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Fitch highlighted Jan. 6 insurrection in talks with Treasury ahead of US downgrade (www.reuters.com)

In a move that took investors by surprise, Fitch downgraded the United States to AA+ from AAA on Tuesday, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and repeated down-to-the-wire debt ceiling negotiations that threaten the government’s ability to pay its bills.

The Money of The Upstarts – The BRICS countries want to create their own currency to end the hegemony of the U.S. dollar. China holds a dominant position in the alliance. (www.konicz.info)

“This credit crunch, triggered by the fight against inflation in Western countries, is an important factor in the huge rush to join the BRICS group. Many crisis-ridden countries, such as Argentina and Venezuela, which are currently seeking membership, are simply hoping to tap alternative sources of financing – especially...

'It's like playing with death' - Ukraine's female front line soldiers (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/950312...

Interesting article about life for Uyghurs in Xinjiang and how one poet and filmmaker escaped persecution (www.theguardian.com)

Euclid space telescope sends back amazing first images of the cosmos (www.newscientist.com)

Handshakes and ‘candid’ talks, but what is the outlook for US-China relations? (www.scmp.com)

When it comes to exchanges between the United States and China, we’ve all probably got used to their tough talk and fiery rebuttals....

Samsung's Brand New Cutting-Edge Foldable OLED Technology (global.samsungdisplay.com)

New Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Photos — “Subspace Rhapsody” (blog.trekcore.com)

AI for identifying social norm violation (www.nature.com)

Prof. Yair Neuman and the engineer Yochai Cohen at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have designed an AI system that identifies social norm violations. They trained a system to identify ten social emotions: competence, politeness, trust, discipline, caring, agreeableness, success, conformity, decency, and loyalty....

India, Manipur genocide : They Killed My Husband, Mother-in-Law, Smashed My Head,' Says 29-Year-Old Kuki Survivor (thewire.in)

Nancy Chingthiannang’s husband and mother in law were murdered while she was left for dead on the road.

LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees (www.phoronix.com)

TIL 20 climbers set up a jaccuzzi on the summit of Mont Blanc at an elevation of 4807m (www.jaccuzzi.ch)

This website is pretty cool anyway, you may want to use chrome to translate the french into a desired language. They also provide a list of selfmade jaccuzzis from all the way back of 2001.

Ukraine war: Western tanks get pummelled on front line (www.bbc.co.uk)

FTC Seeks Comment on New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA (www.ftc.gov)

Meta's Llama 2 is not open source (www.theregister.com)

UN rights body conduct hearings on showbiz sexual abuse in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. who accused its late founder of sexual abuse, interviewees said.

How China’s military is slowly squeezing Taiwan (www.ft.com)

For all the focus on a potential invasion, some in Taipei fear a Chinese pressure campaign that gradually changes the status quo Alt Link: archive.ph/NuiWR