Links 26/07/2025: Rationed Meals in the US and TikTok Repels Investments (Too Toxic)
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Leftovers
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Science
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Science Alert ☛ Surprise Cosmic Clouds Likened to Finding Ice Cubes in a Volcano
Something doesn't seem right.
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Hardware
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Defence Web ☛ Aselsan signs landmark agreement with Pamodzi to produce radios in South Africa
At the IDEF 2025 defence exhibition currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey’s Aselsan has signed its first local production contract in South Africa, with Pamodzi Group, to produce two-way handheld radios primarily for the defence and security sectors.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are more expensive, but worth it — costs 'more than 5% but less than 20%' higher than Taiwan-sourced alternative
AMD expects to receive TSMC-made chips by late 2025.
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Hackaday ☛ Not Repairing An Old Tape Recorder
When you think of a tape recorder, you might think of a cassette tape. However, [Michael Simpson] has an old Star-Lite small reel-to-reel tape machine. It isn’t a repair so much as a rework to make it work better. These cheap machines were never the best, although a $19 tape player back then was a luxury.
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Hackaday ☛ KeyMo Brings A Pencil To The Cyberdeck Fight
Computers and cellphones can do so many things, but sometimes if you want to doodle or take a note, pencil and paper is the superior technology. You could carry a device and a pocket notebook, or you could combine the best of analog and digital with the KeyMo.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Chinese companies allegedly smuggled in $1bn worth of Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chips in the last three months, despite increasing export controls — some companies are already flaunting future B300 availability
Data suggest that more than a billion dollars' worth of banned Nvidia chips have been sold in the second quarter of 2025 alone.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel will cancel 14A and following nodes if it can't win a major external customer — move would cede leading-edge nodes to TSMC and Samsung
Intel admits that it may halt or cancel development of its 14A (1.4nm-class) process node — its first to use High-NA EUV — if it fails to secure a major external customer or meet key milestones, which would likely mean its exit from the leading-edge semiconductor race.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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TruthOut ☛ 2025-07-16 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini’s Funding Cuts Force Food Banks to Ration Meals for Texas Flood Survivors
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NL Times ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Nestlé recalls medical apple drink over choking risk for dysphagia patients
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] How to quit your smartphone addiction, guided by science
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Proprietary
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Social Control Media
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham Fined $500 for a TikTok Post Criticizing Referees
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] TikTok Will Go Dark in US Without Chinese Approval of Sale Deal, US Commerce Secretary Says
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Vox ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Should we feel weird about the Coldplay cheating drama?
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] 'It's a Massive Red Flag': Possible Reasons Why Blackstone Allegedly Walked Away From TikTok Deal
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Exclusive-Blackstone Drops Out of Consortium Bid for TikTok US, Source Says
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Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Microsoft Server Hack Has Now Hit 400 Victims, Researchers Say
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The Washington Post ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] U.S. nuclear and health agencies hit in Microsoft SharePoint breach
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The Washington Post ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Microsoft SharePoint Exploit, Attacking Governments and Businesses Around the World [Ed: The fault is Microsoft's]
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Hacker News ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks
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MSN ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say
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2025-07-24 [Older] Paying cyberattackers is wrong, right? Should Taos County’s incident be an exception?
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Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)
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Hackaday ☛ Painting In Metal With Selective Electroplating
Most research on electroplating tries to find ways to make it plate parts more uniformly. [Ajc150] took the opposite direction, though, with his selective electroplating project, which uses an electrode mounted on a CNC motion system to electrochemically print images onto a metal sheet (GitHub repository).
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Security
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Security Week ☛ Clorox Sues Cognizant for $380 Million Over 2023 Hack
Clorox is blaming Congnizat for the 2023 cyberattack, claiming that the IT provided handed over passwords to the hackers.
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Security Week ☛ New York Seeking Public Opinion on Water Systems Cyber Regulations
The proposed cyber regulations include the implementation of incident reporting, response plans, and cybersecurity controls, training, and certification of compliance.
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Beta News ☛ Hackers are using AI and panda images to infect Linux machines -- here's how [Ed: Slop is not "AI" and this is not a Windows or Linux issue]
These Jpegs contain hidden shell scripts and compiled C code appended at the end, a method known as polyglot file abuse.
Unlike steganography, which hides malicious content inside image data, this technique simply tacks on executable code to the end of the file.
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Confidentiality
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US Dept Of Health and Human Services ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Investigation with Syracuse ASC for $250k plus corrective action plan
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Defence/Aggression
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China says ‘deeply concerned’ over deadly Cambodia-Thailand border clashes
China said Thursday it was “deeply concerned” over deadly clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, which mark a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours. “We are deeply concerned over the current developments (and) hope both sides can properly resolve issues through dialogue and consultations,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
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Digital Music News ☛ Cardi B Faces a Lawsuit for Chucking a Mic at a Crowd Member In 2023
Cardi B is being sued for assault and battery by a woman she allegedly hit when she threw a microphone into the crowd in 2023. An anonymous Jane Doe is suing Cardi B for the incident in Las Vegas in 2023 when she threw a microphone into the crowd, allegedly hitting the woman.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China warns public workers against ‘showing off’ state secrets online
China’s spy agency warned public workers on Thursday to curb their “desire to show off” state secrets on social control media. Beijing has ramped up espionage warnings in recent years as ties with the United States and other Western nations have cooled.
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France24 ☛ Notorious French drug baron 'The Fly' transferred to new supermax prison
French drug kingpin Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly", has been transferred to a new supermax prison designed to prevent jailed traffickers from operating criminal networks behind bars. The move follows his high-profile escape and recapture, and marks part of France's wider crackdown on drug crime through tighter prison security and isolation measures.
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Defence Web ☛ Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea
A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security.
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Defence Web ☛ Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism
Western Mali, bordering Mauritania and Senegal, is increasingly a target for terrorist attacks. Given the strategic importance of this area for the three countries’ economies and security, strengthened cooperation is essential to curb the growing threat.
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Atlantic Council ☛ Dispatch from Manila: A lesson in calling out Chinese maritime aggression
As the Philippines has focused more on Chinese threats to itself, Manila also seems increasingly inclined to see its own security as connected to that of the broader region.
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JURIST ☛ Houthi attacks on Red Sea cargo condemned as war crimes
On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized attacks launched by Houthi rebels on two commercial cargo ships between July 6 and July 9. HRW has characterized the attacks as violations of the laws of war amounting to war crimes and called for their immediate cessation.
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Meduza ☛ Russian drones strike Ukraine’s Odesa, damaging historic market and UNESCO-protected sites — Meduza
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Meduza ☛ Bill to restore independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies includes polygraphs for staff with family in Russia, Zelensky says — Meduza
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RFERL ☛ Russia And Ukraine Trade Drone Strikes Amid Ongoing Frontline Clashes In Donetsk Region
Russia and Ukraine launched drone strikes against each other early on July 24, officials from both sides said, as fierce fighting continued to rage along the front line.
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RFERL ☛ Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agencies Say Zelenskyy's New Draft Bill 'Restores' Their Independence
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a new draft bill to parliament to restore the independence of two anti-corruption agencies, after a controversial law curbing their autonomy sparked nationwide protests.
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France24 ☛ Zelensky approves new bill restoring 'independence' of anti-corruption bodies after protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved a draft bill to restore the independence of anti-corruption agencies, following nationwide protests and EU concerns over recent reforms that threatened their autonomy. The move comes after public outcry over a law placing key watchdogs under presidential influence, sparking the country's largest demonstrations since the war with Russia began.
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JURIST ☛ Rights group finds Ukrainian officials targeting an anti-corruption activist
Human Rights Watch (HRW) exposed direct targeting of Vitaliy Shabunin–a co-founder of Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC)–by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Thursday. Shabunin, “a prominent anti-corruption activist who has played a key role in exposing allegations of government corruption,” recently criticized Ministry of Defense and the president over weapon procurement and supply.
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Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine is now an indispensable security partner for the US and Europe
Ukraine's million-strong army and unique experience of the 21st century battlefield makes it an indispensable security partner for the United States and Europe, writes Oleksiy Goncharenko.
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Atlantic Council ☛ Wartime protests prove Ukraine’s democratic instincts are still strong
This week’s nationwide protests are a reminder that Ukraine’s grassroots democratic instincts remain exceptionally strong despite the current wartime conditions in the country, writes Peter Dickinson.
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Latvia ☛ Latvian company wins 24 million euro drone procurement for Ukraine
The Latvian Ministry of Defence announced July 24th that a company from Latvia has been recognized as the sole winner in a 24 million euro procurement competition for drones by the international Drone Coalition for Ukraine – but did not reveal the name of the company.
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Dutch News ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Russia suspected of hacking Dutch prosecution service systems
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] No survivors as passenger plane crashes in eastern Russia
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Marcy Wheeler ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Tulsi Gabbard Teams Up with Russian Spies to Wiretap and Unmask Hillary Clinton
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Netherlands With 40 Other OSCE Countries Ask Probe Into Russia's POW Treatment
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Russian Attacks Kill Two in East Ukraine, 33 Hurt in Kharkiv
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Russia Says Merz's 'Militarisation' of Germany Is a Cause for Concern
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Russia's Putin Joins Mourners to Pay Respects to Ex-Classmate and Top Judge
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2025-07-23 [Older] Cyberattacks Paralyze Major Russian Restaurant Chains
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Europol ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Key figure behind major Russian-speaking cybercrime forum targeted in Ukraine
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CNN ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Russia Begins Major Naval Drills in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic Sea
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Russia Accuses Italy of Discrimination After It Cancels Pro-Putin Conductor Gergiev Concert
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Russia and Ukraine to Hold First Peace Talks in Seven Weeks as Clock Ticks on Cheeto Mussolini Ultimatum
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Suspect Linked to Russian Language Cybercrime Forum Arrested in Ukraine
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Politico ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers
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CBC ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Russia touts strike drones made in factory on TV, where teens appear to be working on them
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Russia to fine people for searching for 'extremist' content
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Texas Man Who Moved to Russia to Escape 'Woke' US Now Forced To Fight in War Against Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Rehashes Years-Old Grievances on Russia Investigation After New Intelligence Report
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Obama Reiterates Conclusion of Attempted Russian Interference in 2016 Election
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Two Russian Soldiers Needing Medical Care Returned by Ukraine, Moscow Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Sumy Border Region Injure 14, Officials Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] UK Targets 135 Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tankers With Fresh Sanctions
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Will the 7.4 Russia Earthquake Trigger a Tsunami in Hawaii? Key Facts To Know If Threat Remains Real
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Earthquake of 7.4 Magnitude Strikes off Russia's Kamchatka Region, Tsunami Warning Lifted
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Russia Is Open to Peace With Ukraine but Insists on Achieving Its Goals, Kremlin Spokesman Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Russia Says It Downed 142 Ukrainian Drones, Including 27 Over Moscow Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] A Tsunami Threat Is Over After Several Large Quakes off Russia's Pacific Coast
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Ukraine sent talks proposal to Russia, Zelenskyy says
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The Age AU ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] ‘Chaos and disorder’: Russian spies named, sanctioned by UK government
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Australia Delivers Abrams Tanks to Ukraine for War With Russia
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Azerbaijan Leader Says He Wants Russia to Admit It Accidentally Shot Down Passenger Plane Killing 38
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Kyiv Accuses Russia of Leaving Ukrainians Stranded at Georgian Border
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Russia Pounds Ukraine With Over 300 Drones, Killing 1 in Odesa
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Sleepless in Kyiv: How Ukraine's Capital Copes With Russia's Nighttime Attacks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Offers Russia More Talks Next Week
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says Russia Launched Over 30 Missiles, 300 Drones in Overnight Attack
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Europol ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Global operation targets NoName057(16) pro-Russian cybercrime network in Operation Eastwood
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] EU agrees on 18th sanctions package on Russia
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] New EU sanctions on Russia 'unprecedented'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Russian Air Defences Destroy Ukrainian Drone Headed for Moscow, Mayor Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] One Dead, Six Injured in Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine's Odesa
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Russia Convicts Dozens for Anti-Israel Riots at Dagestan Airport Two Years Ago
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Russian Air Defences Intercept Ukrainian Drones Headed for Moscow, Mayor Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Russia's Medvedev Says Moscow Will Withstand New EU Sanctions, Escalate Strikes on Ukraine
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NL Times ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Threat or Russian sabotage rising; Direct attack on NL unlikely: Intelligence services
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Slovakia to stop blocking new EU sanctions on Russia
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Russian Woman Found Living in Indian Cave With Children Sparks Questions and Deportation Order
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Russian Crew Member of Ship Sunk by Houthi Militants Undergoing Treatment in Yemen
