WAO ART #41

Rescue efforts are underway in Mississippi and Alabama after a violent tornado tore through the two states on Friday night. Emergency services are digging through debris left behind by the tornado, which flattened one town and obliterated homes and businesses.

Technology has played a crucial role in powering protests across Asia, but it has also hobbled them. Scholars point to a larger, worldwide phenomenon: as mass protests become increasingly common, they're also more likely to fail. Governments are relying increasingly on "digital authoritarianism".

Polkadot, Kusama, and Cardano are leading the crypto space in terms of "notable" GitHub development activity, according to crypto analytics firm Santiment. Polkadot and Kusama registered 591.47 Github commits in the past 30 days, while Cardano registered 531.8.

NATO has condemned Russia's "dangerous" and "irresponsible" rhetoric after Vladimir Putin's decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. The move has raised concerns in Ukraine, which shares a long border with Belarus, as well as with NATO members Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.

Satellite images have shown a 5,000-mile belt of seaweed called sargassum creeping closer to the US, with the worst expected to hit in late spring and early summer. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to pile up in mounds as it washes ashore.

The boss of TikTok Australia, Lee Hunter, was questioned about the app's links to China and how user information is taken in a recent television interview. Hunter distanced the company from its Chinese ties and stated that TikTok would not give information to the Chinese government if asked.

Egypt, UAE, Jordan, and Bahrain are discussing the production of the first joint Arab electric vehicle, with the Arab Organization for Industrialization of Egypt calling for the swift completion of preliminary procedures in time for the vehicle to be showcased at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference.