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China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan — 1 April 2025 (LINK)

Israeli military orders the evacuation of most of Gaza's southern city of Rafah — ground.news: 218 media reports — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

French court bars National Rally leader Marine Le Pen from office for 5 years after convinction on embezzlement to fund party — ground.news: 435 media reports — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

— The court found Le Pen and 24 others guilty of using European Union funds for party staff from 2004 to 2016, violating EU regulations. Le Pen was sentenced to four years in prison, with two to be served under house arrest and two suspended.

— In a prime time TV interview on TF1, Le Pen, 56, said she was innocent and would appeal as soon as possible against what she described as a politicized ruling aimed at blocking her presidential bid. She said she was out of the running for 2027 but would continue to fight for her future.

The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has surpassed 1,700 and flattened huge swathes of the South-east Asian nation. The US Geological Survey's predictive modelling estimates Myanmar's death toll could eventually top 10,000 and losses could exceed the country's annual economic output. — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism, insults to President chargess — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

— At least 42 journalists behind bars in Turkey — (LINK)

Trump accuses Ukraine's Zelensky of 'trying to back out' of proposed minerals deal — 30 March 2025 (LINK)

— "I see he's trying to back out of the rare earth deal. And if he does that, he's got some problems. Big, big problems," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. "We made a deal on rare earth and now he's saying, 'well, you know, I want to renegotiate the deal.' He wants to be a member of NATO. Well, he was never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that. So if he's looking to renegotiate the deal, he's got big problems," Trump said.

Trump won't rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News 'there are methods' for doing so — 30 March 2025 (LINK)

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Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN OCHA. Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office. — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism, insults to President charges — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

At least 42 journalists behind bars in Turkey — (LINK)

Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end deportation protection for Venezuelans — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

'We weren't stuck': Nasa astronauts tell of space odyssey and reject claims of neglect. Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams' story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Trump and Musk — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza — 30 March 2025 (LINK)

'Puzzling' appointment of outsider as Israel's Shin Bet head — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

allgemeiner: The media are ignoring the Gaza protests against Hamas — (LINK)

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How to detect criminal activities on Signal or WhatsApp? Ana-Maria Cretu from EPFL's Security and Privacy Engineering Lab shares her expertise on safety versus privacy concerns. — 1 April 2025 (LINK)

"Trying to solve child sexual abuse completely through technological means is probably not the right solution. Technology will not solve all our problems. There are other ways to address [the issue], such as trying to raise awareness among parents, children and educators, and by designing means that children can use to report this kind of behaviour when it occurs." — (LINK)

The extremist youth group affiliated with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) dissolved itself to avert a possible ban that might have damaged the party as it becomes the largest opposition force in Germany's Bundestag once the new conservative-led coalition government is formed. — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

— The AfD will now found a new youth organization that, unlike the Young Alternative, will be directly under the control of party leadership — and that will include many members of the dissolved group.

— Germany's constitution allows for bans on political parties that attempt to use democratic means to subvert democracy. But the bar for banning a party is high, and German courts have done so only twice before: in 1952, for the neofascist Socialist Reich Party, and in 1956, for the Communist Party of Germany. Two more recent efforts to ban the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) were unsuccessful.

Swiss central bank resumed foreign currency buying spree in 4th quarter of 2024 — 31 March 2025 (LINK)

— In 2024, the bank now headed by Martin Schlegel had returned to buying foreign currency for the first time since mid-2022. Previously, the SNB had acted as a large-scale seller in order to keep the franc high and thus reduce imported inflation. SNB officials were particularly active in the third quarter, when the purchases reached CHF728 million.

— Latest: Safe harbour Swiss franc rises amid tariff uncertainty: The euro is thus slightly down against the franc on 31 March compared to March 28, trading at CHF0.9528. The dollar for its part is trading at CHF0.8790, slipping once again below the 88 cent mark. Gold reached a new record high: spot trading was at $3115.10 an ounce, up 0.97%. — (LINK)

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre, 41, has 'days to live' because of liver failure after being hit by school bus: 'I'm ready to go,' she says — 31 March 2025 (LINK)