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Media: International electronics companies that suspended operations in Russia resume advertising: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/11/media-international-electronics.html

Why do delivery companies hate me so?
In total this package has been in Norway (probably Oslo) for over 2 weeks without any real action.

Ola shuts down in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, six years after expanding to international markets, to focus on its India expansion ahead of an IPO (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/indi

India's Ola retreats from international markets, exiting UK, Australia and NZ | TechCrunch
Ola is shutting down its operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, six years after expanding to international markets as the Indian ride-hailing Indian ride-hailing giant Ola is shutting down its operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, six years after expanding to international markets.

Ett protein som fungerar som sötningsmedel. Intressant för framtiden.
Godkänt direkt i USA eftersom det anses vara "naturligt" och därmed safe 🤷‍♂️
FDA’s ‘no questions’ letter for Oobli’s sweet protein opens doors for international expansion

FDA’s ‘no questions’ letter for Oobli’s sweet protein opens doors for international expansion
FDA’s recent acknowledgement that low-sugar tea and chocolate maker Oobli’s novel sweet protein sourced from the Oubli fruit and produced via precision fermentation is Generally Recognized As Safe will grease the rails for the California-based company to expand internationally, CEO Ali Wing told FoodNavigator-USA.

Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt planned Rafah offensive
Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a ferocious hostage rescue operation that killed dozens of Palestinians.
“A major military operation in Rafah should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety and support of more than 1 million people sheltering there.
“Ma…

The brief history (and potential future) of the NFL’s international approach https://theathletic.com/5408264/2024/04/11/international-nfl-plans-scoop-city/

The brief history (and potential future) of the NFL’s international approach
A quick look at the history of the inter-National Football League

Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in ‘level of corruption that we’ve just never seen’ with foreign relations | The Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/international/45894…

Status of #privacy laws in the US. They are popping up all over the place.
https://iapp.org/resources/article/us-state-privacy-laws-report/

International Association of Privacy Professionals
The International Association of Privacy Professionals: Policy neutral, we are the world’s largest information privacy organization.

Judge on Russian wanted list elected International Criminal Court president: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/11/judge-on-russian.html

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Beats International:
🎵 Dub Be Good To Me (Just Be Good To Me)
#NowPlaying #BeatsInternational
https://open.spotify.com/track/1GMGnMOnYFumU8kNe7YaYQ
https://carolcunt.bandcamp.com/track/beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me-edit

International Sweethearts of Rhythm
https://www.didiermary.fr/international-sweethearts-of-rhythm/
L’International Sweethearts of Rhythm est un big band féminin formé aux États-Unis en 1937 et le premier orchestre féminin Š mettre en pratique la dés…

International Sweethearts of Rhythm - Didier J. MARY (blog)
L'International Sweethearts of Rhythm, big band féminin formé en 1937 est le premier orchestre féminin à mettre en pratique la déségrégation.

Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt planned Rafah offensive
Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a ferocious hostage rescue operation that killed dozens of Palestinians.
“A major military operation in Rafah should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety and support of more than 1 million people sheltering there.
“Ma…

The brief history (and potential future) of the NFL’s international approach https://theathletic.com/5408264/2024/04/11/international-nfl-plans-scoop-city/

The brief history (and potential future) of the NFL’s international approach
A quick look at the history of the inter-National Football League

Dear Disney - F.U.
This says a lot about you as a company, when you think cutting the awarding of an important prize to a film talking about tragedy is somehow necessary.
https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/112081467005772272

The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.
#Gaza #Hospitals #MilitaryTarger

How Israel turned hospitals into ‘military targets’ by lying about international law
The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.

Berührender Lesestoff am Morgen:
Meine Kollegin Joana Rettig war in den ukrainischen Karpaten unterwegs. Eigentlich eines der letzten Naturparadiese Europas, aber leider auch eine totale Müllhalde:
https://www.riffreporter.de/de/internation

euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.ske…

And they said "may", *MAY*.
"US says Israel may have breached international law with American weapons in Gaza".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68984999

US says Israel may have breached international law using American weapons - BBC News
Report says it is "reasonable to assess" there have been breaches in Gaza, but admits it does not have "complete information".

