'Stop threatening Taiwan', its new president William Lai tells China ( www.bbc.com )
Taiwan's newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy....
Post-Brexit trade border controls to cost UK $6 billion ( www.dw.com )
The UK's public spending watchdog said government expenditures on implementing new rules for post-Brexit imports would total some $6 billion. The report criticized "uncertainty" surrounding government plans....
Wikileaks' Julian Assange given permission to appeal against U.S. extradition, UK court rules ( www.reuters.com )
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London's High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing....
Who was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president? ( www.dw.com )
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. He played a crucial role in Iran over the past four decades, with human rights groups saying he was responsible for thousands of deaths....
UCLA’s Unholy Alliance - Boston Review ( www.bostonreview.net )
Between April 25 and May 2, UCLA experienced the worst episode of both anti-Semitic and anti-Palestinian/Islamophobic/racist violence in the university’s century-long history. White nationalists and neo-Nazis joined forces with Zionists (including some saying they were Israelis) to attack UCLA’s Palestine Solidarity...
Winamp will “open up” the source code of its classic Windows player in September 2024 ( alternativeto.net )
If someone like this thing
EU will demand Labour’s Brexit plan involves European Court ( www.politico.eu )
Keir Starmer wants to sign a new agreement with the EU — one which would smooth disruption to trade, solve the Northern Ireland border issue, and make life simpler for farmers, all in one go....
Chinese nationals are trying to get to Australia by boat over a weak economy and political oppression at home ( www.abc.net.au )
As night fell over the Indian Ocean, Li thought he would die in his boat....
Automated Kernel Testing on RISC-V Hardware ( www.codethink.co.uk )
MX Linux 23.3 “Libretto” released ( mxlinux.org )
Easy Application Deployments with Linux ( lackofimagination.org )
I think he wanted to thank me for petting him but did not realize he's licking the cone ( i.imgur.com )
He's such an idiot sometimes. I love him
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site ( apnews.com )
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15602407...
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians ( apnews.com )
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
Sony Xperia 1 VI review ( gsmarena.com )
TIL John Krasinski fought for a deaf actress Millicent Simmonds to be cast in 'A Quiet Place'; she taught everyone sign language on set. ( www.huffpost.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21555777...
SEC Adds New Incident Response Rules for Financial Sector ( www.darkreading.com )
Prime Minister of Estonia: NATO troops training in Ukraine will not lead to an escalation of war ( westobserver.com )
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