South Africa’s ANC on course to lose majority in early projections (www.semafor.com)
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since coming to power after the end of apartheid 30 years ago, according to projections based on early election results....
A look at search engines with their own indexes (seirdy.one)
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IMF lifts China’s 2024 growth forecast to 5% (www.businesstimes.com.sg)
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch (gizmodo.com)
A Grand Unified Theory of the AI Hype Cycle (blog.glyph.im)
Israeli embassy in Mexico on fire as protesters express anger over Rafah massacre (www.presstv.ir)
"Hardware Error" after power failure (lemmy.world)
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The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like (prospect.org)
Too Small to Police, Too Big to Ignore: Telegram Is the App Dividing Europe (www.bloomberg.com)
Sovcit wants to connect with the living only. (lemmy.world)
White House says Israel’s latest actions in Rafah do not cross US red line (www.theguardian.com)
Third person infected in U.S. bird flu outbreak — but with a new symptom (www.nbcnews.com)
Number of Americans applying for jobless benefits inches up, but layoffs remain low (abcnews.go.com)
Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)
Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Says (www.thedailybeast.com)
Michigan man who had seizure on Royal Caribbean cruise forced to pay $2500 bill before evacuating (www.yahoo.com)
Lewis Hamilton Goes Full Send While Eating Spicy Wings (youtube.com)
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Xi says China wants to work with Arab states to resolve hot spot issues (www.reuters.com)
Google might have accidentally published docs about how Search works (9to5google.com)
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU (www.theguardian.com)
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
Rising seas force Panama Indigenous families to leave island homes (www.reuters.com)
Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama’s coast that is fast disappearing....
Myanmar"s ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens (www.bangkokpost.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/22255665...
As Ukraine stumbles in war, Kyiv and Western powers struggle to coordinate (www.washingtonpost.com)
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