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Tensions Flare Between Myanmar Ethnic Armed Groups in Shan State Town (www.irrawaddy.com)

55% of all Americans now say they see Trump’s presidency as a success. (www.cnn.com)

CNN —...

Western banks in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Kremlin last year (www.ft.com)

Biden offers 'second chances' to 16 people jailed for nonviolent drug sentences (eu.usatoday.com)

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Israel fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officials (www.nbcnews.com)

Utah cat found in California after accidentally shipped in Amazon box (www.theguardian.com)

Hades 2 Technical Test to Wind Down Today, Steam Early Access Release Date ‘Relatively Soon’ After (www.ign.com)

EU to investigate Meta over election misinformation before June polls (www.theguardian.com)

The EU is set to launch formal proceedings against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, amid concerns it is not doing enough to counter disinformation before the EU elections in June, according to reports....

Red Cross decides against suspending Russian branch despite links to Kremlin war machine (www.theguardian.com)

The International Red Cross movement has decided not to suspend membership of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), despite potential breaches of neutrality regulations brought to light by an investigation by a group of international media outlets, including the Guardian....

Philips pays $1.1bn to settle respirator case (www.bbc.com)

Dutch medical products maker Philips says it has reached a $1.1bn (£877m) deal to settle lawsuits in the US relating to potentially faulty breathing devices....

Farmers warn food aisles will soon be empty because of crushing conditions: 'We are not in a good position' (www.yahoo.com)

New Star Trek: Discovery Photos — “Whistlespeak” (blog.trekcore.com)

Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator (www.theguardian.com)

Coming soon to a battlefield near you. If it can bypass the export controls, that is.

Mike Leigh to Be Honored at Mediterrane Film Festival With Career Achievement Award (variety.com)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/movies/t/993157...

File Compression Is Awesome: A Practical Guide (popcar.bearblog.dev)

Columbia University president says negotiations with protesters have stalled, school will not divest from Israel (www.nbcnews.com)

Police and public capture runaway zebras in Washington state, but one is still missing (www.nbcnews.com)

Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk over agreement with SEC to vet social media posts (www.nbcnews.com)

Nato Secretary General in Kyiv: Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO, support will continue (www.nato.int)

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Monday (29 April 2024) for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the state of the war and the future of NATO’s support to Ukraine....

Jupiter may be the reason why Earth has a moon, new study hints | Live Science (www.livescience.com)

It would appear that the so-called “great instability” event that wreaked chaos among the planets, sending the gas giants careening through space until they settled into the orbits we know today, occurred between 60 and 100 million years after the birth of the solar system. This is the conclusion of some careful scientific...