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The Philippine Coast Guard has accused its Chinese counterpart of firing water cannon at its vessels and blocking them in the disputed South China Sea.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2693230...

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were shot by Israelis on Friday, one by soldiers and the other by settlers, the Palestinian health ministry said....

Gabon’s debt-for-nature swap is edging closer to reality as the African nation tests international markets with a $500 million bond deal....

Hangzhou Zoo denies its sun bears are people, after a video of one standing like a human went viral.

We Distribute is bringing in a new feature - The Mixtape! We create playlists of songs that broadcast through Radio Free Fedi, and share it with the wider fediverse. It’s an opportunity for people to discover music by Fedizens, and help support artists on the network....

The remains of a German mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn have been recovered, as melting glaciers lead to the re-emergence of bodies and objects thought to be long lost.

The Television Academy and Fox are pushing back the date of the ceremony as the two guilds continue standoffs with the studios.

Men in military fatigues claimed to have taken power in Niger hours after President Mohamed Bazoum was reportedly seized by members of the presidential guard on Wednesday, leading to protests in the capital....

The move comes amid a foreign backlash against China's increasingly aggressive foreign policy, of which Qin was a chief proponent

I’m immediately sceptical to the idea of ruining even more areas of nature than we already are, but at the same time I recognise that if we want to build feasible green energy and storage, we need rare-earth metals and heavy metals. This might be a good alternative to massive deforestation....

Some more Slay the Spire fanart, this time featuring the Watcher! I like stacking a bunch of mantra cards and artifacts so that I can set off divinity every other turn or so....

Some more fanart for Slay the Spire, this one featuring the Silent!...

One of the weirder phenomena of the low interest rate era in tech was a tendency to see companies primarily as investments. The goal was not to have a functional business, but an exit, often via IPO or acquisition. I have begun to wonder if that explains what Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has been up to lately....

China Claims World’s Fastest Internet With 1.2 Terabit-Per-Second Network::Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. have built a 3,000 kilometer (1,860-mile) internet network linking Beijing to the south, which the country is touting as its latest technological breakthrough.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/8293629...