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US: Alabama governor grants clemency to death row inmate who was accomplice to murder, sparing him from execution this week — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— Background — (LINK) — Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton, 75, and five other men robbed the store and its customers that day. But only one of the robbers, a man named Derrick DeBruce, decided to shoot Doug Battle, a customer killed during the robbery of an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, on Aug. 16, 1991. Burton had already left the building and had no idea Battle had been shot. DeBruce got a sentence of life in prison.
— "At this time, as previously noted, Governor Ivey has no plans to grant clemency," Gina Maiola, Ivey's communication director, said in a statement earlier (on Monday). "A jury convicted Mr. Burton of capital murder and unanimously recommended a sentence of death. Over the past 33 years, his conviction and sentence has been reviewed at least nine times, and no court has found any reason to overturn the jury’s decision."
China exports surge despite Trump tariffs — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— BBC: Official figures show exports jumped by more than 20% in January and February, which is almost three times the rate predicted by economists. It puts the country on track to top the record-breaking annual trade surplus it saw in 2025.
UN LIVE: International Women's Day and CSW70 at the United Nations — Focus on "Rights, Justice, Action" — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Will UN plans to transform the way it works 'throw equality under the bus'? — (LINK)
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway on International Women's Day — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Uzbekistan: the Central Asian country rewriting the rules on women's rights — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— Uzbekistan has jumped 51 places in the global Gender Equality and Governance Index, from 103rd to 52nd, as a sweeping legislative overhaul embeds equality provisions across the constitution, the national development strategy and more than 110 separate legal acts. Women now make up 54% of university students and 61% of research roles, while over 380,000 received loans in 2025. euronews: Social norms and gender-based violence still limit progress.
US attorneys handpicked by Pam Bondi were appointed illegally, judge rules — by bypassing congressional approval — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— In a blistering 130-page ruling, he said overreach by the executive branch could jeopardise all of its cases before him.
US: RFK Jr's pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
Breaking news
Hegseth says Tuesday "most intense day" of U.S. attacks on Iran, Trump to determine "end stage" — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued a new evacuation order for residents of the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon in Lebanon ahead of air strikes — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— In a post on X, the IDF's Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee says Israeli forces would be targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in specific areas of the cities in the near future. The alert follows an earlier evacuation order for people in southern Lebanon, urging residents to move north of the Litani River ahead of strikes.
Aramco warns of oil market 'catastrophe' unless strait of Hormuz reopens soon — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— Saudi Arabian state oil firm calls crisis by far the biggest the region has seen but firm can reroute 70% of exports and tap crude held in storage.
Trial opens in Miami for 4 men charged in the assassination of Haiti's ex-president Jovenel Moïse — (LINK) ground.news: media reports — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— Moïse was killed on July 7, 2021, when about two dozen foreign mercenaries attacked his home near Port-au-Prince, and court documents show conspirators met in South Florida in April 2021 to plan the plot. CTU and Worldwide Capital registered in South Florida played corporate roles by recruiting about 20 Colombian nationals with military training and amassing weapons, body armor, and gang ties, investigators say.
Israel unlawfully used white phosphorus in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Several countries, including Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, suspend US visa applications — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Travellers grounded across Switzerland as Swiss International Air Lines, EasyJet, Lufthansa, and Air France face 146 delays and 18 cancellations in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, and Bern — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
G7 ready to take 'necessary measures' over economic impact of Iran war but stop short of agreeing to release emergency oil reserves — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Trump 'not happy' with Iran's choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader — (LINK)
Trump reiterates threat of a 'friendly takeover' of Cuba as fuel crisis deepens — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Major news
US: Alabama governor grants clemency to death row inmate who was accomplice to murder, sparing him from execution this week — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— Background — (LINK) — Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton, 75, and five other men robbed the store and its customers that day. But only one of the robbers, a man named Derrick DeBruce, decided to shoot Doug Battle, a customer killed during the robbery of an AutoZone in Talladega, Alabama, on Aug. 16, 1991. Burton had already left the building and had no idea Battle had been shot. DeBruce got a sentence of life in prison.
— "At this time, as previously noted, Governor Ivey has no plans to grant clemency," Gina Maiola, Ivey's communication director, said in a statement earlier (on Monday). "A jury convicted Mr. Burton of capital murder and unanimously recommended a sentence of death. Over the past 33 years, his conviction and sentence has been reviewed at least nine times, and no court has found any reason to overturn the jury’s decision."
China exports surge despite Trump tariffs — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
— BBC: Official figures show exports jumped by more than 20% in January and February, which is almost three times the rate predicted by economists. It puts the country on track to top the record-breaking annual trade surplus it saw in 2025.
UN LIVE: International Women's Day and CSW70 at the United Nations — Focus on "Rights, Justice, Action" — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Will UN plans to transform the way it works 'throw equality under the bus'? — (LINK)
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway on International Women's Day — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Uzbekistan: the Central Asian country rewriting the rules on women's rights — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— Uzbekistan has jumped 51 places in the global Gender Equality and Governance Index, from 103rd to 52nd, as a sweeping legislative overhaul embeds equality provisions across the constitution, the national development strategy and more than 110 separate legal acts. Women now make up 54% of university students and 61% of research roles, while over 380,000 received loans in 2025. euronews: Social norms and gender-based violence still limit progress.
US attorneys handpicked by Pam Bondi were appointed illegally, judge rules — by bypassing congressional approval — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— In a blistering 130-page ruling, he said overreach by the executive branch could jeopardise all of its cases before him.
US: RFK Jr's pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say — 10 March 2026 (LINK)
Miscellaneous
US: Three brothers, including two of the nation's most successful luxury real estate brokers Alon and Oren Alexander, were convicted of sex trafficking after a five-week trial over 19 accusations that they drugged and raped scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
Thousands of travelers stranded in Europe as Denmark, UK, France, Germany, Spain cancel 333 flights and delay 2,396 new affecting Ryanair, KLM, British, Qatar, El Al and other airlines at Copenhagen, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Barcelona and more — (LINK)
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)
US: Former Missouri House speaker John J. Diehl Jr. sentenced for pandemic fraud — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
— In total, prosecutors said Diehl obtained $379,900 in loan funds through the fraud scheme. Diehl has paid back the money that was stolen.
Daily Beast: '60 Minutes' called out over editing of Pentagon Pete segment: one of MAGA's biggest stars is not happy with CBS — 9 March 2026 (LINK)
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