Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones (www.bbc.com)
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse....
Mind your business, citizen. Mystical weapons aren't real (discuss.tchncs.de)
source
Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life (www.cbc.ca)
Four soldiers killed fighting in southern Gaza as war on Hamas hits six-month mark (www.timesofisrael.com)
The four were killed Saturday when gunmen came out of a tunnel in a destroyed building and opened fire at troops carrying out a patrol along the IDF’s logistics route in Khan Younis, according to an initial military probe. The operatives apparently managed to flee back into the tunnel....
New Mexico mental health first responders are increasingly civilians, not police (gazette.com)
Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings....
fooyin's new features in v0.4.0 make it the most promising music player - LinuxLinks (www.linuxlinks.com)
Also available in AUR : aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&K=fooyin
As Israel’s foreign ties falter amid Gaza war, Taiwan sees chance to cosy up to Israel (www.scmp.com)
Taipei views conflict in Middle East as opportunity to learn from Israel’s defence strategy and foster friendly relations...
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
Ethiopia’s army accused of committing war crimes in Amhara region (www.aljazeera.com)
Ethiopia’s army “summarily executed several dozen civilians” and committed other war crimes in the northwestern Amhara region earlier this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said, as it called on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation....
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito (apnews.com)
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum....
Russia increases gasoline imports from Belarus as domestic supplies shrink (www.reuters.com)
Russia has increased gasoline imports from neighbouring Belarus in March to tackle the risk of shortages in its domestic market because of unscheduled repairs at Russian refineries after drone attacks, four industry and trade sources said on Wednesday....
Police spammed with complaints by neo-Nazis under new Scottish hate crime law (www.theguardian.com)
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to ‘overwhelm’ official systems...
Israeli military reduces troops in southern Gaza, spokesperson says (www.reuters.com)
The Israeli military has withdrawn all ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip except for one brigade, a military spokesperson said on Sunday....
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases (www.theguardian.com)
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis...
Russia accused of using chemical gas attacks against Ukrainian soldiers (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine soldiers describe ‘almost daily’ illegal gas attacks as invaders seek to dislodge them from embedded positions...
Ukrainians may be tiring but won’t compromise with Putin, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff says (www.politico.eu)
In interview with POLITICO, Andriy Yermak also says there is little popular support for a massive troop mobilization....
Laura Kuenssberg: West facing 'authoritarian' alliance, says Nato chief (www.bbc.com)
An “alliance of authoritarian powers” is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of Nato has warned....
Peter Pellegrini: Russia-friendly populist elected Slovak president (www.bbc.com)
Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova....
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West....
"They treated us like sacks of potatoes without showing any care": Ukrainian orphan abducted by Russia tells of how he escaped Putin’s grasp (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12997488...
IDF withdraws all ground troops from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the enclave (www.timesofisrael.com)
Overnight, the IDF withdrew all ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, after four straight months of fighting in the Khan Younis area....
🎵 If you █████ ██ in the ███ 🎶 (sopuli.xyz)
Chinese media feel pressure to tell ‘positive’ China story as party tightens grip and freedom of expression declines (www.aljazeera.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12996823...
[Solved] Why cant I find my own (newly created) lemmy instance? (lemmyverse.net)
Does someone know how to get listed? I configured the admin settings to be a public instance AFAIK…...
Eric S. Raymond / autodafe · Tools for freeing your project from the clammy grip of autotools. (gitlab.com)
