One night, the Mooo-siah descended to Earth. 

And Mooo-siah said: 'Let the prison walls crumble, let the chains break' and so all factory farms collapsed and factory farmed animals were liberated at once.

And Mooo-siah blessed them and gave them plentiful gifts: consciousness like the one of humans, intelligence like humans', herbive stomachs to not crave one another's flesh, the ability to operate human tools, and the strengh so they could overpower humans with their weapons.

Mooo-siah saw all that He has made, and it was very good. So He went back where He came from, leaving the animals to choose their own destiny.

On 20 January, a Chinese AI startup called DeepSeek released their open-source language model. While DeepSeek's capabilities are comparable to models such as Open AI's ChatGPT, it was much cheaper to develop and requires significantly less processing power. Deepkseek's capacity and early release shocked both western policmakers and AI markets.

In early March, the new interim Syrian government, led by the Islamist group HTS, announced a deal with the Syrian Dmeocratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish-led militia that controls the autonomous region of Rojava in Syria's northeast.

The deal includes a commitment to integrate the SDF's military and political authorities into those commanded by the new government, including nominations of SDF officials to senior positions, merging SDF troops into the Syrian army, and the granting of territorial authority over Rojava to the government. Alongside these commitments for integration, the deal also includes a promise of regional political authority being given to the SDF in majority-Kurdish areas, and universal recognition of the Kurds as a distinct cultural and ethnic group. 

Turkey, a strong opponent of the SDF, was the main supporter of the new government during its rebellion against the Assad regime.

The German parties CDU/CSU, SPD and the Greens have agreed on a landmark financial stimulus package, including €500bn infrastructure fund for additional investments over 10 years, with a significant portion devoted to climate-related investments. The package also includes a significant increase in defence spending. 

Jewish Orthodoxy refers to the traditionalist branch of Judaism that adheres strictly to the Torah and Jewish law. It includes denominations such as the Ultra-urthodox (Haredi), Modern Orthodoxy and Traditionalists (Masortim). It is estimated there are between 600,00-800,000 Orthodox Jews in the U.S. currently.

The big four refers to the four largest accounting enterprises - PWC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG. In recent years, the big four have began to offer services beyond traditional auditing and bookeeping. These include management consultation & overseeing organizational restrucuring, corporate law services, conducting market research and managing IT operations. Non-auditing services now compromise the bulk of the big four's profits, and are starting to be offered by some smaller accounting firms.

'Publicised litigation' refers a shift in some jurisdictions of courts issuing fewer gag orders and protective orders on information lawyers can disclose to the public, and lawyers increasingly communicating details of their clients' cases to the public (e.g. through press tours, podcast appearances, or websites)