Our daily cruise around the world

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia is building the world’s first Dragon Ball Z theme park. The 5.3 million-square-foot park was recently announced as part of the country’s multi-trillion-dollar Saudi Vision 2030 campaign, which is aimed at attracting tourism and diversifying the Saudi economy away from oil. The upcoming Dragon Ball Z park will feature more than 30 themed rides, including a 230-foot-high roller coaster based on the Japanese anime’s magical dragon.

🇷🇺 A Russian court extended the detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months. Gershkovich was initially arrested last March over allegations of stealing state secrets for the US government – charges which he, US officials, and the WSJ have repeatedly denied. Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated in February that he would be open to a prisoner swap for Gershkovich, who is the first US journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the end of the Cold War.

🇬🇧🇺🇸 A UK court delayed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s potential extradition to the US. Assange, 52, is facing federal charges in America for obtaining and publishing confidential military records regarding the US’ actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The WikiLeaks founder has spent the past five years in a London prison amidst a legal battle with the British government to avoid extradition to America. The UK court’s ruling gives US prosecutors three weeks to offer guarantees that Assange won’t be subject to prejudice at trial, and that he won’t face the death penalty.