Gold of the day:
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/aws_would_prefer_to_forget/

"Try putting that into your company data recovery plan, and you'll get uninvited from business continuity planning faster than I was at investment firm BlackRock when I pointed out that if both San Francisco and us-east-1 were unavailable, absolutely nobody was going to care about our roboadvisor for the foreseeable future, if ever. (I can't imagine why I was let go from that job.) "

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The UN in the Line of Fire

On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in Relation to the Occupied Palestinian

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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-un-in-the-line-of-fire/

Iran launches longest-ever ballistic missile reaching beyond Middle East
By Annika Burgess

An attempted attack on a US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean by Iran shows Tehran can launch missiles as far as 4,000km, raising concerns European cities are in reach.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/iran-longest-ballistic-missiles-launch-range-europe-reach/106485468

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Markets want to believe all will be OK as Iran war threatens global economy
By Alan Kohler

The markets' benign assessment of the Iran war is wrong and the damage to the global economy could get worse.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-23/energy-crisis-oil-price-iran-war-share-markets/106483532

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