The U.S. Postal Service plans to impose its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages (source paywalled; alternative source), adding an 8% fee starting in April as it struggles with rising fuel costs and ongoing financial pressure. The surcharge will not apply to letter mail and is currently expected to remain in place until January 2027. The Wall Street Journal reports: Other parcel carriers, including FedEx and United Parcel Service, have imposed fuel surcharges, as well as a basket of other surcharges and fees, for years. Both FedEx and UPS have dramatically raised their fuel surcharges in recent weeks as the price of oil has increased amid the turmoil in the Middle East. [...] The post office has been trying to increase the volume of packages it delivers. It previously differentiated itself from commercial carriers by saying that it doesn't apply residential, Saturday delivery or fuel or remote-delivery surcharges.

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New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada's Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department's AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist -- she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging -- but the AI genius instead described her as "wiring and assembling control circuits, building control and robot panels, programming and troubleshooting." "It's believed to be the first time that the department explicitly referred to the use of generative AI to support application processing in immigration refusals," reports the Toronto Star. "The disclaimer also noted that all generated content was verified by an officer and that generative AI was not used to make or recommend a decision."

The applicant's lawyer was shocked "how any human being could make this decision." "Somehow, it hallucinated my client's job description," he said. "I would love to see what the officer saw. Something seriously went wrong here."

The applicant's refusal came just as Canada's Immigration Department released its first AI strategy, which frames artificial intelligence as a way to improve efficiency, service delivery, and program integrity. The department says it has long used digital tools like analytics and automation to flag fraud risks and triage applications, and is now also experimenting with generative AI for tasks such as research, summarizing, and analysis. In this case, however, the department insisted the decision was made by a human officer and that generative AI was not involved in the final decision.

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De Verenigde Naties hebben de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel officieel bestempeld als „de ernstigste misdaad tegen de menselijkheid” ooit. Nederland onthield zich van stemming.

Mijn buren hebben een ruilboekenkastje in hun voortuin staan. De inhoud ervan rouleert snel en is altijd verrassend. Goed vermaak om even in te gluren wanneer ik langsloop.

Jean-Paul Boëtius International Suriname

Suriname kan zich kwalificeren voor het WK voetbal, voor het eerst in de geschiedenis. De van kanker herstelde middenvelder Jean-Paul Boëtius is onderdeel van het succes.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 26-03-2026 01:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 5.8°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 2.7°C / Max 7.2°C | Kans op neerslag 63%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 2.7°C, Max 7.2°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 5.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 63%, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ↗️ +5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 333°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 6.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 64%, 🧭 1011.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 342°
• 03:00: 6.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 45%, 🧭 1012.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 334°
• 04:00: 6.0°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1012.8 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 325°
• 05:00: 5.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 44%, 🧭 1013.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 327°
• 06:00: 4.6°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 61%, 🧭 1013.7 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 334°
• 07:00: 5.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 75%, 🧭 1014.4 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 329°
• 08:00: 5.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 80%, 🧭 1015.4 hPa ↗️ +1.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 346°
• 09:00: 2.7°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 82%, 🧭 1016.3 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 3°
• 10:00: 6.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 82%, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 348°
• 11:00: 7.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 82%, 🧭 1017.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 345°
• 12:00: 7.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 81%, 🧭 1017.8 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 338°
• 13:00: 7.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 80%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 341°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• vrijdag 27 maart: Min 3.6°C, Max 10.5°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1020.7 hPa ↗️ +3.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 218°
• zaterdag 28 maart: Min 5.3°C, Max 9.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 43%, 🧭 1020.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°
• zondag 29 maart: Min 4.7°C, Max 9.4°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 26%, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ↗️ +4.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.6 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: → 255°
• maandag 30 maart: Min 6.2°C, Max 10.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↘️ -7.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.4 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 311°
• dinsdag 31 maart: Min 5.9°C, Max 11.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 9%, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ↗️ +7.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.9 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 304°
• woensdag 01 april: Min 4.4°C, Max 11.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1028.1 hPa ↗️ +4.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.9 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↘ 331°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 5.8°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 1.6°C (-4.2°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 312°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 38.9 km/h (10.8 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 66%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1011.8 hPa ↗️ +1.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 21.9 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:30 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:04

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 39 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 3.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 10.1 μg/m³

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