UK committee head calls out Israeli spokesperson over aid blocking claims (www.middleeasteye.net)
Medical professors to submit resignations from March 25 in support of trainee doctors (koreatimes.co.kr)
