Arab News says PM Mario Draghi announced a deal on Monday to boost gas deliveries from energy heavyweight Algeria, as he steps up efforts to reduce Rome’s heavy reliance on Russian imports.
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Aljazeera says Shanghai has eased a punishing citywide lockdown that it imposed to break a surge in cases that is the biggest test of China’s two-year strategy to stamp out the disease wherever it appears.
Sky News says singer Britney Spears has revealed she is pregnant with her third child – months after winning her conservatorship legal battle.
BBC News says Chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred himself to the PM’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests.
Sky News says Police have begun an investigation after Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to slap a young fan’s phone to the ground after his side’s defeat to Everton.
France24 says France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
Euronews says Finland’s government says that its websites were targeted in a cyberattack during a speech to parliament by Ukraine’s Zelenskyy.
Arab News says Israeli soldiers on Sunday shot and killed two Palestinian women as troops responded to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s call for them to go on the “offensive.”
Aljazeera says the removal of Imran Khan as PM has set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest.
El Salvador arrests over 9,000 ‘gang members’ in 15 days TRT World says authorities in El Salvador have arrested more than 9,000 suspected gang members…
Elon Musk decides against joining Twitter board FT News says Elon Musk will not to join Twitter’s board of directors, reversing course just days after…
BBC Sport says Manchester City’s match with Liverpool on Sunday was a ferocious battle on the pitch but at full time there was nothing but respect for one another.
BBC News says Rishi Sunak has defended his wife’s tax affairs, calling reports on her non-domicile status “unpleasant smears”.
Sky News says murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa appeared “oblivious” to a garage worker running up behind her before he struck her 34 times.
France24 says at least two people were killed Thursday and several wounded in a shooting spree in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv.
Euronews says European Union countries agreed on Thursday on a Russian coal embargo as part of a fifth round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.
TRT World says Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the US.
VOA says more than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year.
BBC Sport says Tiger Woods shot a one-under-par 71 on his Masters comeback as the five-time champion made a stunning return to competitive golf.
Sky News says a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia will appear in court later today.
BBC News says up to eight more nuclear reactors could be built on existing sites as part of the UK’s new energy strategy.
France24 says after another bloody year in Ecuador’s interminable cycle of prison violence, authorities appear no closer to taking control.
Euronews says Ukrainian authorities urged people living in the Donbas to evacuate now, ahead of an impending Russian offensive, while there is still time.
TRT World says Peruvian authorities have said that a fifth person died in the ongoing anti-government protests sparked by rising fuel prices.
VOA says the WHO says, following a surge of new cases in early March, the number of new worldwide COVID-19 cases and deaths has fallen for a second consecutive week.