Israel truce team leaves Doha, official blames Hamas for 'dead end' (www.reuters.com)
EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote...
Climate change driving up inflation in food prices: Study (thehill.com)
Rising global temperatures are associated with inflation in food prices, both in regions that are already hotter and in countries outside the tropics like the U.S., according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment....
Ex U.S. spies warned the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now. (www.nbcnews.com)
Mystery dairy cow disease confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza (www.feedstuffs.com)
Bombs, guns, treasure: What Israel wants, the US gives (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Israel cancels diplomatic visit to U.S. after U.N. vote demanding cease-fire (www.washingtonpost.com)
Ecuador’s youngest mayor shot dead, police say (www.cnn.com)
Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said....
Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking $135,000 and a wig in bribes (www.theguardian.com)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence minister...
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on north and south of Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Israeli air strikes killed dozens of Palestinians at both ends of the Gaza Strip overnight, hitting the area around Al Shifa hospital in the north and Rafah on the southern edge where more than a million people have sought shelter....
Russia aims to knock out Ukraine's power grid in new wave of attacks (kyivindependent.com)
Russia launched a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks against Ukraine between March 21-25, hitting the country’s critical infrastructure heavier than ever before....
Kenya starts to return the 429 bodies of doomsday cult victims to families (apnews.com)
The Kenyan government on Tuesday began handing over 429 bodies of members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country....
Austrian police given small gifts after protecting Russian Embassy, told to reject them in future (apnews.com)
Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future....
Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide....
New Zealand joins the US and the UK in alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage (apnews.com)
Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state-sponsored operation that targeted New Zealand’s Parliament in 2021, the country’s security minister said Tuesday....
Hunter Biden's federal gun charges explained (eu.usatoday.com)
Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 passengers may be crime victims: FBI (www.reuters.com)
Japan to sell fighter jets in latest break from post-war pacifist ideals (www.bbc.com)
Chinese Tanker Hit with Houthi Missile in the Red Sea (news.usni.org)
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
An early burst of patriotic fervor saw draft centers swamped with volunteers, but that has waned with Vladimir Putin’s war in its third year....
Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees (www.politico.eu)
The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot....
Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy (www.nytimes.com)
Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Weiss heads a radical settler organisation called Nachala, or homeland. For decades, she has been kickstarting Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, on Palestinian land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Some in the settler movement have cherished the dream - or pipedream - of...
UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.co.uk)
UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote
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...
