Miss South Africa 2024: Chidimma Adetshina's participation sparks nationality row (www.bbc.com)
When law student Chidimma Adetshina clinched a coveted spot as a Miss South Africa finalist, her triumph unleashed a vicious backlash, unearthing a seam of xenophobia that lies close to the surface for some in the country....
No plan for US House to take up KOSA despite Senate passage (www.carolinajournal.com)
I really hate that I have to give Republicans credit for killing this regardless of whatever stupid reason they’ll give for it beyond “concerns.”
Glorious retro FPS 'Selaco' is now Steam Deck Verified and plans many huge gameplay upgrades (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Trump proposed bombing Mexico and it somehow wasn’t a big story (www.vox.com)
Axios: Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking (www.axios.com)
“I was prepared to go on stage to craft a statement, saying he decided not to go on stage because of fact-checking… we couldn’t compromise on that.”...
Erdogan says Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/25901452
The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker | Rokhaya Diallo (www.theguardian.com)
this unifying narrative introduced an Olympic and Paralympic Games that in reality are not all that inclusive. (…) To make these Games happen, Paris had to undertake a programme of intense social cleansing....
Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next? (theconversation.com)
With Hezbollah and Hamas assassinations, Netanyahu shows willingness to risk regional war for political survival. (theconversation.com)
Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k (apnews.com)
Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors, avoiding a potential deep-dive into the former New York City mayor’s finances that was threatened by a federal judge....
GameInformer shuts down (www.gameinformer.com) Greek
US recognizes Maduro's opponent as winner in Venezuela election (www.reuters.com)
Linux Mint 22 released: An attractive option for migrating away from Windows | Windows 11 system requirements block millions of PCs from upgrading, while Linux Mint continues to work on older hardware (www.ghacks.net)
The Linux Mint team has just released Linux Mint 22, a new major version of the free Linux distribution. With Windows 10’s end of support coming up quickly next year, at least some users may consider making the switch to Linux....
Israel’s January 6 moment (www.vox.com)
Darksiders Teaser (yt.artemislena.eu)
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US pauses humanitarian program for citizens of four countries. (www.voanews.com)
Intel shares fall 20% on plans to cut 15,000 jobs (www.ft.com)
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Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city (arstechnica.com)
US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election (apnews.com)
From reddit selfhosted: What do you wish you knew from the start (www.reddit.com)
I saw this post today on Reddit and was curious to see if views are similar here as they are there....
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months (www.theguardian.com)
Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
Apple's no longer among top 5 smartphone vendors in China as domestic brands dominate market (www.cnbc.com)
Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality (apnews.com)
After days of water-quality concerns caused by heavy rains last week put the swimming portion of the Olympic triathlons in doubt, the women dove into the Seine River on Wednesday under gray skies that lingered following an early-morning drizzle, followed by the men a few hours later....
