Before I forget…
A Kansas City homeowner pleaded not guilty to assault in the shooting of a Black teenager, Florida’s education board extended a ban on gender-identity lessons, Republicans want to cut aid for food banks, and Ron DeSantis faces skepticism on whether he could take the Republican presidential nomination over Donald Trump.
In Europe, a French court cleared Air France and Airbus over the deadly Rio de Janeiro-to-Paris plane crash, and a Kremlin critic got 25 years in jail. Moving east, Israel strengthened its ties with Turkmenistan with a permanent embassy close to Iran’s border, and Rahul Gandhi lost his appeal to stay a defamation conviction, while a court acquitted 69 Hindus of the murder of 11 Muslims during the Gujarat riots.
Earth Day brought more portents, including a report that said the pace of global sea-level rise has doubled and that more extreme weather is on the way thanks to climate change.
Bonus: We have a special Saturday edition of our Reuters World News podcast, with an Earth Day feature on the fastest-warming place on the planet. And have a listen to Friday’s edition to find out how AI can make your band sound more like Oasis than you ever thought possible. Also, would you test for Alzheimer’s? It’s a more harrowing question than many might think.
In business news, a US Senate committee said Credit Suisse hampered an internal probe into servicing Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts, McDonald’s tweaked its buns for better Big Macs, and Unilever won a labeling case for “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” Track the latest corporate quarterly financial results on our business page.
Finally, I did not know what a hedgelayer was, despite my Britbox addiction. Now I do, thanks to King Charles.
