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World · Deutsche Welle

'No Kings' rallies push early voting ahead of US midterm elections

Organizers of the "No Kings" protests, known for their anti-Trump sentiment, are urging Americans to vote early in the November 3 midterm elections, as Republicans face tough races to retain control of Congress.

World · Deutsche Welle

Ilhan Omar: The US Democrat targeted by Donald Trump

Donald Trump has described her as "garbage" and a "criminal" who does nothing but "bitch." Congress member Ilhan Omar has long been the target of angry verbal attacks from the US president. But why her?

World · Al Jazeera

Buildings burn as French protests go into the night

Witnesses say masked protesters set fire to Limoges town hall, which officials say is now ‘largely lost’.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Protest Day

Article URL: https://meidasnews.com/news/zuckerbergs-meta-takes-down-no-kings-instagram-during-massive-protest-day Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136881 Points: 518 # Comments: 314

World · Al Jazeera

Saudi-led forces try to break Houthi siege of Taiz with airstrikes

Saudi-led forces say they’ve struck multiple positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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World · The Guardian Ukraine

Ukraine war briefing: Trump’s sanctions waiver is a ‘60-day pause’ to analyse economic impact, says Rubio

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy expects Trump to lift more sanctions against Russia. What we know on day 1,698 US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump’s waiver of sweeping sanctions and tariffs on Russia would be a 60-day pause to “analyse” their impact on the global economy. Rubio said also no one at the White House ordered the slow down of the speed of Ukraine’s access to Starlink to prevent it from being used on drones flying faster than 100mph, referring to Starshield, the military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet network. “The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy,” Rubio said, noting that the economic restrictions involved a number of countries, not just Russia. Pointing to high energy prices and the Iran war, “we need that period of time to sort of study all this and figure out what the right combination is,” he said. Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress , which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation. Republican Senator Rick Scott said it was clear Russia was the aggressor, and said the US had “to do everything we can to put economic pressure on Russia”. On social media, fellow Republican Thom Tillis described the move as “beyond irresponsible” and a capitulation “to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine”. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects the Trump administration to lift more sanctions against Russia in the future and has called for Europe to establish its own negotiations with Moscow as the US has sought better ties and business deals with the Kremlin. “Unfortunately, the lifting of sanctions will continue, and I believe that the ‘diesel deal’ is the first step,” said Zelenskyy on Saturday. “Unfortunately, it seems to me that this cannot stop Putin; on the contrary, he feels joy and happiness that he has such support.” Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s lead negotiator, Rustem Umerov, had met Friday with US presidential envoy Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law . Zelenskyy said the US was working to arrange a three-way meeting involving him, Trump and Putin, potentially in the Middle East, Europe or the US. Russian air defence ⁠units intercepted and destroyed nearly ⁠200 Ukrainian ⁠drones ​headed for Moscow on Saturday, ⁠Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. Sobyanin, ⁠in a long ​series ‌of ‌online posts, noted ‌that 195 drones had been destroyed since midnight, with emergency crews examining debris on ‌the ground. Russia’s civil aviation authority, ​Rosaviatsia, said two Moscow airports – Domodedovo and Vnukovo – had ⁠suspended flight operations. Romania said Saturday it shot down two Russian drones over the Black Sea, the latest in a spate of incidents believed to be spillover from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . Ships have been attacked in recent days by drones in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania and Bulgaria. Continue reading...

World · Al Jazeera

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the occupied West Bank

Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

World · BBC Europe

Watch: Moment historic French town hall spire collapses in flames amid protests

An historic town hall in the southern French city of Limoges was set ablaze during national protests.

Developers & Open Source · ollama/ollama Releases

v0.40.7

What's Changed openai: allow Responses effort on non-thinking models by @hoyyeva in #19010 llama-server: let llama-server infer the draft speculative type by @dhiltgen in #19064 mlx: add PPLX Decider v1.2 support by @dhiltgen in #19072 Full Changelog : v0.40.6...v0.40.7-rc0

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/new-york-rep-announces-game-ownership-bill-that-would-require-consumer-ownership-rather-than-sale-of-licenses-would-also-require-publishers-to-keep-the-game-functional-after-support-ends Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136536 Points: 293 # Comments: 105

Business · BBC Business

There's a crackdown on sports piracy - but is it already out of control?

The sports industry's lucrative business model is being undermined by dodgy TV sticks and illegal streaming links, writes Theo Leggett.

World · Al Jazeera

Iran war live: Israeli settlers attack EU diplomats; drones target Riyadh

Fires reported on three tankers, as masked settlers attack European politicians in the occupied West Bank.

World · BBC Middle East

European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank

The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.5.0-canary.17

Misc Changes turbo-persistence: prefetch multi-page SST blocks with MADV_WILLNEED: #100283 Credits Huge thanks to @lukesandberg for helping!

World · Al Jazeera

US ambassador urges Israel to prosecute attackers of American journalist

Trump-appointed Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls attack in occupied West Bank a 'despicable act of terror'.

Society · The Guardian Society

Yvette Cooper pledges £140m to boost urgent care as NHS faces ‘tough’ winter

Health secretary says government has been preparing early and will spend money on ambulances and A&E upgrades The NHS faces a more challenging winter than normal, the health secretary has warned, as she announced a £140m increase for urgent care in England. Yvette Cooper said the money would help increase capacity, and that the NHS has been preparing since July to deal with the impact of seasonal illnesses. Continue reading...

Society · NPR Top Stories

Oregon governor Tina Kotek reacts to Silver Rail Elementary school shooting

NPR's Joel Rose talks with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek about the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.

Society · The Guardian Society

Fifteen NHS staff sacked after accessing medical records of Valdo Calocane victims

Healthcare professionals retrieved files belonging to 19-year old students and a caretaker killed in Nottingham attack A total of 15 NHS staff have now been sacked after accessing medical records belonging to the victims of a 2023 Nottingham attack, a trust said. Valdo Calocane killed two 19-year-old students, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, a 65-year-old caretaker, and attempted to kill three other people in the city in June 2023. Continue reading...

World · BBC World

Photos show luxury boat with 50m pool and water slides near Kim Jong Un's summer retreat

Satellite images give clues about how Kim spends his holidays - something far out of reach for most North Koreans.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns

A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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Notable Blogs · Simon Willison

Inline rendering with document​.currentScript

Inline rendering with document​.currentScript Lean Rada describes a neat trick that takes advantage of the document.currentScript property. You can use that to drop in a tiny inline <script> element that replaces itself when the page loads: The year is <script> document.currentScript.replaceWith( new Date().getFullYear())</script> If you define a shortcut function like this: $=(...n)=>document.currentScript.replaceWith(...n) You get a tiny template language: The year is <script>$(new Date().getFullYear())</script> Tags: javascript

World · Al Jazeera

Photos: No Kings rallies in US urge midterm voters to cast ballots early

Thousands gathered at events throughout the country on Saturday, building on two years of No Kings marches.