Leftovers

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] China: World's largest indoor ski resort opens in Shanghai

• Education

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Low literacy rates in Canada prompt reading curriculum changes

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] New testing aims to catch kids 'faking' their reading skills and actually get help

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Young Asian stars are conquering the chess world

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Nigeria cracks the whip on fake university degrees

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Methamphetamine responsible for half of drug-related deaths in Turkey

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Dyslexia: German researchers find cause in the brain

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] India: Striking doctors defy government over rape, murder

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Keir Starmer says UK's NHS needs to 'reform or die'

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Turkey bombs a water station in Ain Issa

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] World-first face, eye transplant a 'cautious' success story

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Alberta First Nation suing federal government over unclean tap water

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Acetaminophen among medication recalled from Canadian pharmacy brand

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • EuroGamer ☛ Far Cry VR, Synapse studio nDreams confirms restructuring impacting up to 17.5% of jobs

    The UK studio, which was founded in 2006, currently consists of four teams - nDreams Studio, Orbital, Near Light, and Elevation - employing around 250 people between them. That means upward of 40 staff could lose their jobs as nDreams' redundancy process proceeds.

  • Microsoft’s latest layoffs reportedly impact Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile and Warcraft Rumble teams

    Microsoft’s latest wave of layoffs has reportedly impacted the Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile and Warcraft Rumble teams.

    A source familiar with the matter told Game File that these cutbacks aren’t related to Activision Blizzard’s acquisition by Microsoft, but are a response to "shifting priorities". The titles are expected to continue operating.

    The majority of the layoffs impacted corporate and support roles at Activision Blizzard.

  • Flappy Bird creator says he has nothing to do with crypto-filled revival

    The triumphant return of Flappy Bird turned out to be not particularly triumphant after all. The original creator of Flappy Bird says he has nothing to do with the new game, and further investigation revealed worrying crypto ties.

    Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen took to Twitter/X for the first time since 2017 to say he’s not connected with the new Flappy Bird game. Nguyen also wrote “I did not sell anything. I also don’t support crypto.”

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] France should have complained to Telegram, Durov says

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Google's AI model faces probe over data use in EU

• Defence/Aggression

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-09-13 [Older] Drone targets wedding held in Shêrawa

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] At Least Two Saudi Officials May Have Deliberately Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, New Evidence Suggests

  • Truthdig ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Did Saudi Officials Deliberately Assist the 9/11 Hijackers?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] US Closer to Greenlighting Nvidia Chips for Saudi Arabia, Semafor Reports

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Middle East updates: Several killed in Syria airstrikes

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Turkey-based textile factory produces 100,000 'MAGA' hats for Trump campaign

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Turkey Probing Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi, Seeking Arrest Warrants

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Turkey: Eight-year-old found dead after missing report sparks outrage

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] China Leverages Sisi’s Turkey Visit to Curb Muslim Brotherhood with U.S. Backing

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Male violence: 31 women and 5 children murdered in Turkey in August

  • The Age AU ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] ‘Intimidation’: US, Turkey furious after dual citizen killed in West Bank

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank amid protests over settlement expansion

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-05 [Older] Organized crime: Drugs, cybercrime and human trafficking

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] US: Georgia school shooting suspect and father appear in court

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] SAMIM lessons to form part of future SADC peacekeeping efforts

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Corruption exodus: Why Africa's youth want to leave the continent

  • HRW ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Key Arrests in Central African Republic

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Tolstoy Peace Prize Awarded to the African Union

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-13 [Older] North Korea: Kim Jong Un visits nuclear facility

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-13 [Older] Peru mourns former strongman Alberto Fujimori

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Germany: Munich shooter fired nine shots in 'terror attack'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] German state bans Islamic center over alleged Hamas links

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Toronto man accused of plotting mass shooting at Jewish centre in New York City, authorities say

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] When Germany targets Jewish artists as antisemitic

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Girl, 14, charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting classmate on fire at Sask. high school

