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Links 05/02/2024: Conflicts and Environmental Issues in Focus
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 05, 2024
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Contents
Leftovers
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] A Rolex Seller Meets up With a Facebook Marketplace Thief. It Goes All Wrong From There
Science
The Conversation ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Humans are going back to the Moon to stay, but when that will be is becoming less clear
The Conversation ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has ended its mission – its success paves the way for more flying vehicles on other planets and moons
Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Body appreciation has been linked to better sexual and life satisfaction – here’s how to cultivate it
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Trump White House Pharmacy Improperly Provided Drugs and Misused Funds, Pentagon Report Says
The Conversation ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Fear of ageing is really a fear of the unknown – and modern society is making things worse
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Preeclampsia: The deadly pregnancy complication you've never heard of
Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Gizmodo ☛ 2024-01-25 [Older] Netflix Co-CEO Calls Vision Pro 'Subscale' and Wonders if Anybody Would Actually Use It
Make Tech Easier ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Are You Nuts For Wanting Apple’s Vision Pro?
Engadget ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Microsoft’s legal department allegedly silenced an engineer who raised concerns about DALL-E 3
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Microsoft Teams Outage Blocks Access, Limits Features for Some Users
Sega of America to lay off 61 staff next month
The news has spread following the issue of a Californian WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) notice – required by law to give employees 60 days in advance of sizable layoffs.
Eurogamer can confirm, via the Employment Development Department of the State of California, that two separate layoffs of 12 and 49 staff will take place on 8th March.
Sega of America has not officially confirmed these layoffs. It’s also unclear if other layoffs will take place in other Sega offices outside of California.
SEGA to lay off 61 staff as fans lap up 90-Metacritic-rated Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Despite the publisher just having released the excellent Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sega of America has announced its intent to fire 61 staff from its American branch.
This info comes from a WARN notice. This is a legal requirement for California-based companies, and requires corporate entities to give employees a 60 day notice before firing a sizable portion of its workforce. 61 laid-off employees would make up roughly 14% of SEGA of America’s current workforce.
SEGA of America had previously come under fire for allegedly threatening unionized employees with layoffs without going to their union first back in November of 2023. In the original Kotaku report, sources claim that unionized employees were brought into a meeting, where they were informed of plans to phase out temporary staff by February 2024. Employees that would fall under this categorisation would make up a total of roughly 80 staff.
Security
Privacy/Surveillance
GDPRhub ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] CJEU - Case C‑264/19 - Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v YouTube LLC and Google Inc.
Defence/Aggression
CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] The foreign interference inquiry starts today with a big question — how much must it keep secret?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Trump must pay $83.3 damages in defamation case, jury says
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] US approves sale of F-16 warplanes to Turkey
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] US Approves F-16 Fighter Jet Sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece After Turkey OKs Sweden's Entry to NATO
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] US Advances Fighter Jet Sale to Turkey, Greece; Congress Likely to Approve
BIA Net ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Canada lifts defense industry export restrictions to Turkey
International Business Times ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] UK Foreign Office Issues Turkey Travel Warning After Fatal Attack In Istanbul Church
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Canada Drops Weapons Export Controls to Turkey, Including Drone Technology
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Blinken in Africa: forging ties and connecting dots
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Blinken recalibrates US focus in Africa
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] How German merchants drove colonialism in West Africa
International Business Times ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] US demonstrates commitment to Africa's stability amid global conflicts
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Europe and Africa Forging a New Relationship
Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Putin challenger Nadezhdin submits bid to run in Russian election
NL Times ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] UN Court clears Russia of financing terrorism in Ukraine leading to Flight MH17 downing
2024-02-01 [Older] Trump sees lawsuit over 'Russia file' sex claims thrown out
2024-02-01 [Older] Denmark’s defence minister says threat from Russia calls for more military spending
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Russia Has No Plans to Deploy Nuclear Arms Beyond Belarus, Says Deputy Minister
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Russian Strike Kills Two French Aid Workers in Southern Ukraine-Governor
↺ HTTPS: 2024-02-01 [Older] Russian Strike Kills Two French Aid Workers in Southern Ukraine-Governor
