WORLDApple MacBook Air (M5) Review: The Goldilocks MacBookSet between the MacBook Neo and MacBook Pro, the M5 MacBook Air remains the laptop that I recommend for most people.Wired·March 19, 2026
WORLDAndroid Auto’s Secret Superpower Is a Customizable Shortcut ButtonPut bespoke commands on the Android Auto home screen with this little-known feature.Wired·March 19, 2026
WORLDWoman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row<p>Lemi Limbu, who has severe intellectual disabilities, remains in prison and will now face retrial for the murder of her daughter</p><p>A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade inThe Guardian·March 19, 2026
WORLDBest Electric Mountain Bikes (2026): Specialized, Cannondale, SalsaA glorious swooping downhill glide on one of these electric mountain bikes will make you feel like a kid again.Wired·March 19, 2026
WORLDHigherDose Red Light Shower Filter Review (2026): Filter NeededA new sophisticated shower filter from HigherDose offers red light therapy for your morning shower. But some of the company’s claims about the therapy’s effectiveness seem half-baked.Wired·March 19, 2026
WORLDHow Did Flea Make a Jazz Album? Practice, Practice, Practice.The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast of contemporary jazz luminaries.NY Times·March 19, 2026
WORLDJihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell<p>Nigeria had largest increase in terrorism-related deaths, ranking fourth in global index behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and Niger</p><p>Jihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo last year, even as global deaths from terrorism dropped to their loweThe Guardian·March 19, 2026
WORLDHong Kong apartment fires: hearings to begin into Wang Fuk blaze that killed 168 people<p>Independent committee to investigate safety standards and whether building practices contributed to worst residential fires in decades</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/27/how-hong-kong-fire-unfolded-apartment-block-blaze-wang-court"The Guardian·March 19, 2026
WORLDCanada in push for joint G7 and Middle East effort to de-escalate Iran war<p>Foreign minister Anita Anand says she has drafted principles to reduce risk of regional spillover and wider shocks</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trumThe Guardian·March 18, 2026
WORLDCanada wants to build up its long-neglected Arctic. The hard question is how<p>Ottawa wants to modernize a region in the north that’s about six times the size of Texas, ‘just like in the 1800s’</p><p>Picture an Arctic territory, marginalized by its own country, almost entirely lacking roads, ports and power sources, but rich in mining potential and suddenlThe Guardian·March 18, 2026
WORLDBelgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader<p>Family of then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’ </p><p>A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newThe Guardian·March 17, 2026
WORLDThe $500 billion beauty industry's 'green' ambitions are a patchwork at best. And they're falling shortThe escalating climate crisis is shifting many people's purchasing patterns and this extends to the $500 billion dollar global beauty industry which is grappling with a range of sustainability challenges across product manufacturing, packaging and disposal.CNN·April 6, 2023
