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Ukraine gets back 31 children from Russia after alleged deportation

More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war.

Torrents of Antarctic meltwater are slowing the currents that drive our vital ocean 'overturning' – and threaten its collapse

In a plot reminiscent of the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow?, Australian scientists are warning that the Southern Ocean’s deep “overturning” circulation is slowing and headed for collapse.

Taiwan's people love democracy, seek peace, says President Tsai

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has told a delegation of US lawmakers that Taiwan's people "love democracy and seek peace".

Dutch journalist who writes critically on China targeted in “bizarre” intimidation scheme, including a bomb threat made in her name against the Chinese embassy in The Hague

Volkskrant journalist Marije Vlaskamp said she has been the victim of serious threats and intimidation since last autumn, including when individual or several people made bomb threats under her name at targeting the Chinese embassy in The Hague and other locations. Threats sent to the Dutch journalist over Telegram demanded that she retract an article critical of China, she wrote in English and in Dutch in the Saturday edition of the Volkskrant.

Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday.

4 people die in group suicide at China’s famous glass skywalk

Four people who met online have died in a group suicide at China’s Tianmen Mountain, a popular tourist attraction where people can walk on a glass skywalk at a height of 1,500 meters (4,700 feet). The incident happened this week when three men jumped to their deaths from a skywalk at the mountain. The fourth […]

Samsung to cut chip production after profits plunge 96%

The memory chip-making giant reports its worst profit since the 2009 financial crisis.

Former Tesla workers say private camera recordings, captured by cars, were shared in chat rooms

Between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras, according to former employees.

‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high

Scientists warn of more marine heatwaves, leading to increased risk of extreme weather

‘Ukraine does not trade its territories’ — Ukraine to Brazil about Crimea

“Ukraine does not trade its territories”, said Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, responding to Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s proposal to give up occupied Crimea to Russia to end the full-scale war, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko on Facebook on April 7.

Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality

People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study reveals.

New Batch of Classified Documents Appear on Social Media Sites

Moldova signs contract for gas supplies from Greece, depriving Gazprom of another market

Moldova continues to pry Moscow’s fingers from its affairs by having its state-owned Energocom sign a gas supply contract with Greek gas operator DEPA, Moldova’s Energy Minister, Victor Parlicov, announced after visiting Greece, Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 7.

Union leaders from G7 members call for wage hikes, better working conditions

Labor union leaders from the Group of Seven countries have made a formal request for higher wages and better working conditions ahead of the G7 Hiroshima summit in May.

Microsoft sold software to sanctioned Russian companies, says US government

The company caught the issue and reported itself.

Russian warship spotted in Saudi Arabian port

Saudi Arabia and Iran have re-established diplomatic ties and Iran has been a significant military ally to Russia.

Russia swings to $29 bln first-quarter budget deficit

Russia's federal budget balance sank to a deficit of 2.4 trillion roubles ($29 billion) in the first quarter of the year as Moscow spent heavily and energy revenues fell, the finance ministry said on Friday.

Ottawa condemns Russian embassy calling Finland 'nuclear target' after joining NATO

The federal government is condemning a tweet from Russia's embassy in Canada that called new NATO member Finland a "nuclear target."

EU has made Nintendo agree to offer free life time repairs of irresponsive Switch controllers. It’s in line with the recent ‘right-to-repair’ adopted in the EU.