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As often happens it was hard to find unquestionably good news amid the mess of a world we seem to have these years. We begin with the BBC:
Beer archaeologists are peering back millennia to recreate brews from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome using ancient methods and ingredients.
Some of the most interesting beers made in recent years provide a drinkable window into human history. These so-called "rebrews" of age-old ales were once savoured in places ranging from Ancient Egypt and Greece to Celtic and Viking Europe. Their drinkers liked a choice too, with 5,000-year-old Babylonian-carved stone tablets depicting recipes for nearly 20 different barley-based beers.
And a (hopeful) silver lining ending to a sad story comes from CNN:
An orca calf that spent over a month stranded in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada swam out of the lagoon on her own early Friday morning, according to the Ehattesaht First Nation.
The seemingly trapped mammal attracted media attention, concern from local agencies and prompted several aborted rescue attempts.
On Friday, rescuers’ hopes the calf would leave on her own were finally realized. After an evening of feeding the calf, a small crew with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Ehattesaht First Nation watched her breach the water and play before swimming under a bridge and out through an inlet during high tide at 2:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Ehattesaht First Nation.
On to the rest of the news below the fold.
From the BBC:
Humza Yousaf has said he will not resign as Scotland's first minister and intends to carry on in the role.
Mr Yousaf is fighting for his political future ahead of a no-confidence vote next week.
He said he was confident he will win the vote, and that he hoped the Scottish Greens would change their mind about voting to remove him.
From the Associated Press:
BY JEFFREY SCHAFFER AND JOHN LEICESTER
PARIS (AP) — Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online.
The pro-Palestinian protest kicked off a day of drama at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, which counts President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal among its many famous alumni.
From Deutsche Welle:
French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned the word "paradigm" roughly 20 times in a speech pushing for more European integration Thursday.
"We have a rendezvous with history — Europe could die," Macron warned, standing in front of hundreds of listeners in the amphitheater of the Paris Sorbonne, one of Europe's oldest universities.
The president called for more European integration; a new, common commercial industry and a proper European defense strategy — possibly with its own missile defense shield.
From CBS News (there is another story about too many tourists below, when we get to Japan):
By Megan Cerullo
On Thursday, Venice, Italy became the first city in the world to charge day tourists a fee just to visit its historic canals and other attractions on peak days.
The measure is designed to counter over-tourism and mitigate the deleterious impact large crowds can have on some of the city's fragile sites, while also persuading some tourists to visit during less busy times of the year.
From the BBC:
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and US public broadcaster Voice of America over their coverage of a report accusing its army of mass killings.
Broadcasts have been stopped and the websites of both organisations banned for two weeks, officials said.
The report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based group, accused the Burkinabè military of massacring at least 223 civilians in February.
From Deutsche Welle:
30 years on, South Africa's dream of unity lies shattered
Martina Schwikowski hours ago
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation party, the ANC.
As a newly democratic country,
South Africa got off to a euphoric start with its first free elections in 1994.
People queued up for hours to cast their votes, full of hope, optimism and joy. That positive spirit continued as Nelson Mandela was elected president after spending 27 years in prison.
From the BBC:
By Tom Spender
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been slightly injured and taken to hospital following a car accident, Israeli police say.
Footage on social media showed a car that had flipped over.
Two other people were also injured and the circumstances of the incident were under investigation, police said.
There is an article in Rolling Stone today about the death sentence Iran has set against rapper Toomaj Salehi, for releasing music critical of the government. If you have a subscription, the link is here. All the other articles I could find were two days old.
From NBC News:
From Reuters:
Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.
The first quake had a depth of 24.9 km (15.5 miles) and hit just off Hualien's coast, while the second with a magnitude of 5.8 had a depth of 18.9 km (11.7 miles) and hit a similar location, Taiwan's weather administration said.
From The Guardian, the tourism story I promised you above:
Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is ‘regrettable’ and last resort
A huge barrier to block views of Mount Fuji will be installed at a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net – 2.5 metres (8ft) high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 metres – will begin as early as next week, an official from Fujikawaguchiko town said on Friday.
Finally, one from the Western Hemisphere, from the Associated Press: