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Devin Coldewey NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through....

Hans Binnendijk At the recent NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, China was on the front burner. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/03/natos-focus-on-china-is-too-narrow/

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Pavel Felgenhauer – a defence analyst and columnist for Novaya Gazeta Olexiy Haran – a professor of comparative politics at Kyiv Mohyla Academy Richard...

One rebel also killed in four-hour gun battle, with at least 12 Indian security personnel wounded and more reportedly missing. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/five-indian-troops-killed-after-raiding-maoist-rebel-hideout

Support for King Abdulla comes as former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein says he is under house arrest. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/us-arab-nations-back-jordans-king-abdullah-amid-security-probe

Four others wounded in the blast which targeted a tea shop frequented by young people, police said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/somalia-suicide-bomber-kills-five-in-mogadishu-tea-shop-attack

The African Union is mediating the three-day talks in Kinshasa as dispute between the three countries drags on. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-hold-nile-dam-talks-in-congo

Human rights commission calls for inquiry after allegations soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups raped several women, as well as an 11-year-old girl. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/rights-group-accuses-chadian-soldiers-of-raping-women-in-niger

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority said 85 ships expected to pass the canal from both sides on Saturday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/suez-canal-shipping-backlog-to-end-on-saturday