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Slovakia to Allow Approval of New EU Sanctions on Russia on Friday, PM Fico Says
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy backs new anti-graft bill after backlash
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HRW ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Anti-Corruption Activist Under Pressure in Ukraine
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HRW ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Ukraine: New Law Undercuts Independence of Anti-Corruption Bodies
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HRW ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Ukraine ‘Suspends’ Vital Mine Ban Treaty
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] EU Welcomes Ukraine's Pledge to Protect Anti-Corruption Agencies
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-24 [Older] Zelenskiy Introduces Bill to 'Uphold Independence' of Ukraine's Anti-Graft Bodies
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InfoSecurity Magazine ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Suspected XSS Forum Admin Arrested in Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Germany says Ukraine anti-corruption curbs 'hamper' EU path
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Ukraine: New law curtails anti-corruption bodies' powers
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Ukraine updates: Third round of talks ends in Istanbul
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Maria Kovalchuk: Ukrainian Model in Coma After Shocking Dubai Party — Suspects Released Without Charge
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Explainer-Zelenskiy's Move Against Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agencies
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Promises Joint Plan to Fight Corruption
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Tries to Limit Backlash Over Law Curbing Anti-Graft Agencies
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-23 [Older] Zelenskyy Faces Backlash as Ukrainians Protest New Anti-Corruption Law
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Ukraine: EU concerned about Kyiv's anti-corruption bodies
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-22 [Older] Ukraine's Military Loses First French Mirage Fighter Jet in Crash
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Ukraine updates: Germany to help provide 5 Patriot systems
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International Business Times ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Ukraine Drone Attacks Cause Mayhem In Moscow Airports: How Will This Affect International Travel?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-21 [Older] Ukraine Conducts Widespread Searches, Arrests of Anti-Corruption Officials
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-20 [Older] Kremlin Says Putin Is Ready to Discuss Peace in Ukraine but Wants to Achieve Goals
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-19 [Older] Why are mentally ill soldiers being drafted in Ukraine?
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Counter Punch ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini’s About Face on Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Germany's Merz Casts Doubt on Ukraine EU Entry by 2034
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Ukraine's Top Commander Says Troops Standing Firm Outside Key City
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] US and Ukraine in Talks on Drone Investment Deal
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] US Reorders Arms Deliveries to Free up More Patriots for Ukraine, WSJ Reports
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Why did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reshuffle the government?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-07-17 [Older] Ukraine Offers Its Front Line as Test Bed for Foreign Weapons
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Finance
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LRT ☛ Domestic help services see sharpest price hike in Lithuania – but label draws criticism
Domestic help services have seen the largest year-over-year price increase in Lithuania, according to national statistics – a trend economists attribute to rising wages and persistent labour shortages in physically demanding service jobs. But the label used to group these services – “servants” – is raising eyebrows among business leaders.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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JURIST ☛ Federal judge rules Convicted Felon’s firing of credit union board members unlawful
A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Hell Toupée’s firing of two members of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is unlawful, and ordered their reinstatement. The NCUA is an independent agency that regulates credit unions and administers the national insurance fund for credit unions.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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JURIST ☛ UN experts call for Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws, protect religious minorities
UN human rights experts on Thursday pressured the Pakistani government to implement more proactive measures to prevent “extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, and assaults on cemeteries and places of worship” of religious minorities, particularly Ahmadiyya Muslims. “We are shocked at reports of increasing violence against vulnerable communities on grounds of their religion or belief,” experts stated.
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MacRumors ☛ 2025-07-18 [Older] Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks
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Civil Rights/Policing
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JURIST ☛ Canada top court affirms sex work-related offenses respect security rights
The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed Thursday the constitutionality of sex work-related offenses. The court held that the impugned offenses do not infringe the right to security of sex workers under Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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Hackaday ☛ When The UK’s Telephone Network Went Digital With System X
The switch from analog telephone exchanges to a purely digital network meant a revolution in just about any way imaginable. Gone were the bulky physical switches and associated system limitations. In the UK this change happened in the early 1980s, with what the Post Office Telecommunications (later British Telecom) and associated companies called System X. Along with the system’s rollout, promotional videos like this 1983 one were meant to educate the public and likely any investors on what a smashing idea the whole system was.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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