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SpaceX building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, insiders say (www.scmp.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....

New Welsh leader 'honored' to be Europe's first Black national leader (www.nbcnews.com)

Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government....

Europe to use frozen Russian profits to arm Ukraine, Scholz says (www.reuters.com)

Ukraine’s backers will use windfall profits on frozen Russian assets to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said following a meeting with his French and Polish counterparts aimed at showing unity after weeks of friction....

Russia says it killed large number of Ukrainian soldiers with ‘vacuum bomb’ in claim Kyiv calls nonsense (www.cnn.com)

Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a destructive so-called “vacuum bomb” in a claim Ukraine swiftly called nonsense....

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...

Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

Germany’s foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, tweeted: “A large-scale offensive in #Rafah cannot be justified. Over a million refugees have sought protection there and have nowhere to go. A humanitarian truce is needed immediately so that more people don’t die and the hostages are finally released.”

‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm (www.theguardian.com)

Fresh Del Monte, the Florida-based headquarters of the tropical fruit empire, is arguing that it should not be liable for a case in Kenya because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.

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...

‘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....

US Intel: ISIS, al Qaeda, Hamas, & Hezbollah (www.wilsoncenter.org)

China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour (www.theguardian.com)

Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online...

'Turn around immediately': Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer (www.reuters.com)

The trade route from China to Mexico soars by 60% in January and establishes itself as one of the largest in the world (english.elpais.com)

India to begin voting on April 19 in world's largest election (www.reuters.com)

'Others also affected by religiophobia': India abstains on vote in UNGA on Islamophobia (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Indonesia braces for potential largest Idul Fitri 'mudik' in history - Society - The Jakarta Post (www.thejakartapost.com)

Internet restored in Côte d'Ivoire after submarine cable disruption (apanews.net)

UN overwhelmingly passes anti-Islamophobia resolution (www.dailysabah.com)

Korea needs almost 900,000 more workers by 2032 to tackle slowing economy: vice minister (koreatimes.co.kr)

Russians cast ballots on Day 2 of an election preordained to extend Putin's rule (apnews.com)

Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly 25 years of rule....

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 162 (www.aljazeera.com)

Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed 36 people, mainly children, near the Nuseirat refugee camp.

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....

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