Kenyan leader signs affordable housing bill into law (apanews.net)
Bob Marley’s band The Wailers to play in Hong Kong for the first time (www.scmp.com)
Pakistan and IMF reach preliminary deal to release $1.1 billion from bailout fund, IMF says (www.asahi.com)
US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes....
Evergrande: China property giant and its founder accused of $78bn fraud (www.bbc.com)
Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn (news.un.org)
“What doctors and medical staff are telling us is more and more they are seeing the effects of starvation; they’re seeing newborn babies simply dying because they (are) too low birth weight,” said Dr Margaret Harris from the UN World Health Organization (WHO)....
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
South Korea Sees Marriage Bump for First Time in Over a Decade (open.substack.com)
In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms (www.reuters.com)
Reuters saw 10 badly malnourished children during a visit last week to the al-Awda health centre in Rafah, arranged with nursing staff who gave the news agency unimpeded access to the ward.
Czech Republic to deliver thousands of extra artillery shells to Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
The Czech Republic says it is on the verge of delivering thousands of extra artillery shells to Ukraine, just weeks after it announced an initiative to source the much-needed supplies from outside the EU....
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (www.politico.eu)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX...
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (www.nytimes.com)
The two-bedroom penthouse comes with sweeping views of the Eiffel Tower and just about every other monument across the Paris skyline. The rent, at 600 euros a month, is a steal....
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
How Biden became embroiled in a Gaza conflict with no end in sight (www.washingtonpost.com)
On Oct. 27, three weeks into Israel’s punishing counterattack in Gaza, top Biden officials privately told a small group assembled at the White House what they would not say in public: Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets....
Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament (www.reuters.com)
Government's endorsement of amended Palestinian statehood motion wins praise, draws outrage (www.cbc.ca)
(Canada’s) Liberal government’s last-minute endorsement of an amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood is being welcomed by the country’s Muslim advocacy group and derided by Jewish voices who say Ottawa has sub-contracted its foreign policy to “anti-Israel radicals.”...
Scoop: Biden privately told Bibi he's not trying to push him out (www.axios.com)
Behind the scenes: During the call with Biden on Monday, Netanyahu complained about Schumer’s speech and Biden’s endorsement of it. He also claimed the public political attacks against him in the U.S. are interference in Israeli politics, the sources said....
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
By Matthias Williams and John Irish March 19, 2024. 4:34 AM...
UN staff in West Bank accuse Israeli authorities of campaign of harassment (www.theguardian.com)
The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.
‘Red alert’: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report (www.theguardian.com)
These Birds Are National Symbols but Getting Harder to See | The populations of some Latin American birds are declining, even in the countries they symbolize. (www.nytimes.com)
Foreign students attacked in India over Ramadan prayer at university hostel (www.aljazeera.com)
17 Mar 2024 09:00 AM (GMT)...
Democracies under threat around the globe (www.dw.com)
The hard facts are sobering: According to a new study, the quality of democracy has deteriorated over the past 20 years in 137 countries that are considered developing or emerging economies. According to the Bertelsmann Foundation’s “Transformation Index,” there are now 63 democracies compared to 74 autocracies. In other...
Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case (www.bangkokpost.com)
