China's anger grows as Myanmar has chosen Russia for the construction of a strategic seaport, despite Beijing's interest in the project (swarajyamag.com)
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Putin in China seeking support for Ukraine war effort (www.dw.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Wednesday for two days of meetings with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Putin’s second trip to China in six months will focus on military and financial assistance....
Hundreds of counties around the USA have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profits (www.newyorker.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/the-jails-that-forbid-children-…
BBC: Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
Medvechuk's yacht officially transferred to Ukrainian state (kyivindependent.com)
A luxury yacht belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk was officially transferred to the Ukrainian state on May 15, said Ukraine’s Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets, known by its Ukrainian acronym ARMA....
Jimmy Carter: Grandson says former president is ‘coming to the end’ (www.cnn.com)
8 dead after bus carrying farm workers in Florida hit by truck, driver of truck charged with DUI (www.nbcnews.com)
Milo Yiannopoulos Parts Ways With Kanye West Over Yeezy Porn Plan (www.rollingstone.com)
Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot multiple times in attempted assassination (apnews.com)
Top500: China Opts Out of Global Supercomputer Race (thenewstack.io)
LGBTQ+ Pride Month events could be targets of foreign terrorists, security officials warn (www.advocate.com)
Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account (qz.com)
China Intensifies Push to ‘Delete America’ From Its Technology (www.wsj.com)
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New evidence found for Planet 9 (phys.org)
'Irate male' assaulted Newfoundland officers with block of cheese, police say (www.ctvnews.ca)
...The RNC did not say if the officers were injured or what kind of cheese was used.
Vanderbilt doctors link weed killer to birth defect (www.newschannel5.com)
Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers (www.npr.org)
The FTC estimates about 30 million people, or one in five American workers, from minimum wage earners to CEOs, are bound by noncompetes. It says the policy change could lead to increased wages totaling nearly $300 billion per year by encouraging people to swap jobs freely.
The Superiority of American Logistics (Artist: Patso Catso) (sh.itjust.works)
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Creepy Study Suggests AI Is The Reason We've Never Found Aliens (www.sciencealert.com)
Ukraine says it has no reserves as Putin amasses half-million troops for summer offensive: report (nypost.com)
Students borrowing from the federal government this fall will face the highest interest rate in more than a decade (www.nbcnews.com)
Ada goes to the set: let’s make an animated movie - FSFE - Help us make a film of this story to spark more kids’ interest in coding and tinkering! (fsfe.org)
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According to the Federal Reserve Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing $37,667 (medium.com)
Biden's new China tariff wall faces leakage via Mexico, Vietnam | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
