Chinese Premier Li Qiang to visit Australia today for the first time in seven years (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to land in Australia on Saturday for the first visit by a Chinese premier in seven years....
Finland: Man with 'far-right ties' arrested for child knife attacks (www.euronews.com)
Mobile games company Voodoo acquires BeReal (techcrunch.com)
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
Linux users survey! (pad.tchncs.de)
To get an idea of this community, and to try the cool CryptPad Survey feature, I created a pretty big Linux usage survey!...
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....
Terrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders (www.state.gov)
Germany seizes record 35 tons of cocaine, street value was several billion euros (www.aa.com.tr)
It looks like Turkey will give up on the European Union (www.eurotopics.net)
New Album: The Return Of Tomorrow by Fu Manchu (album.link)
The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery (www.bbc.com)
MinimalChat Is a Full-Featured and Self-Contained LLM Chat Application (github.com)
I’ve been building MinimalChat for a while now, and based on the feedback I’ve received, it’s in a pretty decent place for general use. I figured I’d share it here for anyone who might be interested!...
Microsoft postpones Windows Recall after major backlash — will launch Copilot+ PCs without headlining AI feature (www.windowscentral.com)
Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv (www.ctvnews.ca)
Philippines is among world’s worst countries for workers again (globalnation.inquirer.net)
Canvas in roughly a month 👀 (canvas.fediverse.events)
Main post: toast.ooo/post/3740832...
Belarus supplied arms to Azerbaijan in 'betrayal' to Armenia (kyivindependent.com)
Hezbollah changes tactics and reveals new strengths to force Gaza ceasefire (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israel’s assassination of a top Hezbollah field commander on Tuesday has raised, once again, concerns over a wider Israeli war in Lebanon after months of clashes....
What's Inside This China Factory? Eerie Humanoid Robots! [Video] (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A Chinese company creates hyper-realistic humanoids that mimic emotions for healthcare and education, raising questions about ethics and job displacement.
‘We are just asking to continue to exist’: Hawaiian midwives sue the state (www.independent.co.uk)
Android List Apps for a de-googled phone (darkham.fr)
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