China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter (www.vox.com)
21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won....
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed (theconversation.com)
Niger breaks off military cooperation with US (punchng.com)
Iceland volcanic eruption: barriers reinforced as lava flows towards town (www.theguardian.com)
Flows pose danger to infrastructure in Grindavik, and hundreds of people are evacuated from nearby Blue Lagoon...
Russia sees polling station protests with Putin set to extend long rule (www.cnn.com)
Russia saw protests at polling stations on Sunday on the final day of voting in an election set to extend Russian President Vladmir Putin’s long hold on power....
Cuba Uncovers Russian Military Recruiters Trafficking Citizens To Ukraine (theowp.org)
Israel ‘yet to give any evidence’ UN staff were linked to Hamas massacre (www.yahoo.com)
Israel's religious right has a clear plan for Gaza: 'We are occupying, deporting and settling' (www.yahoo.com)
Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian who set off firework (www.bbc.com)
Russia will be asked for ceasefire during Olympics, Macron tells Ukraine interviewer (www.reuters.com)
War on Gaza: UK committee head calls out Israeli spokesperson over aid blocking claims (www.middleeasteye.net)
Fatah slams Hamas: Responsible for the current ‘Nakba’ (www.jpost.com)
China ends 9-year decline in new marriages in 2023, but divorces also climb (www.scmp.com)
Young Ukrainian developing app to help evacuees learn Japanese (www.asahi.com)
Spain to recruit 26,000 Moroccan truckers, bus drivers (apanews.net)
Medical professors to submit resignations from March 25 in support of trainee doctors (koreatimes.co.kr)
Haiti violence: US announces charter flight as clashes continue (www.bbc.com)
The US State Department has announced a charter flight for its citizens stranded in Haiti, as gang violence and hunger grip the impoverished country....
Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil (www.theguardian.com)
Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil....
Ukraine appeals to citizens under Russian occupation to ignore Putin’s ‘pseudo elections’ (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years....
The Russian scam luring Nepalese men with the promise of a better life, only to drop them on the battlefield in Ukraine (www.abc.net.au)
Finland suspends reception of berry pickers’ visa applications (www.bangkokpost.com)
BREAKING: Another Ukrainian bombardments killed two and Destroy A Big oil facility in Russia, Disrupt Putin Guaranteed Election Win.. (bit.ly)
A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned (apnews.com)
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
More people getting kidney failure in Singapore (www.straitstimes.com)
