Keeping up with America

• A senior U.S. official declined at a Senate hearing to comment on the status in the United States of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, but said any such request from Brazil would be handled "expeditiously."

• The Defenders of Classical Education Are Destroying It. The Western canon is too diverse to be used as a political pawn.

• A jump in the cost for Wall Street banks to insure bonds against default was another worrisome indicator of credit stress for investors amid the crisis at Credit Suisse and at U.S. regional banks.

• The midterms were a welcome reprieve for democracy. But the story of Bill Gates, an Arizona election official, suggests that we might not be so lucky in next year’s presidential election.

• A U.S. judge sentenced a former Mexican governor to nine years in prison for accepting at least $3.5 million in illegal bribe money and using it to fraudulently purchase property in the United States.

Daily World News

• Ukraine has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit, after the Republican dismissed the Russian invasion as a "territorial dispute". Mr DeSantis is widely expected to run for president in 2024 and made his remarks in response to questions sent to possible Republican contenders. The former congressman said continued US support of Ukraine was not among the country's "vital national interests".

• French Protesters Pour Into Streets Ahead of Parliament Vote on Pension Overhaul. Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets across France on Wednesday, piling pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to ditch his plans to raise the country’s retirement age as the measure heads for a crucial vote in Parliament.

• A day after a Russian jet fighter collided with a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, the U.S. promised to continue flying in international airspace and denounced what senior officials described as a pattern of increasingly aggressive confrontations by Russian vessels of U.S. ships and aircraft. (More)

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Business & Tech

• Duolingo Launches New AI-Powered Subscription Tier (More)

• Researchers develop soft robot that shifts from land to sea with ease (More)

• OpenAI releases GPT-4, artificial intelligence that can 'see' and do taxes (More)

Wealthy Wise

• How to diversify your money when banks fail (More) | Should you invest in gold amid bank uncertainty? (More)

• Stocks, yields fall amid Credit Suisse turmoil | Dani Romero, Yahoo Finance. U.S. stocks plummeted Wednesday as two economic prints showed a slowdown in the U.S. economy in February, while fresh turmoil at Credit Suisse (CS) renewed investor concerns over the banking sector.

• European shares close down 3% as Credit Suisse leads banking stocks on a wild ride lower (More)

Sports and Entertainment

• Aaron Rodgers says he wants to play for Jets in 2023 (More) | Ja Morant, addressing recent incidents, says 'I realize what I have to lose' (More)

• Culture Shift: Putting the Asian Achievements at the 2023 Oscars in Perspective (More) | Hollywood Is Hoping Its Bank Relationships Are Too Big to Fail (More)

• Kelly Clarkson gets candid about how her kids cope with her divorce (More) | James Patterson says last time his books were banned, Russia did it (More)

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