Russia will be asked for ceasefire during Olympics, Macron tells Ukraine interviewer (www.reuters.com)
Spain to recruit 26,000 Moroccan truckers, bus drivers (apanews.net)
‘Everything he is saying isn’t true’: Congolese governments denounce Trump’s baseless stories about emptied prisons (www.cnn.com)
There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s assertions are entirely false....
A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned (apnews.com)
Haiti violence: US announces charter flight as clashes continue (www.bbc.com)
The US State Department has announced a charter flight for its citizens stranded in Haiti, as gang violence and hunger grip the impoverished country....
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
'Turn around immediately': Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer (www.reuters.com)
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)
Ukraine appeals to citizens under Russian occupation to ignore Putin’s ‘pseudo elections’ (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years....
SpaceX building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, insiders say (www.scmp.com)
UN overwhelmingly passes anti-Islamophobia resolution (www.dailysabah.com)
Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia (apnews.com)
Latvia´s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services, according to Latvian media reports Saturday....
China ends 9-year decline in new marriages in 2023, but divorces also climb (www.scmp.com)
Young Ukrainian developing app to help evacuees learn Japanese (www.asahi.com)
Living outside China has become more like living inside China (www.economist.com)
The Communist Party is trying to tighten its grip on the Chinese diaspora...
More people getting kidney failure in Singapore (www.straitstimes.com)
Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat (apnews.com)
SAO PAULO (AP) — Two top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan for him to remain in power after the 2022 election he lost, but both refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday....
12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned (www.nbcnews.com)
Finland suspends reception of berry pickers’ visa applications (www.bangkokpost.com)
No evidence from Israel to back UNRWA accusations, says EU humanitarian chief (www.reuters.com)
The European Union’s top humanitarian aid official said on Thursday he had seen no evidence from Israel to back its accusations against staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which should continue playing a “critical” role in Gaza.
Iceland volcano erupts again, spewing fountains of lava (www.reuters.com)
A volcano in Iceland erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December, the country’s meteorological office said, spewing smoke and bright orange lava into the air in sharp contrast against the dark night sky....
BREAKING: Another Ukrainian bombardments killed two and Destroy A Big oil facility in Russia, Disrupt Putin Guaranteed Election Win.. (bit.ly)
US Intel: ISIS, al Qaeda, Hamas, & Hezbollah (www.wilsoncenter.org)
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
