Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in the Czech capital, Prague, on Saturday to oppose the policies of Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his coalition government, accusing it of what they termed "arrogance of power." Organizers from the Million Moments for Democracy movement estimated that over 200,000 people filled the Letna plain, though this figure has not been independently verified.
In Gaza City's central market, Rania al-Saudi stands with her two young daughters at a toy stall, bewildered by the unusually high prices ahead of the Eid holiday. She had promised her daughters two dolls to celebrate Eid, but exorbitant toy prices mean she simply cannot afford them. Her six-year-old daughter Razan did not understand her mother's worried expression as Rania asked the vendor for the price of each toy. With every quote, she gasped, “Oh my God, it’s so expensive… this used to be much cheaper.”
Heavy rains have prompted widespread evacuations on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, as the state experiences its worst flooding in two decades. The Department of Emergency Management issued dire warnings for communities like Waialua, with evacuation orders affecting nearly 5,500 people in the region north of Honolulu. Officials emphasized that remaining access roads are at high risk of failure if rainfall continues, urging residents to leave immediately.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller has died at the age of 81. His family announced in a statement on Saturday that Mueller passed away on Friday night and requested that their privacy be respected.
At the onset of the US-Israeli war on Iran, reports emerged that Jordan and Egypt had cut off gas supplies to Syria. These reports appeared as minor details amid the shock of the latest episode of US-Israeli aggression in the Middle East – part of an ongoing effort to reshape the region. Yet such seemingly inconsequential reports conceal the longer-term, nonmilitary processes through which that reshaping is materially enacted. This news made clear that Israel has growing energy control over the region – control that could help propel its colonialist agenda.
Researchers at Brown University in the United States, Thomas Dutta and Professor Jay Tang, have investigated the time it takes for the final drops of liquids like milk, olive oil, and maple syrup to drain from containers. Their study, published in Physics of Fluids, was inspired by common household frustrations: Dutta’s grandmother struggled with milk bottles, while Tang sought to optimize waiting time for residual water in his cast-iron wok after washing, aiming to prevent rust without removing the protective oil layer.
Voters in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate are heading to the polls on March 22 for a state election that serves as another critical test for the country's federal 'traffic light' coalition government. The state, known as Germany's primary wine-growing region and the ancestral home of former US President Donald Trump, also hosts Ramstein Air Base, the largest US military installation outside the United States. The election comes at a time of declining approval ratings for the national government.
Maika Hamano's sole goal propelled Japan to a 1-0 victory over Australia in front of a record-breaking crowd of 74,357 fans, securing their third Women's Asian Cup championship. The Tottenham star struck a stunning long-range effort from outside the penalty area in the 17th minute at Stadium Australia, crushing the hosts' hopes and adding to Japan's previous titles in 2014 and 2018.
A federal jury in California has ruled that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, causing a decline in the company's share price as he was poised to acquire it in a $44 billion deal. The verdict, delivered on Friday in a class-action securities lawsuit, means the world's richest person could be ordered to pay billions of dollars, with damages calculated by jurors estimated at around $2.6 billion, according to plaintiff lawyers.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has completed the withdrawal of personnel from its mission in Iraq. This decision comes amid the war between the US and Israeli regimes and Iran, which has escalated tensions in the region. NATO's Joint Force Command in Europe officially announced the move.
Thousands of residents on the Hawaiian island of Oahu have been forced to evacuate as relentless winter storms unleash torrential rains on already saturated ground, causing the worst flooding the US state has seen in over two decades. Meteorologists warn that more heavy precipitation is expected in the coming days, exacerbating the crisis.
Iranian authorities have alleged that the United States and Israel carried out an attack on the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, the country's primary nuclear site, on the morning of March 21, 2026. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, declared, “Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning.” No radiation leaks or risk to nearby residents were reported.