Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin's rule. His foes are in jail, in exile or dead (apnews.com)
‘Death trap’: Israeli forces kill six in new attack on Gaza aid seekers (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli forces have shot dead at least six Palestinians and wounded 83 in Gaza City as they were waiting for food and humanitarian supplies at the Kuwait Roundabout, an area where large groups of people gather for arriving aid trucks....
Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam centre in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online....
Geert Wilders says he doesn’t have support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier (apnews.com)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric swept him to a stunning victory in the November election, said Wednesday he doesn’t have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister....
Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty (apnews.com)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain’s wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona....
Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud (apnews.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud....
Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin’s rule. His foes are in jail, in exile or dead (apnews.com)
Voters headed to the polls in Russia on Friday for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years after he stifled dissent....
Abbas appoints adviser as prime minister amid calls for reform (apnews.com)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington’s postwar vision for Gaza....
BP and UAE suspend $2 billion gas deal in Israel as Gaza war drags on | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
BP and an oil company owned by the United Arab Emirates have shelved talks to buy a 50% stake in Israel’s leading natural gas producer, judging the $2 billion deal too risky as the war in Gaza rages....
Six Palestinians killed in line for aid in Gaza (www.euronews.com)
Reports have emerged saying six people were killed and at least 83 wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for food in Gaza city....
Shell to Slow Pace of Carbon-Emission Cuts (www.wsj.com)
A Chinese airline warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an Airbus A350 was delayed for 4 hours (www.businessinsider.com)
China Southern Airlines warned passengers on social media not to throw coins at planes....
Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market (www.propublica.org)
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From Moscow to Mumbai: Russia Pivots South for Trade (archive.ph)
Funding cuts to UN aid agency threaten new crisis in Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
The US privately told Israel the kind of Rafah campaign it could support (www.politico.com)
Senior U.S. officials have told their Israeli counterparts the Biden administration would support Israel going after high-value Hamas targets in and underneath Rafah — as long as Israel avoids a large-scale invasion that could fracture the alliance....
Not just the UNRWA report: Countless accounts of Israeli torture in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Practices recorded by UNRWA include the use of a nail gun on prisoners’ knees, sexual abuse against both men and women and the insertion of what appears to be an electrified metal stick into prisoners’ rectums.
In Haiti, a police officer-turned-gangster is trying to seize control of the country (www.nbcnews.com)
Jimmy “Barbeque” Chérizier’s forces have laid siege to Haiti’s main international airport, traded fire with troops at government sites and sparked a mass jailbreak....
Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ (www.politico.eu)
Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....
Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide (apnews.com)
Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a devious imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters....