Absolutely normal behaviour that a foreign government with a head of state being accused of war crimes is... inviting local city councillors and paying for their trip
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Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-ce…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is the most unpopular democratically elected head of government along with French President Emmanuel Macron in second place:
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/13/german-chancellor-merz-…
Summary:
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized.
By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater,
researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact.
The collision likely stripped away volatile elements,
reshaped volcanic activity,
and left a lasting chemical signature deep belo…
EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-epa-ease-chemical-plastic-recycling.html
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock that would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, following backlash (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled
Live: UN Security Council to meet for 'a briefing on the situation in Iran' - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260115-live-un-security-council-to-meet-for-a-briefing-on-the-situation-in-iran
The Department of Government Efficiency ( #DOGE )
tagged Jewish themes as “#DEI” (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) in ChatGPT
when searching for federal humanities grants to cancel last year,
according to a class-action lawsuit.
The methodology contributed to the cancellation of National Endowment for t…
Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac