After stalling for months, Ukraine aid heads to vote in House of Representatives (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has said he “strongly supports” a new $61bn (£49bn) aid bill for Ukraine, arguing it will “send a message to the world”....
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks (www.theguardian.com)
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030...
Spain and Slovenia Lead Push for EU Countries to Recognize Palestinian State (truthout.org)
Proponents say full recognition of Palestine by European countries would help to secure a ceasefire in Gaza....
Man pages bad (sh.itjust.works)
US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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Who is seeing the real America? - "For Chinese people in North America, the truth is rapidly submerged by the deluge of misinformation in simplified Chinese" (chinamediaproject.org)
Even for Chinese people who live in Canada and the United States, where English is the main language, a mix of habits, cultural affinity, and other factors means that they continue to get most of their information from Chinese-language media, writes a Chinese in the U.S....
Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (news.gallup.com)
Palworld CEO says “many” clones of Pokémon-with-guns game are coming, with “Genshin Impact-level” successors (web.archive.org)
Emissary is Whatever You Want It To Be (wedistribute.org)
Emissary is a revolutionary next-gen Web platform that lets you tinker with every little bit of it. It works with the Fediverse, is built on IndieWeb principles, and looks incredible.
‘We need more shade’: how US’s hottest city is cooling its least protected community (www.theguardian.com)
Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperatures...
Take-Two is Preparing for a Mafia Series Announcement, it's Claimed (insider-gaming.com)
Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy file for union vote at Disneyland (www.cnn.com)
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat (www.theverge.com)
VirtualBox 7.0.16 Released with Initial Support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 Kernels (9to5linux.com)
EU leaders under pressure to bolster Ukraine’s struggling air defences (www.euronews.com)
The EU’s 27 leaders face mounting pressure to step up efforts to protect Ukraine’s skies from Russian airstrikes, after President Zelenskyy took a jab at Western allies’ “flagging political will” over the weekend....
Is the shine coming off Japan's bullet trains? (asiatimes.com)
Mass grave found at Gaza hospital occupied by Israeli forces (www.aljazeera.com)
A new mass grave has been discovered at al-Shifa Hospital where a two-week siege by the Israeli army has turned the facility into a graveyard and put what was once Gaza’s largest medical complex out of service.
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobs (www.pcgamer.com)
Israel will defend itself, Netanyahu says, as West calls for restraint (www.reuters.com)
Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran....
Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan (www.nytimes.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson’s elaborate plan for pushing aid to Ukraine through the House over his own party’s objections relies on an unusual strategy: He is counting on House Democrats and their leader, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, to provide the votes necessary to clear the way for it to come to the floor....
Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
UK petition: require publishers to NOT shut down games that people bought with their money (check comments for non-UK citizen's options) (petition.parliament.uk)
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