India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen (apnews.com)
India’s visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen....
People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for 1st time (english.kyodonews.net)
Convicted killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison was spotted overnight and changed his appearance, police say (www.cnn.com)
Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, was seen overnight Saturday, according to state police, who said the fugitive had “changed his appearance” as the manhunt enters its 11th day....
Biden finds a new friend in Vietnam as American CEOs look for alternatives to Chinese factories (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden on Sunday opened a visit to a Vietnam that wants to dramatically ramp up trade with the United States, a sign of how competition with China is reshaping relationships across Asia....
StickerPack updated to 95 distros! Get your free printable Linux stickers! (github.com)
StickerPack has been updated and now includes 94 Linux distributions and 23 desktop environments / window managers!...
Teacher suicide exposes parent bullying in S Korea (www.bbc.com)
The tragedy has unleashed a wave of anger from primary school teachers across the country.
Banff, AB (sh.itjust.works)
Reclaiming Control: The Internet Archive Empowers People. Gatekeepers Keep Suing (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1811388...
Suspect named in fatal shooting of California store owner over a Pride flag (www.nbcnews.com)
Police identified a man Monday who shot and killed a California business owner last week after he allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California. Sheriff’s officials told NBC News that the killing is being investigated as a possible hate crime....
Mexico, California brace for ‘catastrophic’ flooding as hurricane nears (www.aljazeera.com)
Feds determine five Chinese solar panel companies have been skirting US tariffs (www.cnn.com)
After a more than year-long investigation, federal officials have concluded that five Chinese solar panel companies have been skirting US tariff laws by routing their operations through four other Southeast Asian countries.
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote (apnews.com)
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote::A Brazilian hacker claims then-President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to hack the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.
Wait, what? The Witcher 3 is getting its own official mod editor after eight long years (www.pcgamer.com)
Starbucks Under Scrutiny Over Fictional Symbol (from Avatar: The Last Airbender) in Native American Heritage Month Poster (nativenewsonline.net)
Popular coffee chain Starbucks is under scrutiny after a symbol on a poster celebrating Native American Heritage Month resembles the same one used in the animated children’s show “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”...
Russia says a battalion made up of Ukrainian prisoners of war is about to be sent to fight against their own country (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia said a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war, or POWs, would soon be sent to the front lines to fight against their own country, state media reported....
Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95 (apnews.com)
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95....
U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes (apnews.com)
U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to their natal streams to spawn....
Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official (www.timesofisrael.com)
Hamas tried to sneak its fighters out of the Gaza Strip in ambulances that evacuated dozens of wounded Palestinians to Egypt earlier this week, a senior Biden administration official said Friday....
GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" (www.eurogamer.net)
Mike Pence, former vice president, drops out of Republican presidential campaign (www.reuters.com)
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on Saturday, after struggling for months to convince Republican voters he was the best alternative to the man he once served with unswerving loyalty, Donald Trump.
Do stock stock photos count? (lemmy.ca)
Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes (gizmodo.com)
Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes::Microsoft now allows users to disable automatic date conversion, which means scientists no longer have to worry about using alternative names for genes.
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (apnews.com)
Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, a volley of rockets lit up the darkened sky over Gaza. Videos analyzed by The Associated Press show one veering off course, breaking up in the air before crashing to the ground....
Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel::Japan has successfully test-fired a medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun from an offshore platform, as it continues to advance its defenses in the face of burgeoning regional security threats.
