China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds – Reuters

  1. China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds  Reuters
  2. How Xi's military purges could hamper China's ability to fight  NBC News
  3. How China’s Xi Purged His ‘Big Brother’ to Achieve Absolute Power  WSJ
  4. Xi’s purges of Chinese military run deep, raising questions of readiness, think tank says  CNN
  5. The Purges Within China’s Military Are Even Deeper Than You Think  ChinaPower Project
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Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession – Associated Press News

  1. Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession  Associated Press News
  2. ‘We’ve been paying for happy endings for Andrew for years’: the inside story of a royal disgrace, by his biographer  The Guardian
  3. As Andrew fell, Queen Elizabeth II held out hope, and Charles and William fumed  The Washington Post
  4. Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession  BBC
  5. Flying the flag for London Fashion Week  Financial Times
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Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money

Charities and aid workers have called for urgent international government support for victims of south-east Asia’s deadly scam compounds, following a damning report by Amnesty International.

The numbers of survivors of cyberscam “farms” left destitute and abandoned on the city streets of Cambodia and Myanmar is an “international crisis”, according to the research published in January.

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Military helicopter crashes into market in central Iran, killing four – Euronews.com

  1. Military helicopter crashes into market in central Iran, killing four  Euronews.com
  2. Iran army helicopter crashes into market, killing 2 pilots and 2 merchants  Al Jazeera
  3. Iranian military helicopter crashes into fruit market, four dead  Reuters
  4. Iran military helicopter crashes into central fruit and vegetable market, reportedly killing 4  Associated Press News
  5. Army helicopter crashes in central Iran, killing at least 2 — state media  The Times of Israel
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‘An extension of his administration’: how Trump’s resorts became a proxy for access and power – The Guardian

  1. ‘An extension of his administration’: how Trump’s resorts became a proxy for access and power  The Guardian
  2. The most powerful crime syndicate in history  The Lakeville Journal
  3. Trump's upside-down nightmare administration | Opinion letters  The News-Press
  4. History’s hall of shame awaits the Trump regime  People For the American Way
  5. Trump: Gob Smacking, Pay-to-Play Corruption Marks First Year in Office  thenyindependent.com
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Lenten Retreat: Bishop Varden reflects on ‘becoming free’ – Vatican News

  1. Lenten Retreat: Bishop Varden reflects on 'becoming free'  Vatican News
  2. Lent’s Quiet Shift Inside the Vatican  EWTN Vatican
  3. At Curia retreat, Bishop Varden warns of Gospel’s use ‘as a weapon in culture wars’  OSV News
  4. Varden: Don’t use the Gospel as a weapon  Catholic World Report
  5. Lenten Retreat: Bishop Varden reflects on the splendour of truth  Vatican News
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Council signs off simplification of sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements to boost EU competitiveness – consilium.europa.eu

  1. Council signs off simplification of sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements to boost EU competitiveness  consilium.europa.eu
  2. EU States Give Final Approval to Omnibus Package to Cut Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Requirements  ESG Today
  3. EU countries give final approval to weaken company sustainability laws  Reuters
  4. Editor’s note: who wants to set up a new business association?  Sustainable Views
  5. What happens to climate transition plans in the wake of the EU omnibus?  Green Central Banking
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Behind the numbers: The truth about Gaza’s death list – Haaretz

  1. Behind the numbers: The truth about Gaza's death list  Haaretz
  2. Gaza deaths in war's first 15 months higher than reported, study says  Reuters
  3. Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000 as independent data verify loss  Al Jazeera
  4. Gaza death toll for first 16 months of war far higher than reported, says peer-reviewed study  The Guardian
  5. Death Toll of Israeli Genocide Rises to 72,072 Martyrs...  Jordan News
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As Ukraine war enters fifth year, Zelenskyy says Russia failing at its goals — and Kremlin agrees – CBS News

  1. As Ukraine war enters fifth year, Zelenskyy says Russia failing at its goals — and Kremlin agrees  CBS News
  2. Thanks, Ukrainians Say, but Please Stop Calling Us Resilient  The New York Times
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging  NPR
  5. Four years ago, the world expected Ukraine to be crushed, but it has stood firm. So what now for Putin? | Rajan Menon  The Guardian
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As Ukraine war enters fifth year, Zelenskyy says Russia failing at its goals — and Kremlin agrees – CBS News

  1. As Ukraine war enters fifth year, Zelenskyy says Russia failing at its goals — and Kremlin agrees  CBS News
  2. Russia-Ukraine war updates: Europe promises to ‘stand firm’ with Kyiv  Al Jazeera
  3. After four years of war in Ukraine, how does each side see the conflict?  NPR
  4. PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of Ukrainians on the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion  Associated Press News
  5. Zelenskyy's public frustration grows as Putin's war enters a 5th year  NBC News
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BTS comeback show sells out immediately as 260,000 fans set to descend on Seoul

Booking system freezes and screens crash amid rush of fans trying to secure tickets to 21 March free concert

Tickets for BTS’s comeback concert in central Seoul were snapped up almost immediately on Monday night, with authorities expecting an estimated 260,000 fans to descend for the K-pop group’s first full performance in nearly four years.

At one point, more than 100,000 people flooded the booking website when sales opened at 8pm for the free concert at Gwanghwamun square on 21 March, causing screens to crash and booking systems to freeze.

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