Angolan President: We know what colonisation is and the Chinese are not colonising Africa but cooperating with us (socialistchina.org)
One dead, seven missing after two Japanese military helicopters crash in Pacific (www.cnn.com)
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
In Myanmar, young people are fleeing the country or hastily arranging shotgun weddings to avoid conscription - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them (www.businessinsider.com)
Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon (www.arktrek.shop)
Study Opens New Avenue for Immunotherapy Drug Development (www.mdanderson.org)
Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze (lemmy.world)
It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area....
Florida baffles experts by banning local water break rules as deadly heat is on the rise (www.usatoday.com)
Sweltering summer heat might have been more bearable for outdoor workers in Miami-Dade County under a proposal that suggested mandated breaks in the shade on the hottest days – but Florida said no....
It's all in the numbers. (lemmy.world)
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Yemeni women become mobile phone technicians to curb sextortion (english.elpais.com)
Devices containing private images can become a sexist weapon in this Middle Eastern country. When a phone breaks, the user can go years without fixing it, for fear of suffering blackmail...
Palestinian Relief Bundle on itch.io. includes 373 items for $8 (itch.io)
Honestly never heard of any of these except a short hike. But even that alone is worth the $8.
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Galaxy S21 and S22 with green line issue in India get free display replacement (www.sammobile.com)
Samsung India has been providing a free display replacement for affected devices since July last year. The eligible devices included the Galaxy S20 series and the Galaxy Note 20 series. The company has now expanded this list to include the Galaxy S21 series and the Galaxy S22 series....
YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users (www.androidpolice.com)
Arif Dikici, who is a part of the Android Video and Image Codecs team at Google, recently announced on LinkedIn that Android will now use an AV1 decoder known as “libdav1d,” which was created by the team behind VLC.
xz-style Attacks Continue to Target Open-Source Maintainers (linuxsecurity.com)
How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
Israeli minister Ben Gvir calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding (www.middleeasteye.net)
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
Fossil plant discovery has 'great significance' (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton (apnews.com)
A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday....
Linus has a YT channel? (www.youtube.com)
I’m not sure if it is official
Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio (www.reuters.com)
Blinken Has Not Sanctioned Israeli Units Linked to Killings, Rapes Despite Staff Recommendations (www.propublica.org)
Netanyahu Condemns Reported US Plan to Blacklist Military Unit (www.bloomberg.com)
