Easter, March 31st, 2024 

Harvard University removes the binding of human skin from the 19th-century book Des destinées de l’âme by Arsène Houssaye, which has been kept in its library since 1934. (BBC News) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign surpassing the previous ones, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service. (CNBC) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign surpassing the previous ones, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service.  (Reuters) 

The Telegraph reports Russia has captured approximately 195 square miles (510 km²) and is taking around 1,000 casualties per day since the start of the Second Russian winter campaign in October 2023. (The Telegraph) 

The New York Times reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web. (The New York Times) 

In Guayaquil, eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs. (NOS) 

Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. (CBC) 

Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks, with Austria vetoing free travel by land over fears of non-EU citizens getting easier access to the union. (France 24) 

Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger. (The Independent)

Saturday, March 30th, 2024 

Three UN observers and a translator are injured by a shell in southern Lebanon. (Reuters) 

At least seven people are killed and 30 others are injured in a car blast in Azaz, Syria, near the Turkish border. (Reuters) 

Japanese officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths possibly linked to its dietary supplements. (Reuters) 

Over 150 people are evacuated after a man holds four people hostage in a nightclub in Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands, for six hours and threatens to blow himself up. Police arrest the man at the scene. (BBC News) 

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says that she will not resign following accusations of illicit enrichment after her residence was raided by police. (Reuters) 

Friday,  March 29th, 2024 

North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un “without any preconditions”. (Reuters) 

Russia vetoes the continued monitoring of United Nations sanctions on the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (AP) 

Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a law suspending the country’s participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (TVP World) 

Pouria Zeraati, an Iranian dissident journalist working for IITV, is injured in a stabbing in London. He is currently hospitalized in stable condition. (BBC News) 

An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria kills 38 Syrian soldiers, seven Hezbollah fighters and seven Iran-backed militiamen. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021. (SOHR) 

The End