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• Deputy Secretary of Defense Signs 2023-2027 DoD Cyber Workforce Strategy DoD 09 Mar 2023 -- On February 27, 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks signed the 2023-2027 DoD Cyber Workforce (CWF) Strategy, which sets the foundation for how the DoD will foster a cyber workforce capable of executing the Department's complex and varied cyber missions.
• US transfers Saudi Guantanamo detainee to Riyadh Press TV 09 Mar 2023 -- The United States has repatriated a Saudi national to Saudi Arabia after keeping him behind bars in Guantanamo prison for 21 years over suspected involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
• The 3rd U.S.-ROK Working Group Meeting on the DPRK Cyber Threat US Dept. of State 09 Mar 2023 -- The 3rd U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Working Group Meeting on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Cyber Threat was held in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2023.
• Report: White Supremacist Propaganda Activity Soared to Record High in 2022 VOA 09 Mar 2023 -- From antisemitic leaflets to racist banners, American white supremacists sharply ramped up efforts to spread propaganda last year, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.
• Mexican president rejects US military intervention to fight cartels Press TV 09 Mar 2023 -- Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has dismissed calls from certain US lawmakers advocating military action against drug cartels in the Latin American country.
• Mexican Drug Cartel Reportedly Apologizes for Killing Kidnapped Americans Sputnik 09 Mar 2023 -- According to a letter exclusively obtained by the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf Cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who died in the shooting and the four kidnapped Americans and their families.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 11 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 09 Mar 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,933 with 11 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan to end reporting, quarantine requirement for mild COVID cases CNA 09 Mar 2023 -- Taiwan will end mandatory reporting and quarantine for mild COVID-19 infections with effect from March 20, according to a policy approved by Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
• Taiwan reports 9,584 new COVID-19 cases, 49 deaths CNA 09 Mar 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 9,584 new cases of COVID-19 and 49 deaths from the disease on Thursday.
• Taiwan to end mandatory COVID quarantine on March 20 CNA 09 Mar 2023 -- People in Taiwan with mild COVID-19 infections will no longer have to quarantine, with effect from March 20, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday, rolling back a policy that has been in place for more than three years.

Australia

• Australia drops COVID testing requirements for Chinese travelers Global Times 09 Mar 2023 -- Australia has joined other countries and scrapped the requirement for travelers coming from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao to test for coronavirus before departure starting from Saturday local time, according to a statement published on the country's health and aged care department.