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Mexico鈥檚 president smooths over relations in Spain. President Claudia Sheinbaum was in Barcelona Saturday for a summit of 鈥減rogressive governments,鈥� becoming the first Mexican sitting president to visit Spain in nearly a decade. Her predecessor strained relations after sending a letter to the Spanish king demanding a formal apology for human rights abuses during the Spanish conquest. Mexico and Spain have reason to move beyond their inherited beef: As far-right populism grows on both continents, and the U.S. becomes more interventionist, Dr. Sheinbaum and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S谩nchez share a more politically progressive worldview. - Staff

North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea. North Korea has launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, its neighbors said Sunday. The launch came days after the U.N.鈥檚 nuclear watchdog warned that North Korea was making 鈥渧ery serious鈥� advances in efforts to build more nuclear weapons. The missiles fired from the North鈥檚 Sinpo area flew about 140 kilometers (87 miles) each toward the country鈥檚 eastern waters, South Korea鈥檚 Joint Chiefs of Staff said. It said South Korea maintains a readiness to repel any provocations by North Korea and is closely exchanging information with the U.S. and Japan. 鈥� Associated Press

Eight children were fatally shot in Shreveport, Louisiana. Those slain in a Sunday morning attack of domestic violence included seven of the gunman鈥檚 own children, authorities said. It was one of the nation鈥檚 deadliest mass shootings in more than two years. Police said the suspect, who died after a police pursuit, had been known to authorities and was arrested in 2019 in a firearms case.
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A humanoid robot beat the human world record in a half-marathon. The robot that won a race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China鈥檚 technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, where the race kicked off. That was faster than the human world record holder, Uganda鈥檚 Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in about 57 minutes in March at the Lisbon road race. - Associated Press

Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky. This year鈥檚 Lyrid meteor shower is getting a boost thanks to a dim crescent moon. The fiery display peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to NASA. The show will be visible across the globe, but views will be best in the Northern Hemisphere. And there鈥檚 no risk of the crescent moon photobombing the Lyrid shower. It鈥檒l set before the fun starts. Meteor showers happen when the Earth plows through debris trails left behind by space rocks. Those stray bits get hot as they enter the atmosphere, producing fiery streaks that are also known as shooting stars. - Associated Press

After the U.S.-Israeli war鈥檚 鈥渄ecapitation鈥� strikes against top Islamic Republic political and military leaders, who is this new generation that has taken the reins in Iran? They are more hard-line than their predecessors, and less willing to compromise.

Ahead of Tuesday鈥檚 vote on redrawing Virginia鈥檚 congressional districts, the first few months of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger鈥檚 term have made clear how difficult it is to govern from the center when your party controls the state legislature and politics remain so polarized.

Self-taught portraitist Seydou Ke茂ta introduced聽鈥渢he African gaze鈥� during a time of transition for聽the continent. A catalog and two exhibits celebrate his artistry.

A recent surprise in China was a survey that found professional women have adapted faster to using artificial intelligence than men. They also show less fear of AI. Yet it was the explanation for this AI gender gap that offered a keyhole into how Chinese women are changing themselves and society from inside the narrow lanes imposed upon them by the ruling party.

One insight on the survey came from Poh-Yian Koh, president of FedEx China. She said in the era of AI, the common female traits of flexibility, resilience, empathy, long-term vision, and bridge-building allow women to serve as 鈥渋ndispensable 鈥榠nterpreters鈥� who connect technology with humanity.鈥�

鈥淭echnology can be replicated. Empathy cannot,鈥� she said. 鈥淚n the age of intelligence, trust is the scarcest resource.鈥� Technology might determine how fast society moves, but 鈥渉umanity determines how far we go.鈥�

Women in China are still locked out of the country鈥檚 highest positions of power. Yet in the digital universe, they are defining a different future.

鈥淗umor, coded language, and private networks became safer ways to share experiences and support one another,鈥� Lina Ma, a New York-based researcher who specializes on the topic, wrote in The Diplomat.

鈥淎cross platforms such as RedNote, Douyin, and Bilibili, women exchange stories and practical advice about everyday struggles,鈥� she wrote. Some posts circulate concrete information, but others help women reinterpret their experiences separate from societal expectations or official controls over public life.

This style of informal connection might foreshadow the future of digital activism everywhere. 鈥淭he Chinese example shows that repression does not eliminate political consciousness; instead, movements adapt,鈥� Ms. Ma wrote.

One woman who has risen in China鈥檚 limited national politics is Jiang Shengnan, who started her career as an online writer. She achieved some reforms in the country鈥檚 largely rubber-stamp parliament. Yet her widest influence has been as a trusted, empathetic voice on the internet.

鈥淢any people support me, saying that I鈥檓 a precious female voice,鈥� Ms. Jiang told Shanghai magazine Sixth Tone in 2023. 鈥淏ut in fact, I鈥檓 just an ordinary female voice. Everyone knows that things are precious because they are scarce. My greatest hope is that I will become less precious as soon as possible.鈥