#TIL about the so-called #AffordableArtFair, which will take place in #Berlin this weekend:

enjoying watching the most annoying people in SF officialdom freak out about San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport #sfPol

Daily Inspiration: "Today? It's business as unusual!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Today's photo is from an event I did a few years ago for a group called Havi International - which represents a massive number of companies that are suppliers of products to McDonald's. The theme of their event was, if it is not obvious, "Partnering for Growth" - the key idea being that an organization can best move forward when a group of companies can move together as one with…

A joint report by CPJ and Amnesty International finds that Mexico's journalist protection program fails to adequately evaluate risks faced by journalists (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2024/03/cpj-amnesty-in

CPJ, Amnesty International report finds systemic flaws in Mexico’s journalist protections - Committee to Protect Journalists
A new joint report by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Amnesty International found that Mexico’s Federal Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists failed to adequately evaluate risks journalists are facing, implements at times ineffective protective measures and lacks specialized knowledge of challenges to press freedom in Mexico. For the report,...

"In? But I just let you out!" – #TomGauld's latest cartoon for New Scientist, with #ISScontent and #catcontent! :)
»

Georgia is on the verge of turning back to Russia   | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4657043-georgia-is-on-the-verge-of-turning-back-to-russia/

Georgia is on the verge of turning back to Russia  
Authoritarianism may be in Georgia’s political future, and that is a scary thought.  

20 most notable and interesting global prospects in Spring Breakout
#MLB #Baseball

[La Libre] - #Trump "ne donnera pas un centime" Š l'#Ukraine.
Le Premier ministre hongrois #ViktorOrban, de retour des

Trump "ne donnera pas un centime" à l'Ukraine
Le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban, de retour des Etats-Unis, a affirmé que Donald Trump lui avait assuré qu'il "ne donnerait pas un centime" à l'Ukraine - une déclaration que l'équipe de l'ex-président américain n'a pas commentée lundi.

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Beats International:
🎵 Dub Be Good To Me (Just Be Good To Me)
#NowPlaying #BeatsInternational
https://open.spotify.com/track/2egaUALV7H8XFfPI8EZDsr
https://carolcunt.bandcamp.com/track/beats-international-dub-be-good-to-me-edit

In #LosAngeles hat eine Studie gezeigt, dass das Pflanzen von Bäumen und die Erhöhung der #Albedo von Oberflächen die hitzebedingten #Notaufnahmebesuche signifikant reduzieren können. In ve…

Increasing tree cover and high-albedo surfaces reduces heat-related ER visits in Los Angeles, CA - International Journal of Biometeorology
There is an urgent need for strategies to reduce the negative impacts of a warming climate on human health. Cooling urban neighborhoods by planting trees and vegetation and increasing albedo of roofs, pavements, and walls can mitigate urban heat. We used synoptic climatology to examine how different tree cover and albedo scenarios would affect heat-related morbidity in Los Angeles, CA, USA, as measured by emergency room (ER) visits. We classified daily meteorological data for historical summer …

L’ambassadeur de Géorgie en France démissionne en raison d’une loi controversée - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/international/lambassadeur-de-georgie-en-france-de…

L’ambassadeur de Géorgie en France démissionne en raison d’une loi controversée
En raison des « tensions » liées à un projet de loi sur l’ « influence étrangère », dénoncé par l’opposition et en Occident, Gotcha Javakhishvili juge que « les tensions et le climat actuels rendent ma mission (sa) mission extrêmement difficile ». Aussi quitte-t-il ses fonctions d’ambassadeur.

«enfant prodige»
https://www.liberation.fr/international/europe/irlande-star-des-reseaux-sociaux-le-jeune-simon-harris-va-succeder-a-leo-var…

Irlande : star des réseaux sociaux, le jeune Simon Harris élu Premier ministre
Unique candidat à la succession de Leo Varadkar, qui a démissionné le mois dernier à la surprise générale, Simon Harris a été confirmé ce mardi par le Parlement. Il devient, à 37 ans, le plus jeune chef de gouvernement du pays.

Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in 'level of corruption that we've just never seen' with foreign relations (Filip Timotija/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4589465-former-obama-advisor-kushner-engaged-in-level-of-corruption-that-weve-just-never-seen-with-foreign-relations/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240412/p1#a240412p1

Ireland and Spain reiterate plan to form alliance to recognise state of Palestine | Palestinian territories | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/12/ireland-and-spain-reiterate-plan-…

Having a lovely tech fail day. Trying to call a local mobile from a US mobile in Netherlands. Google Maps, which knows *everything* relevant, gives me a number that the phone knows who I am calling, but cannot complete, local offers advice, nope, customer service, nope Google the problem, nope. Yes I have international data etc.
And the cannot complete automation KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG BUT DOES NOT TELL ME. IT COULD SOLVE MY PROBLEM BUT IT DOES NOT.

