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Egypt Planning To Drill 35 New Natural Gas Wells (menafn.com)

…the Nargis-1 exploration well […] holds about 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas…...

I Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’ (www.404media.co)

A Fake Signal App Was Planted On Google Play By China-Linked Hackers (www.forbes.com)

Hackers who previously targeted Uyghurs evaded Google Play security checks to push a fake Signal app for Android. It uses a never previously-documented method to spy on the encrypted comms tool.

Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU (www.theguardian.com)

Eleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land...

From botflies to eye worms, a brief history of rare parasites in humans (www.theguardian.com)

After a live roundworm was found in the brain of an Australian woman, we take a look at other unusual cases of parasites turning up unexpectedly and explore how worried we should be....

BRICS MATERIALS: the flourishing intra-BRICS oil trade (bne.eu)

Addition of KSA, UAE, Iran means share has doubled to 42% of crude oil output in 2022. "Saudi pricing oil exports to China and India in non-dollar currencies does not spell the end of the dollar as the international currency of choice,” says ING. Trade within bloc makes trade hard to sanction by West.

Everybody Tries To Leverage VMware To Their Advantage (www.nextplatform.com)

388: The number of people unaccounted for in Maui fire falls by more than half (www.npr.org)

The latest revision came after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.

UK ‘seeking to block ICJ ruling’ on Israeli occupation of Palestine (www.theguardian.com)

Six Tropes to Look Out For That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage (scheerpost.com)

Google Fiber Introduces 5Gbps Bundle in Austin (www.telecompetitor.com)

Phone (2) camera improvements with Nothing OS 2.0.2a (nothing.tech)

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 31 (fediversereport.com)

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule (www.newyorker.com)

How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

Hebron terror attack: Mother shot dead in front of daughter (www.jpost.com)

Has anyone tried Inkbox? (github.com)

It’s a free software firmware replacement for ereaders based on Alpine Linux....

Moscow Сourt Orders Sakharov Center's Dissolution - The Moscow Times (www.themoscowtimes.com)

A Russian court has ordered the closure of the Sakharov Center, one of the country’s oldest human rights groups, Interfax reported Friday....

‘One big adventure’: the Russian minister who fled the draft to drive trucks in the US (www.theguardian.com)

After years navigating the byzantine corridors of provincial Russian power, Denis Sharonov now works as a truck driver, steering his way through the vast highways of the US.

German prosecutor investigates possible poisoning of Russian journalist (www.theguardian.com)

In an article published with Russian-language outlet Meduza and US publication n+1 on Tuesday night, journalist Elena Kostyuchenko said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance last March about Russian plans to assassinate her. Kostyuchenko, who was at the time reporting for the now-shuttered...

Ukraine’s top Freedom Caucus ally gets cold feet (www.politico.com)

He [Rep. Andy Harris] said of Ukraine’s springtime offensive that was intended to turn the tide of the war: “I’ll be blunt, it’s failed.” And he was blunt, too, about the prospects for a victory ahead: “I’m not sure it’s winnable anymore.”

Mishaal Rahman: [Google] Assistant is already disabled for me [on the TicWatch Pro 3 running WearOS 2]. The Assistant icon no longer appears for me when I swipe to the left page. RIP. (twitter.com)

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