Kyiv fights off 36 tanks in one of Russia’s biggest assaults (www.independent.co.uk)
Philippines to boost diplomacy and defence capability as South China Sea 'countermeasures' (www.yahoo.com)
MANILA (Reuters) - Countermeasures by the Philippines to China’s conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday....
European car safety body is coming for touchscreens. The European New Car Assessment Programme mandates that key controls need physical buttons or switches (www.politico.eu)
Carmakers are equipping their latest models with fancy touchscreens, but that could cause problems with Europe’s largest car safety authority....
Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid (www.bbc.co.uk)
Cambodia: Hundreds of Indians rescued from cyber-scam factories (www.bbc.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....
Turkey’s Erdoğan suffers blow in crucial mayoral elections as secular opposition surges (www.politico.eu)
Opposition’s triumph in Istanbul, where the president had invested significant electoral resources, boosts a party that was left reeling by a general election defeat last year....
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack (www.reuters.com)
Unprecedented GPS jamming attack affects 1600 aircraft over Europe (www.newscientist.com)
A 63-hour-long marathon of GPS jamming attacks disrupted global satellite navigation systems for hundreds of aircraft flying through the Baltic region – and Russia is thought to be responsible...
Barrage of Russian attacks aims to cut Ukraine's lights (www.bbc.com)
In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street....
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....
European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate (www.politico.eu)
European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into texts between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer....
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...
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
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....
Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Israeli airstrike hits Gaza hospital tent camp (www.smh.com.au)
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....
Egypt Has Betrayed Palestinians in Their Time of Greatest Need (truthout.org)
On Zionism (thespouter.substack.com)
What people don’t understand is that Zionism itself is antisemetic.
Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on Americans, at home and abroad (theins.press)
Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription (www.cnbc.com)
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Germany legalises cannabis possession and home cultivation for personal use (news.sky.com)
Cannabis is currently classed as a narcotic under German law, but from 1 April that will change, with a new law decriminalising possession and home cultivation.
Turkish opposition leads in vote to run Istanbul and other key cities (www.euronews.com)
With nearly 60% of the ballot boxes counted, incumbent Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, was leading in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and economic hub, according to state broadcaster TRT....
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