The first time I've heard of actual lives being saved in the context of a hackathon https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/09/whereabouts-8-abducted-ukrainian-kids-traced-hackathon-organized-dutch-police

Whereabouts of 8 abducted Ukrainian kids traced in hackathon organized by Dutch police
International police forces have managed to track down eight Ukrainian children who were abducted and deported by Russian troops during a hackathon organized by the Dutch police and Europol. They’ve shared the information with the Ukrainian authorities.

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak: Developments in Ukraine’s parliament on economic reforms, international obligations — Issue 46: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/12/mp-yaroslav-zhelezniak.html

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Now that @…’s International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good (#11tyConf) is over, I updated the CTA button on #eleventeen to point to @…

eleventeen v9.2.14-alpha.10
Rainbow Eleventy blog

The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste - Scimex
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-same-beer-waste-that-gives-us-vegemite-could-help-us-recycle-metal-waste

The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste
The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste Spent brewer's yeast - the basis of our much-loved breakfast spread Vegemite - can be used multiple times to pull metals out of water, say international researchers. They say this pre-Vegemite was able to pull metal

In contrast to Starmer and Hunt, aiming to increase military spending #GettingReal
"UK defence expenditure should firstly be reduced from 2.2% of GDP to the European Union average of 1.6% (World Bank & Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, n.d.). The actual expenditure would decline further given the managed contracting scale of the economy as a whole. Moreover, the fo…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Richard Goode plays Beethoven
A piano recital from the 2023 Pau Casals International Music Festival in Tarragona.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w1vz

📉 No respite for Georgia's civil society
#georgia

No respite for Georgia's civil society
Last year, when the ruling party announced its decision to adopt the bill it was met with large public outcry as well as international criticism.

Hallo #Dresden: Mag mich um 14 Uhr jemand auf der Pflege-Demo zum "International Nurses Day" vertreten?
Der #Pflegenotstand ist so eklatant, dass ich arbeiten muss, statt teilnehmen zu können.

I'm sorry - Have I misinterpreted this? Is the US really saying it's OK to commit war crimes just as long as the weapons you use are not supplied from the US?
"The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of arms."

I'm sorry - Have I misinterpreted this? Is the US really saying it's OK to commit war crimes just as long as the weapons you use are not supplied from the US?
"The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of arms."

Biden makes defence pledges to Japan, Philippines
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0412/1443105-us-ironclad-biden/
<< normally, the US simply damn China (or Russia) for violating rules-based international order. As that is so clear, they would have a great case and a lot of support. However, Biden's support for Israel makes that claim ridiculous and essential impossible to the US to air.
The avenues to avoid serious conflict are being blocked day by day.

International trains )*&^#$%^&*(!!
(or should we say: room for improvement)
Daughter travels to Bilbao for surfing holiday. Friend takes plane, daughter takes train.
@Eurostar to Paris: Surfboard, no problem.
@TGVINOUI Paris-Biarritz: Surfboard?! Illegal! That'll be €150 fine.
Also TGVINOUI: Bicycle? Yeah, we have a separate section for that. Ticket is €10.
Airline: Surfboard? Sure, that'll be €50.

Coulda told you that months ago, dude.
Antony Blinken says more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4658927-antony-blinken-more-civilians-gaza-killed-than-terr…

Blinken says more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on “Face the Nation” whether the U.S. shares the same assessment of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who she said recently said Israel has killed 14,000 terrorists and 16,000 civilians in its…

Admirable.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/education/university-of-zurich-quits-international-university-ranking/73693006

University of Zurich withdraws from international university ranking  
The University of Zurich is withdrawing from the university ranking published by the Times Higher Education magazine stating it creates "false incentives."

“The state department has a process in place. And to date … they have not found any incidents where the Israelis have violated international humanitarian law.”
– John Kirby, Whitehouse Spokesman
Who are you going to believe, your eyes and ears or us?
These bastards all belong in the dock at The Hague.

US says Israel has not violated international law during Gaza war
After Israel killed aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found evidence of Israel violating humanitarian law.

"Tim observed early in the war that as long as there was a twelve year old boy in Ukraine with a plastic butter knife, there would be resistance to Russian occupation.
But why would we want it to come to that? "
Report from near the frontline, as always informative and moving reportage from #Ukraine in

CoinShares: as bitcoin topped $72K, a record $2.7B flowed into crypto assets last week; in 2024 so far, $10.3B flowed to crypto assets, close to 2021's $10.6B (Elijah Nicholson-Messmer/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

Crypto Product Inflows Soar to Record High, CoinShares Says
A wave of investor interest is driving billions of dollars into cryptocurrency assets this year, pushing inflows to record-breaking levels, according to CoinShares International Ltd.

A Science4Peace initiative: Alleviating the consequences of sanctions in international scientific cooperation
A. Ali, M. Barone, S. Brentjes, D. Britzger, M. Dittmar, T. Ekel\"of, J. Ellis, S. Fonseca de Souza, A. Glazov, A. V. Gritsan, R. Hoffmann, H. Jung, M. Klein, V. Klyukhin, V. Korbel, P. Kokkas, P. Kostka, U. Langenegger, J. List, N. Raicevic, A. Rostovtsev, A. Sabio Vera, M. Spiro, G. Tonelli, P. van Mechelen, J. Vigen

A Science4Peace initiative: Alleviating the consequences of sanctions in international scientific cooperation
The armed invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has adversely affected the relations between Russia and Western countries. Among other aspects, it has put scientific cooperation and collaboration into question and changed the scientific landscape significantly. Cooperation between some Western institutions and their Russian and Belarusian partners were put on hold after February 24, 2022. The CERN Council decided at its meeting in December 2023 to terminate cooperation agreements with R…

Biden administration rolls out international cybersecurity plan
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/06/biden-international-cybersecurity-plan-00156190#:~:text=The strategy calls for pushing,framework is already in progress.

Damn. My OnePlus 6T (runningLineageOS 20) has started occasionally spontaneously rebooting and then taking *ages* to finish the boot process. I daren't wonder too hard about what it's actually doing... but this isn't ideal as I prep for some international travel. Sigh. Might have to prioritise my repair (cracked screen and bung battery) of my son's now superseded OP 3T for which I have already procured replacement parts (aliexpress, of course)... Will report on progress.

Daily Inspiration: "Today? It's business as unusual!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Today's photo is from an event I did a few years ago for a group called Havi International - which represents a massive number of companies that are suppliers of products to McDonald's. The theme of their event was, if it is not obvious, "Partnering for Growth" - the key idea being that an organization can best move forward when a group of companies can move together as one with…

Why International Criminal Court has Israeli officials worried | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-international-criminal-court-hague-palestinians-1f683a6e2e150d91c415eb1d0a19a44d

[La Libre] - Les alliés de #Trump opposent un nouveau veto Š l'aide Š l'#Ukraine.
Les alliés de Trump Š la Chambre des représentants des #ÉtatsUnis ont infligé un nouveau revers aux p…

Les alliés de Trump opposent un nouveau veto à l'aide à l'Ukraine
Les alliés de Trump à la Chambre des représentants des Etats-Unis ont infligé un nouveau revers aux partisans de l'aide à l'Ukraine, en affichant à l'avance leur refus d'examiner une loi que le Sénat américain pourrait adopter mardi en vue d'une nouvelle enveloppe pour Kiev.

Ireland and Spain reiterate plan to form alliance to recognise state of Palestine | Palestinian territories | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/12/ireland-and-spain-reiterate-plan-…

In his statement on International Women’s Day, Stoltenberg mentions brave Ukrainian women: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/09/in-his-statement.html

CoinShares: as bitcoin topped $72K, a record $2.7B flowed into crypto assets last week; in 2024 so far, $10.3B flowed to crypto assets, close to 2021's $10.6B (Elijah Nicholson-Messmer/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

Crypto Product Inflows Soar to Record High, CoinShares Says
A wave of investor interest is driving billions of dollars into cryptocurrency assets this year, pushing inflows to record-breaking levels, according to CoinShares International Ltd.

Are you a technically minded individual with experience in managing projects and stakeholders?
We are looking for a #PartnerRelationsManager to join GÉANT!
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In contrast to Starmer and Hunt, aiming to increase military spending #GettingReal
"UK defence expenditure should firstly be reduced from 2.2% of GDP to the European Union average of 1.6% (World Bank & Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, n.d.). The actual expenditure would decline further given the managed contracting scale of the economy as a whole. Moreover, the fo…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Richard Goode plays Beethoven
A piano recital from the 2023 Pau Casals International Music Festival in Tarragona.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w1vz

I'm sorry - Have I misinterpreted this? Is the US really saying it's OK to commit war crimes just as long as the weapons you use are not supplied from the US?
"The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of arms."

I'm sorry - Have I misinterpreted this? Is the US really saying it's OK to commit war crimes just as long as the weapons you use are not supplied from the US?
"The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of arms."

