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"Tiktok Ban : China Denounces 'Bandit Logic' of House Vote" (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

China has strongly criticized a bill moving through the U.S. Congress, which could potentially lead to the ban of TikTok in the country,

GOG basically acknowledges piracy in a meme (slrpnk.net)

Automotive braking is a source of highly charged aerosol particles (www.pnas.org)

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I guess we now know who is all behind those Sinophobic anti-China posts online. (www.theverge.com)

Funding failure puts US at China's high-tech mercy (asiatimes.com)

Tens of thousands peacefully attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Temple Mount (www.timesofisrael.com)

Ukraine, Stalled on the Battlefield, Targets Russia’s Oil Industry (www.nytimes.com)

Mr. Ernst and Mr. Krutikhin noted that, unlike in other oil infrastructure such as pipelines, a lot of complex machinery and sophisticated engineering goes into refineries, and they can take several months to fix. Some analysts say the repairs could take longer than usual because sanctions prohibit Western sales of certain...

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Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh (www.theguardian.com)

New Hamas Gaza truce proposal outlines exchange of captives for prisoners (www.aljazeera.com)

Hamas has presented a new ceasefire plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza that includes the release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences....

Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin's rule. His foes are in jail, in exile or dead (apnews.com)

Swisscom finalises takeover of Vodafone Italy - SWI swissinfo.ch (www.swissinfo.ch)

Trump reportedly asked Musk to buy Truth Social last year (www.theregister.com)

"Israel Downplays Prospects of Truce Following Hamas Response" (www.infoterkiniviral.com) Indonesian

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza following Hamas's presentation of what it described as

Michigan Arab and Muslim leaders fuming after second Biden visit this year with no meeting (www.nbcnews.com)

Gaza war: UNRWA says Rafah aid centre hit by Israeli forces (www.bbc.com)

Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky (www.lpm.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/heres-how-a-new-federal-prison-…

TIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love song (www.bbc.com)

Parton wrote this song when she was about to leave her music mentor Porter Wagoner.

Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of manslaughter weeks after mother’s conviction (www.cnn.com)

James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a trial that comes a month after the shooter’s mother was convicted of the same charges....