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)
‘Here, there is no future’: ethnic cleansing and fresh atrocities drive exodus of thousands from Darfur (www.theguardian.com)
Almost a year since conflict reignited in Sudan, its terrified people are crossing borders to Chad and beyond. An increasing number are trying to reach Europe as food supplies dwindle in the refugee camps and the eyes of the world look elsewhere...
Women and girls suffer first when droughts hit poor and rural areas, says UN (www.theguardian.com)
World water development report warns that access is major source of conflict between countries...
Researchers believe that corona origins in the laboratory are possible (www-spiegel-de.translate.goog)
Canada to set first-ever cap on temporary residents (www.bbc.com)
India top court puts on hold unit for fact-checking online content about govt (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine war: Blackouts hit across country after wave of Russian strikes (www.bbc.com)
Taps have run dry across South Africa's largest city in an unprecedented water crisis (apnews.com)
What we all have to look forward to in the near future...
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
Germany’s Birth Rate Plunges as War, Climate and Covid Deter Parents (www.bloomberg.com)
Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects....
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement (theconversation.com)
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....
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?
Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off (www.reuters.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...
Boy's killing leads to scrutiny of Israel's use of deadly force against Palestinians (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground.
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.
Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal (www.npr.org)
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....
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....
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....
