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“Trump supports Ukraine — new agreements on weapons and air defense” — Zelenskyy on new deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/19/trump-supports-ukraine-new-agreements.html

Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at the results of Australia’s age assurance trials, plus signs of regret over US chip bans to China.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/australia-okays-age-assuran…

Australia okays age assurance tech - Asian Tech Roundup
Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at the results of Australia’s age assurance trials, plus signs of ...

Snap acquires Saturn, a calendar app for high school and college students, and says 80% of US high schoolers attend schools that support Saturn (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/snap

Snap is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools
Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools.

🌎 🌍 New agreement between GÉANT and EXA Infrastructure to deliver terabit expansion of R&E connectivity between #Europe and #NorthAmerica.
This strategic investment, procured under the GN5-IC1 project and planned in coordination with our community, with ESnet and with the ANA collaboration, …

GÉANT and EXA Infrastructure announce IRU agreement for terabit expansion of transatlantic R&E connectivity between Europe and North America | GÉANT CONNECT Online
GÉANT and digital infrastructure provider EXA Infrastructure are excited to announce the signature of an historical long-term agreement to deliver a major expansion of the transatlantic connectivity dedicated to Research and Education (R&E) collaboration between Europe and North America. Procured under GN5-IC1, the ambitious project planning and implementing GÉANT’s intercontinental connectivity investments, the new Indefeasible

World Health Assembly adopts Pandemic Agreement, ups funding for WHO:
The United States didn’t participate in final negotiations, which might have provided a silver lining, . "With the current administration seemingly intent on dismantling global public health efforts, this may be the best-case scenario if the rest of the world can come together," . "In that way, this new agreement is a spot of light in an otherwise dark geopolitical environment for fighting pandemics."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pandemic-influenza/world-health-assembly-adopts-pandemic-agreement-ups-funding-who

Souveränität: EU-Kommission liebäugelt mit Ersatz von Microsofts Cloud Azure
Die EU-Kommission verhandelt unter anderem mit OVHcloud aus Frankreich über die Ablösung ihrer Cloud-Dienste von Microsoft. Sie will als Trendsetter agieren.

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Moscow withdraws from military cooperation agreement with Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/19/moscow-withdraws-from-military-cooperation.html

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Gannett says the Detroit Free Press' joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, signed in 1989, will be dissolved at the start of 2026 (Neal Rubin/Detroit Free Press)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/mic

Detroit Free Press, Detroit News to end joint operating agreement at end of 2025
The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News’ joint operating agreement combined the two newspapers’ business operations since 1989.