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Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
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Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention ( www.theguardian.com )
During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’...
Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars ( www.theguardian.com )
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates...
EU–Mercosur: No agreement before European elections ( www.dw.com )
The biggest free-trade zone in the world will not come into being before the EU elections in early June. So what's holding it up? Will the agreement ever be finalized — and, if so, when?...
Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians ( truthout.org )
By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives," one human rights advocate said....
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack in Afghanistan ( www.theguardian.com )
Taliban says four arrested over attack at Bamiyan heritage site that killed three Spanish visitors and an Afghan...
Two dead and five missing after boat collision near Budapest ( www.theguardian.com )
Hungarian police called to scene of accident on shore of the River Danube near Verőce...
Finland to present plan to push back migrants on Russian border ( www.reuters.com )
Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter from Russia, the prime minister said on Sunday, a decision that could cause Helsinki to temporarily breach its international commitments....
Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Tech experts hope new term for carelessly automated AI webpages and images can illuminate its damaging impact
Helicopter carrying Iran's president Raisi makes rough landing, says state TV ( www.reuters.com )
Initial reports indicate that a helicopter carrying the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi faced a rough landing, Iranian state TV said on Sunday, adding that rescue teams are on their way to the site....
Tourist couple injured in militant shooting in India's Kashmir amid elections ( www.reuters.com )
A tourist couple was injured in India's Kashmir after militants fired on them late on Saturday night, police said, ahead of voting scheduled in the volatile region for India's ongoing election....
Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics...
Ukraine's new controversial mobilisation law takes effect ( www.euronews.com )
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city....
France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road ( www.reuters.com )
French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital, Noumea, a French official said on Sunday....
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors ( www.theguardian.com )
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top...
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day ( www.reuters.com )
A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions....
Ukraine war: Russia's lethal glide bombs hitting Ukraine's cities ( www.bbc.com )
Russia is increasingly using budget "glide bombs" to advance its offensive in Ukraine....
Severe flooding wreaks havoc across northern Europe ( www.euronews.com )
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany....
Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK ( www.theguardian.com )
Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain...
Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy visits region ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight, residents said, as White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan travelled to the region amid U.S. calls for a more focused military campaign....
Is Privacy Worth It? ( blog.thenewoil.org )
When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they were really active in and therefore they saw no...
Ransomware gang targets Windows admins via PuTTy, WinSCP malvertising ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
A ransomware operation targets Windows system administrators by taking out Google ads to promote fake download sites for Putty and WinSCP.
Banking malware Grandoreiro returns after police disruption ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
The banking trojan "Grandoreiro" is spreading in a large-scale phishing campaign in over 60 countries, targeting customer accounts of roughly 1,500 banks.
Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout ( www.dw.com )
The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001....
Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest ( www.reuters.com )
Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday....
Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border ( www.reuters.com )
Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prime minister said on Saturday, in a bid to bolster its defences against what it says is a rising threat from Russia and Belarus....
Georgia president vetoes divisive 'foreign agent' law ( www.bbc.com )
Salome Zourabichvili's said a law that has sparked weeks of protests was "fundamentally Russian"....
Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel ( www.theguardian.com )
IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in airstrike on the city of Jenin...
Tokyo District Court Rules AI Cannot Be Issued Patents; Law Recognizes Only ‘Natural Persons’ as Inventors ( japannews.yomiuri.co.jp )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15659639...
When Online Content Disappears: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later ( www.pewresearch.org )
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher ( www.theguardian.com )
Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o
Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trial ( www.theguardian.com )
The Lovatos relocated from Guatemala to Ohio for their son, who has the rare genetic disorder Canavan disease...
Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’ ( www.theguardian.com )
With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe...
£30,000 raised for Wirral ‘local legend’ denied UK citizenship ( www.theguardian.com )
Nelson Shardey, 74, became tearful on hearing of support for effort to gain settled status after 50 years in UK...
Slovakia PM Robert Fico 'approaching a positive prognosis' ( www.bbc.co.uk )
It comes as a man charged with attempting to murder Robert Fico arrived in court on Saturday....
Babybus loses bid for new trial after copyright infringement verdict for CoComelon ( www.courthousenews.com )
In a case that highlights the increasing prevalence of YouTube content for children, a jury found that one content creator had infringed the copyrights of another.
Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” – The Markup ( themarkup.org )
Digital collections put library patrons’ privacy at risk
Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal ( www.amnesty.org )
15 years ago, countless civilian lives were lost during the last days of the war in Sri Lanka...
The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. ( theintercept.com )
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza....
Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery ( www.theguardian.com )
Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend...
New Caledonia: French marines deployed amid deadly unrest ( www.dw.com )
Violence in New Caledonia turned deadly once again as clashes between protesters and security forces continue in the French Pacific territory....
Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Gender stereotypes at home may hamper female students’ ability to progress in the classroom, research suggests...
Climate activists glue themselves to Munich airport runway ( www.euronews.com )
Climate activists from Last Generation disrupted Munich airport by gluing themselves to a runway, leading to flight cancellations and delays over a busy weekend....
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach ( www.reuters.com )
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains....
Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 50 after heavy rain brings devastation ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands of homes and farming land damaged in Ghor province, a week after over 300 killed in flash floods...
The MSI Claw is an embarrassment ( www.theverge.com )
Every competitor is better, and most of them are cheaper.
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move ( www.cbc.ca )
Canada's industry minister says Ottawa is "considering all measures" after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training ( arstechnica.com )
Slack says policy changes are imminent amid backlash.