March 30, 2026 – On science and technology
With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Their study suggests that the Armenian alphabet may be more closely related in structure to the ancient Ethiopic writing system than linguists and historians previously thought. The paper is published in the journal Digital Scholarship in the Humanities.
March 30, 2026 – Trending News Worldwide
Government ‘trying to avoid’ Covid-style mandates, Chalmers says
Working from home “makes a lot of sense” right now, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, says, but he says the government won’t be enforcing Covid-style mandates on households.
March 30, 2026 – War in Iran Updates
Israeli police bar priest from Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Christians in Jerusalem and Gaza marked Holy Week under wartime restrictions, with Israeli police blocking the Latin Patriarch from the Holy Sepulchre for the first time in centuries. In Gaza, a small Christian community continued Palm Sunday rites despite ongoing attacks and severe shortages of basic essentials.
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March 30, 2026 – Government Oil Reserves and Mitigation Strategies
Large protests against the Trump administration have taken place in cities across the US, marking the third iteration of No Kings rallies.
Event organisers for Saturday’s protests estimate more than 8 million people attended to protest policies imposed by US President Donald Trump, including the Iran war, immigration enforcement and the rising cost of living.
March 29, 2026. Trending News Worldwide
James Tolkan, known for his roles as an authoritarian figure in the Back to the Future and Top Gun films, has died. He was 94.
Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, New York, where he lived, his booking agent, John Alcantar, said Saturday. A brief obituary published on the Back to the Future website said Tolkan died “peacefully”, but no cause of death was given.
March 29, 2026. On science and technology
The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it’s not a social network, but an AI assistant that allows you to design your own algorithm, create custom feeds, and, one day, vibe-code your own app.
At the Atmosphere conference over the weekend, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, now chief innovation officer, and Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee, presented the AI app, called Attie, for the first time. Conference attendees will become the initial beta testers for the new experience, which leverages Anthropic’s Claude under the hood to create an agentic social app built on Bluesky’s underlying protocol, the AT Protocol (or atproto for short).
March 29, 2016. Flood Control Project Scandal Monitor
MANILA, Philippines — State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has approved a P2-billion loan to the local government of Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental to fund infrastructure projects that will address decades-long flooding.
☕ March 29, 2026. PH Trending News
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda will file a bill to address the impact of the Middle East crisis, similar to the pandemic-time Bayanihan Law.
Legarda yesterday said her proposed “Bayanihan Power to the People Act” or “Bayanihan 3” seeks to establish a government framework to help affected Filipino households.
March 29, 2026. News Updates on Former President Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte News – Last 24 Hours Latest News About President Rodrigo Duterte Refresh Loaded 32 unique stories from 24 working feeds using a 24-hour window. Last updated: March 29, 2026, 07:43 AM PHT. CAKE FOR DIGONG The Alliance of Mindanao Bakers (AMB) presented a large cake as a gift for the 81st birthday of
🍵 March 29, 2026 Coverage: VP Sara Duterte Updates
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte asked Filipinos to remain vigilant against the weaponization of the law and the unconstitutional intrusion of foreign bodies on the country’s courts as she greeted her father, detained former president Rodrigo Duterte, on his 81st birthday yesterday.