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Family of victim set on fire in her high school has 'high hopes' for recovery

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Pakistan: Why are militant attacks on the rise?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Pakistan: Gunmen kill polio worker, police officer during vaccination campaign

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] US musician Jon Bon Jovi helps woman standing on bridge edge

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] France foiled 3 attacks against Olympic Games: prosecutor

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Uganda: Alleged killer of Olympic athlete dies from burns

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] France shifts right on migration under new prime minister

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Hungary plans to deploy its troops to Chad

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] China opts out of blueprint on military AI use

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] South China Sea: Philippines, Vietnam deepen defense ties

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Quebec man tells judge he set off homemade explosives for social media fame, money

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] US Republican report blasts Biden on Afghanistan withdrawal

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Myanmar: What we know about recent Rohingya killings

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Italy finds 6 bodies off Sicily coast: reports

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Kentucky police search for highway shooter

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] 1994: Remembering when World War II Allies left Berlin

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Venezuela opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves for Spain

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Argentina calls on ICC to order arrest of Venezuela's Maduro

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Poland to charge Belarusians over 2021 Ryanair diversion

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Apti Alaudinov: Propagandist or Moscow's new rising star?

• Environment

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] B.C. will scrap consumer carbon tax if Ottawa drops requirement

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Greek island of Santorini is overrun by cruise ship tourists

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Santorini: Overtourism due to cruise ship visitors

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Nearly 200 environmentalists killed in 2023 globally

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Time to criminalize environmental damage, says survey

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Namibia: Hydrogen ambitions take shape

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Hydrogen vs battery: The race for the truck of the future

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Air Canada could begin suspending flights next weekend as strike deadline nears

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] A potential Air Canada pilot strike could impact your travel. Here's what to do about it

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Air Canada Urges Government to Intervene as Labor Dispute With Pilots Escalates

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Air Canada says government must block strike if pilots' deal can't be reached

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Leading business groups ask Liberals to send Air Canada pilot dispute to binding arbitration

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-05 [Older] Canada has a bill of rights for air passengers. What about train riders?

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] China makes request to WTO in its dispute over Canadian EV and steel tariffs

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Coastal Gaslink fined $590K for erosion, sediment control issues

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Kenya: Aviation workers' union ends strike

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Brake recall affects 159,000 Ram 1500 trucks in Canada

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Canada Mulls Surtax on Chinese Critical Mineral Products, Batteries, Solar Products

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] UAW's rift with Stellantis raises fear that some U.S. auto jobs could vanish

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Uncertainty rattles global crude prices, puts spotlight on Alberta oil revenues

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] The oilsands, the housing crisis next door and a new partnership to bring about change

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Flight from India to Germany grounded over false bomb threat

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Nighttime nightmares grow for stargazing spots in this national park in Alberta

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Smoky skies blanket parts of central and northern B.C. as wildfires grow

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] My son has asthma. I live in a state of constant anxiety every wildfire season

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Why some Canadian insurance companies are bringing in a wildfire tactical team

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Canada's cattle herd is the smallest in decades. Here's what that means for Alberta ranchers

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] World Risk Report: Where are natural disasters most common?

    • CBC ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Fin whale found dead, humpback rescued from fishing gear off B.C.'s North Coast, officials say

  • Overpopulation

    • BIA Net ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Bird haven Gökgöl lake dries up as Turkey’s largest basin struggles with drought

• Finance

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Canada is getting poorer when compared to its wealthy peers, data shows

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] EU report calls for €800 billion investment boost

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Germany: Labor minister calls for higher minimum wage

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] What Volkswagen's woes say about Germany's economic future

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.6%, sparking concerns

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Canada's unemployment rate rose in August amid tough summer job market

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Can Laos become Southeast Asia's next manufacturing hub?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] China Stops Short of Africa Debt Relief as It Pledges More Cash

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Promoting the development of a China-Africa community with a shared future through Egypt

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] China-Africa: FOCAC 2024, opportunities, challenges, and perspectives

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] How Geopolitics influencing China’s African policy

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Titans of Capital Threaten Humanity

  • IBM's former CEO offers Intel tough love amid chip industry upheaval [Ed: Samuel J. Palmisano, talking today about the wrong "I" that's in deep trouble]

    As Intel faces what it calls the most significant crisis in its 56-year history, Samuel J. Palmisano, former CEO of IBM, has some hard truths for the Silicon Valley giant.

