Swiss Federal Railways successfully tests remote-controlled train (www.swissinfo.ch)
India top court puts on hold unit for fact-checking online content about govt (www.reuters.com)
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation (apnews.com)
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)
Rich Indians Own 40% of Wealth in Extreme Inequality Under Modi (www.bloomberg.com)
Suicide bomber attacks bank in Afghanistan, killing at least 3 (www.nbcnews.com)
Woman sentenced to life in prison by Pakistan court for burning pages from Islam’s holy book (www.nbcnews.com)
Ukraine war: Blackouts hit across country after wave of Russian strikes (www.bbc.com)
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
Germany approves partial legalization of cannabis from April (www.dw.com)
Italy prime minister Giorgia Meloni seeks €100,000 damages over deepfake porn videos (www.independent.co.uk)
Giorgia Meloni will testify at a court in the Sardinian city of Sassari in a bid to send a message about the problem...
‘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...
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
Several schools have brought in shorts for cheerleaders at baseball tournament while another positioned teachers between the cheerleaders and spectators...
Israel no longer considered liberal democracy; global index cites judicial coup (www.haaretz.com)
V-Dem index cites government attacks on judiciary and ‘substantive decline’ in freedom from torture as reason Israel is now considered an ‘electoral democracy’ – in which elections are held but civil liberties and equality before the law are not safeguarded...
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...
Tired of inflated ticket prices, Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival (apnews.com)
Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival....
Researchers believe that corona origins in the laboratory are possible (www-spiegel-de.translate.goog)
What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement (theconversation.com)
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?
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....
Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines (www.latimes.com)
In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying....
Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off (www.reuters.com)
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”....
