China orders government workers to stop using iPhones amid heightened tensions with US (www.scmp.com)
A handful of Chinese ministries have told employees to stop using Apple’s iPhones at work, citing national security risks amid heightened geopolitical tensions with the United States, according to several people familiar with the matter....
‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say (www.vice.com)
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink (www.wired.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu shouldn't lead Israel in the long run after country's 'most severe blow', ex-PM says (news.sky.com)
Dog disease that can jump to humans is spreading in Britain (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (apnews.com)
Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet (www.bbc.com)
The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, according to the EU’s climate change service Copernicus....
Pro-Palestine NYU Law Student Speaks Out After Losing Job Offer (theintercept.com)
India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists (www.wired.com)
China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why? (www.independent.co.uk)
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount. What is the map, and why is it upsetting people so much?...
Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea fines mobile carriers US$25 million for exaggerating 5G network speed (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Italian man crushed to death under falling cheese wheels (www.bbc.co.uk)
WATCH: Hamas blocks IDF fuel delivery to Gaza's Shifa Hospital (www.jpost.com)
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Putin says US wading deeper into Ukraine war, calls missile supplies a 'mistake' (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the United States was wading deeper into the Ukraine conflict and making a mistake by providing Kyiv with long-range ATACMS missiles....
Man pretends to be mannequin until Warsaw mall closes then steals from it | Notes From Poland (notesfrompoland.com)
The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (www.wired.com)
Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.
Videos Show Russia Is Lying About Secret Attack on its Ship (www.thedailybeast.com)
Governments plan more fossil fuel production despite climate pledges, report says (apnews.com)
Despite frequent and devastating heat waves, droughts, floods and fire, major fossil fuel-producing countries still plan to extract more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with the Paris climate accord’s goal for limiting global temperature rise, according to a United Nations-backed study...