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Al Jazeera: Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader: the 56-year-old hardline cleric’s mother, wife, and one of his sisters were also killed in the strike that killed his father — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
U.S. military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— NPR: Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September.
US: Judge rules Kari Lake's tenure leading USAGM (U.S. Agency for Global Media) was invalid, voiding Lake's actions as the acting head of the agency over the past year. — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— The ruling invalidates Lake's directive to lay off hundreds of employees across USAGM and the government-funded broadcasters it governs, such as Voice of America.
Swiss vote places right to use cash in country’s constitution: Switzerland joins Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia as European countries looking to make it a right to hold cold, hard cash. — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— Official results revealed that 73.4 percent of voters backed the legal amendment, which the government proposed as a counter to a similar initiative by a group called the Swiss Freedom Movement. The trend has fanned Big Brother conspiracy theories that governments aim to control populations by withdrawing cash altogether.
As Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz, U.S. vows $20B for maritime reinsurance — 6 March 2026 (LINK)
Breaking news
Dow closes wild session up 200 points as oil reverses lower and Trump signals Iran war near an end — see_link — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Oil prices and markets seesaw over uncertainty of war as Iran names new leader — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— AP: Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had been named as his father's successor. Meanwhile oil prices skyrocketed Monday, and Asian markets tumbled.
CNN: What we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel's war with Iran — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
New footage raises likelihood the US struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165 — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
U.S. military refuses to endorse Trump claim that Iran bombed girls' school — (LINK)
Wall Street follows global markets lower as Iran war briefly pushes crude prices near $120 a barrel — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
New Nepali party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide win in the country's first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan nation for decades — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent Party, formed only four years ago, had already won 117 of 165 directly elected seats and led in eight other constituencies in the results published Sunday morning by Nepal's Election Commission.
OpenAI robotics chief quits over AI’s potential use for war and surveillance — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
Ukraine halts Russian offensive toward Zaporizhzhia, killing, injuring 300 Russian troops, HUR claims — 7 March 2026 (LINK)
Ukraine: Deadly Russia strikes hit Kharkiv apartment block: at least 10 dead and more than a dozen wounded, including children — 7 March 2026 (LINK)
Major news
Al Jazeera: Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader: the 56-year-old hardline cleric’s mother, wife, and one of his sisters were also killed in the strike that killed his father — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
U.S. military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— NPR: Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels in early September.
US: Judge rules Kari Lake's tenure leading USAGM (U.S. Agency for Global Media) was invalid, voiding Lake's actions as the acting head of the agency over the past year. — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— The ruling invalidates Lake's directive to lay off hundreds of employees across USAGM and the government-funded broadcasters it governs, such as Voice of America.
Swiss vote places right to use cash in country’s constitution: Switzerland joins Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia as European countries looking to make it a right to hold cold, hard cash. — 8 March 2026 (LINK)
— Official results revealed that 73.4 percent of voters backed the legal amendment, which the government proposed as a counter to a similar initiative by a group called the Swiss Freedom Movement. The trend has fanned Big Brother conspiracy theories that governments aim to control populations by withdrawing cash altogether.
As Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz, U.S. vows $20B for maritime reinsurance — 6 March 2026 (LINK)
Miscellaneous
US: Mystery packages are showing up on American doorsteps with QR codes on them and the FBI says it is a Quishing (QR phishing) trap — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
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