On Sept. 22, 2022, Venezuelan authorities spotted a hard-to-miss figure at Simón Bolívar International Airport, about to board a flight to Russia.
Leonard Glenn Francis,
known widely as “Fat Leonard,”
was 6-foot-3 and 350 pounds
—and was among Washington’s most wanted after escaping custody in California two weeks earlier.
The 57-year-old Malaysian felon was enormous, rich, and charming.
He was also at the center of one of the worst corruption and espion…

“Fat Leonard,” the Navy bribery scandal involving more than 60 admirals, explained
It involves fancy dinners, prostitutes, and lots of alcohol.

🪧 Boston University graduate students strike over pay, healthcare, housing and other benefits
#strike

Boston University graduate students strike over pay, healthcare, housing and other benefits
Members of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) went on strike March 25, demanding a new contract guaranteeing pay increases, more health and dental care coverage, plus other benefits such as childcare, affordable housing, workload limits and aid for international graduate students.

Daily Inspiration: "Your ability to spot the opportunity will define your ability to counter the threat!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Of all the dumb things said about AI in the last few years, this has perhaps ranked as the dumbest:
International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years. "Hiring in back-office functions —…

Dur coup pour Israël : l’Égypte se joint la plainte pour génocide déposée par l'Afrique du Sud contre Israël devant la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ).
#WarCrime #IsraelArmy #Palestine

ICJ: Egypt backs South Africa's genocide case against Israel
EGYPT has officially backed South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.ske…

"Norway and the UK were furthest from the Paris climate agreement because the countries were “aggressively” exploring and licensing new oil and gas fields. In 2021, the International Energy Agency found there was no room for new oil exploration in its pathway to net zero emissions."

How can Ukraine resist Moscow's new antics?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/12/how-can-ukraine.html

In today’s episode of random unexpected facts it turns out that A at 440Hz is an ISO standard, and previously an international agreement on setting a standard pitch was part of the treaty of Versailles which ended WW1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch

Concert pitch - Wikipedia

Why International Criminal Court has Israeli officials worried | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-international-criminal-court-hague-palestinians-1f683a6e2e150d91c415eb1d0a19a44d

Daily Inspiration: "Your ability to spot the opportunity will define your ability to counter the threat!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Of all the dumb things said about AI in the last few years, this has perhaps ranked as the dumbest:
International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years. "Hiring in back-office functions —…

Egypt deals ‘diplomatic blow’ to Israel by joining ICJ genocide case | Gaza | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/5/12/egypt-deals-diplomatic-blow-to-israel-by-joining…

Egypt deals ‘diplomatic blow’ to Israel by joining ICJ genocide case
Egypt says it will formally support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Ukraine pins hopes on international pressure to conduct all-for-all prisoner exchange: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/10/ukraine-pins-hopes.html

Shouldn’t we know this already? The link between alcohol and breast cancer
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/07-03-2024-shouldn-t-we-know-this-already--the-link-between-alcohol-and-cancer

Shouldn’t we know this already? The link between alcohol and breast cancer
Many people across the WHO European Region will celebrate 8 March, International Women’s Day, by raising a glass of an alcoholic beverage – oblivious to the fact that drinking alcohol is a major risk factor for the most common cancer among women, breast cancer. Low awareness of this link represents a significant barrier to cancer prevention and a challenge to women’s health across Europe.According to a recent study, only 21% of women across 14 European countries were aware of the connecti…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/world-disorder-israel-gaza-war-international-relations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

😡 Brazil’s dictatorship: Repression, torture, slaughter of Indigenous people and censorship
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-01/brazils-dictatorship-repression-torture-sl…

Brazil’s dictatorship: Repression, torture, slaughter of Indigenous people and censorship
Sixty years have passed since the 1964 military coup, an event that current President Lula would rather not mark with any ceremony so as not to further strain his relationship with the military

WSJ: Putin wants to restart Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/13/wsj-putin-wants.html

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Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says | AP News
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Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
The top general for U.S. forces in Europe has told Congress that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon. The testimony on Wednesday from Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, head of U.S. European Command, and Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, comes as Congress enters a pivotal week for Ukraine. However, there’s no guarantee ai…

BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV's 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
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BBC Studios Buys ITV Stake in BritBox International for $322 Million
BBC Studios has bought British broadcaster ITV's stake in streamer BritBox International for $322 million.

We call on the Millenium Festival to rethink its agenda and not provide a platform for pro-Russian narratives!: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/12/we-call-on.html

In 1932, 75-year-old socialist #Clara #Zetkin stood in Germany’s Reichstag and, despite being so unsteady that she had to be carried into the building on a stretcher, managed to give a rousing speech lasting more than 40 minutes.
“The fight of the labouring masses,” she declared, is “the fight for their full liberati…

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Media: Chinese leader wants to work with international community to end war in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/06/media-chinese-leader.html