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  1. Hryvnia keeps strengthening to U.S. dollar on March 16
  2. Biden Border Crisis Increases – GOP Pushing Back Against President’s Policies
  3. How WSJ's Project Boomerang, an effort to retain new readers and build habit, helped it attract a record audience during the pandemic (Jason Jedlinski/WSJ Digital Experience ...)
  4. Who truly was the most dishonest president?
  5. UN says 'quiet diplomacy' between actors in Syria is crucial to end war
  6. Dutch elections: are poltical parties under-delivering on Green policies?
  7. Sri Lanka pauses for thought ahead of proposed ban on burka
  8. Discovery of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments announced in Israel
  9. Tourists tired of lockdown are now free to visit Alcatraz
  10. In Myanmar, rising food and fuel prices endanger the poor: UN
  11. Greggs to open shops despite first loss in 36 years
  12. Houthi ballistic missiles target Saudi Arabia, says coalition
  13. Amazon, Facebook, others work to make e-commerce livestreaming popular in the US, chasing a trend seen in China, where livestreaming drives ~9% of online sales (Jackie Snow/New York Times)
  14. COVID forces India-England T20 cricket matches in empty stadium
  15. Venezuela won’t authorise AztraZeneca vaccine due to safety fears
  16. Online abuse: 'I found out my husband had indecent images'
  17. Armenia's First President Calls For PM's Immediate Resignation
  18. Defense Ministry unveils “FAKHRA” vaccine
  19. Israel's three defense giants lead world in arms deals industry
  20. Facebook strikes deal with Murdoch’s News Corp in Australia
  21. Kim’s sister criticises US and South Korea for holding military exercises
  22. A look at Japan's news media landscape, which has been slow to embrace digital transformation, as print circulation and a culture of conservatism still dominate (Matthew Leake/Reuters Institute)
  23. New safety measures in wake of Sarah Everard death
  24. US vows to work with allies on North Korea denuclearisation
  25. Rep. Gottheimer to 'Post:' 'We shouldn't allow Iran to threaten the US'
  26. Sturgeon to set out dates for easing Scotland's lockdown rules
  27. China wants Jack Ma’s Alibaba to shed media assets: Report
  28. Trust in Tech Entities
  29. On the Washington Post and “find the fraud.” Perhaps the biggest story that the media refuses to publish:
  30. Covid is fading, stimulus is here, and taxes are coming
  31. Disturbing video from Philadelphia…
  32. North Korea ignores Biden’s calls
  33. “No King in the History of the World has been the Ruler of Two Billion People, but Mark Zuckerberg is”
  34. “When you don’t have the data and you don’t have the actual evidence, you’ve got to make a judgment call.”
  35. DECOLONIZE CORNELL! Cornell Faculty Revolt Against China Partnership: Professors push back against joint degree program bankrolled by Chinese government.
  36. In response to a letter from PR firms, HFPA issued a statement promising to increase its membership to over 100, 13% of which will be Black, among other changes (Scott Feinberg/Hollywood Reporter)
  37. 'Solidarity and survival': Streamed play has Sheffield songs and steel
  38. COUMOPOCALYPSE NOW: SUNY chancellor embroiled in Cuomo scandal; conservative groups call for his resignation.
  39. Look At The US 10Y-3M Treasury Curve Slope As The Federal Reserve Expands Its Balance Sheet (And Look At Venezuela)
  40. It took 25 years for stocks to recover ‘inflation losses’ from the 1970s
  41. “If a politician needs armed guards and a fence to protect herself from the American People, that politician is the problem.”
  42. In a letter to HFPA, over 100 Hollywood PR firms say they will pull their clients from HFPA events or interviews pending the org's "explicit plans" for change (Beatrice Verhoeven/The Wrap)
  43. Over 250 million people faced food insecurity in 2020 amid pandemic
  44. Portland police called to guard dumpsters full of food after it was discarded by large grocer
  45. Payment For Order Flow & The Fleecing Of The Retail Investor
  46. Iranian, Russian labor ministers ink MoU in common areas
  47. Illegal immigrant cousins sentenced for operating Georgia meth lab
  48. Profile of Chinese streaming service Bilibili, which has 54M DAUs and made 40% of its 2020 revenue from mobile games, despite being known as a video site (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post)
  49. Football Index collapse: 'I lost £4,000 in seven days'
  50. Co-Host Of “The Talk” Complains Sharon Osbourne Is Really Insensitive, Network Launches An Investigation…