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Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)

Zimbabwe is grappling with its sixth currency change in 16 years (www.semafor.com)

Venezuela tries to reduce tension with Chile over murder of dissident Ronald Ojeda (english.elpais.com)

Attorney General Tarek William Saab said he will take action to locate and arrest the individuals suspected of killing the anti-Maduro activist, whose body was found last month inside a suitcase covered with cement...

Trump repeats attack on ex-lawyer on eve of trial despite gag order (www.reuters.com)

Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York....

Georgia’s EU bid is being sabotaged by its own government, Brussels fears (www.politico.eu)

Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, but the government seems to fear that membership could undermine its grip on power....

South Korea’s population dips below 50M (www.chosun.com)

Elderly set to exceed 30% by 2034...

GE-Proton9-3 Released (github.com)

COPYPREFIX=1 option added. What this does:...

US Set to Ring Alarm Bells Over Chinese Industry on World Stage (www.bloomberg.com)

Funny how we went from talking about China collapsing economically to all of a sudden being a major economic threat for the US....

Axios: Biden told Netanyahu U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran (www.axios.com)

“I told Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks — sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,” Biden said.

Chiapas, captive territory (english.elpais.com)

EL PAÍS travels along the border of the poorest state in Mexico, a region dominated by criminal groups. From the city of Tapachula to the Lacandon Jungle, passing through the towns of Frontera Comalapa and Chisomuselo, this story illustrates the fight between cartels, the abandonment of the state, the murders, forced...

Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too (www.bbc.com)

On the night of 3 April, a swarm of Russian drones attacked Kharkiv, in Ukraine’s northeast....

Forgiving medical debt after it is sent to collections has fewer benefits – study (www.theguardian.com)

Experts partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a medical non-profit that buys and forgives debt, found it had little effect on people’s credit scores and mental health...

GitHub Is Not Open Source, A Rant (listed.to)

Thousands gather in Iran in show of support for attack on Israel (www.scmp.com)

Iran’s attack came in retaliation for an April 1 strike on the consular annexe of Iran’s embassy in Damascus and killed 7 Revolutionary Guards, 2 of them generals...

Germany detains and deports Ghassan Abu Sittah (www.counterfire.org)

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Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms (www.theguardian.com)

"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again." (pluralistic.net)