  • India Times ☛ Massive tech layoffs at Apple, Dell, IBM are a wake-up call for IT professionals: Why upskilling is the key to survival - Times of India

    Apple has let go of 100 employees in its services division to refocus on AI, while Cisco is cutting 6,000 jobs in a second major round of layoffs to pivot towards AI and cybersecurity. IBM’s closure of its R&D division in China, resulting in over 1,000 job losses, is yet another indication of a broader decline in IT hardware demand. German chipmaker Infineon and Dell Technologies are also following suit with significant layoffs and restructuring efforts aimed at AI integration.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-05 [Older] Interest rates are dropping. What, if anything, will get cheaper?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Dedollarization: How the West is boosting China's yuan

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] Canada Post proposes 25-cent price hike on stamps

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] ECB cuts interest rates by quarter point to 3.5%

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Germany: Young women and girls more at risk of homelessness

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] How 'financialized' landlords may be contributing to rising rents in Canada

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Germany: Football games under match-fixing investigation

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] German princess gave US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito $900 in concert tickets

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-13 [Older] Senegal's president dissolves parliament, calls snap vote

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-13 [Older] US: Donald Trump rules out repeat debate with Kamala Harris

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Would-Be Censors Peddle Yet Another Election Meddle

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] After Brazil's X ban, what social media alternatives exist?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] Why did China stop its foreign adoption program?

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Company apologizes for anonymous online campaign against North Vancouver chlorine plant

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Campaign against North Vancouver chlorine plant was secretly funded by competing company

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] US sanctions Venezuela officials over 'election fraud'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Yunus: Ex-PM Hasina 'destroyed' Bangladesh's institutions

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] India: Will Sheikh Hasina's fate harm ties with Bangladesh?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] UK and Ireland seek to 'reset' relations after Starmer visit

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Greece and Germany: From anger to economic potential

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Brazil: Human rights minister fired after sexual harassment accusations

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] France: Thousands rally against Barnier's appointment as PM

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Malaysia Shelves Web Traffic Re-Routing Plan After Censorship Concerns

  • Ars Technica ☛ Brazil judge seizes cash from Starlink to cover fine imposed on Elon Musk’s X | Ars Technica

    Starlink and X treated as one economic group, forcing both to pay X fines.

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] The Need for Independent Media: Voices For Peace in a World at War

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] China Wants Academic Exchange but Historians Say Increased Censorship Makes Research Hard

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-09-07 [Older] Brazil's X Ban Drives Outraged Bolsonaro Supporters to Rally for 'Free Speech'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Angola: Critics slam new law to 'ban demonstrations'

  • HRW ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] Angola: President Signs Laws Curtailing Speech, Association

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2024-09-11 [Older] Ellen Brown: The Florida State Sunshine Bank: How a State-Owned Bank Can Protect Free Speech

  • The Age AU ☛ 2024-09-12 [Older] Australia news LIVE: Labor waters down hate speech bill, Melbourne anti-war protest to continue

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-09-09 [Older] As Turkey Escalates Attacks in Iraq, Kurdish Journalists Are Becoming Targets

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-09-06 [Older] IndustriALL Global Union intervenes in labor dispute at YKK Turkey

  • CBC ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Texts, social media a 'minefield' for couples divorcing: lawyer

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-10 [Older] German Tibet activist denied entry to Hong Kong from China

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-09-08 [Older] Will German police get to do secret house searches?

Monopolies/Monopsonies