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Russian Lawmakers Approve Confiscating the Assets of People Who Discredit the Army
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] EU's Top Diplomat Says Russian Influence Causing Dilemma in Sahel
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] New China Defence Minister Holds Video Talks With Russia's Shoigu
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Russia and Ukraine Exchange Prisoners Despite Plane Crash Last Week
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Russia and Ukraine Swap Scores of POWs Despite Tensions Over a Plane Crash Last Week
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Anti-War Putin Rival Nadezhdin Says He Has Enough Signatures to Run for President
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Russian Oligarch Potanin Wins Divorce Claim Appeal, Case Continues
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Russia's Shoigu Urges Faster Artillery Production, No 'Fooling Around'
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] The UN's Top Court Is Set to Rule on Ukraine's Allegation That Russia Bankrolled Separatist Rebels
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] World Court to Rule on Whether Russia Violated International Treaties in Ukraine
Defence Web ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Niger and Russia are forming military ties: 3 ways this could upset old allies
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Russia's elections: Can Boris Nadezhdin stop Vladimir Putin?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Russian Shelling Kills Four in Northern Ukraine, One in Devastated Avdiivka
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] UK Minister Says Any Move to Seize Frozen Russian Assets Must Be 'Legally Watertight'
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Russia Destroys 21 Ukraine-Launched Drones Over Crimea and Russian Regions -Reports
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Ukraine's Strikes on Targets Inside Russia Hurt Putin's Efforts to Show the War Isn't Hitting Home
HRW ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Thailand: Don’t Return Rock Band Members to Russia
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Dissident Russian Rock Band Faces Deportation From Thailand
CPJ ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] CPJ condemns Russia’s detention extension for US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Evan Gershkovich: Russia denies US journalist's appeal
CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Russian teen Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case, Canada likely to be upgraded to bronze
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] CAS bans Russian figure skater Valieva for doping
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Russia: Putin registered as presidential candidate
International Business Times ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Using Prisoners Of War As Human Shields
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Putin and Lukashenko Meet in St Petersburg to Discuss Ways to Expand the Russia-Belarus Alliance
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Figure Skater Valieva Disqualified in Olympic Doping Case. Russians Set to Lose Team Gold to US
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] World Court to Rule on Jurisdiction in Russia-Ukraine Genocide Case
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Russian Dissident Kara-Murza Transferred to Unknown Location, Wife Says
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Russian Ministry Proposes No-Fly Zone Over Energy Facilities - Vedomosti
↺ HTTPS: 2024-01-29 [Older] Russian Ministry Proposes No-Fly Zone Over Energy Facilities - Vedomosti
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Russia Thwarts Drone Attack on Oil Refinery in Yaroslavl - Governor
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] UN's Top Court Will Rule Friday on Its Jurisdiction in a Ukraine Case Over Russia's Genocide Claim
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia launches new aerial attacks
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Analysis-India Pivots Away From Russian Arms, but Will Retain Strong Ties
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] US Muslim Group Condemns Pelosi for Saying Gaza Ceasefire Protests Have Russia Link
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Russian Missile Hits Ukraine's Kremenchuk District for Second Day, No Casualties
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Ukraine Says Corrupt Officials Stole $40 Million Meant to Buy Arms for the War With Russia
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Man Dies After Being Detained in Russia's Bashkortostan: Rights Group
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Russia's Putin Derides 'Russophobia' in Europe at World War Two Memorial
↺ HTTPS: 2024-01-27 [Older] Russia's Putin Derides 'Russophobia' in Europe at World War Two Memorial
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Russia Marks 80 Years Since Breaking the Nazi Siege of Leningrad
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Russian Missiles Hit Industrial Target in Central Ukraine -Governor
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Russia Ready to Discuss Gas Supplies With EU as Ukraine Transit Deal Expires -Agencies
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Ukraine Says It Has No Evidence for Russia's Claim That Dozens of POWs Died in a Shot Down Plane
Counter Punch ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Counterintuitive Steps Towards Peace in the Russia/Ukraine Conflict: “Bullshit Diplomacy” or Serious Negotiations?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Russian Man Who Flew on Los Angeles Flight Without Passport or Ticket Found Guilty of Being Stowaway
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Cuba Counts on Russians to Boost Still-Ailing Tourism Sector in 2024
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Russian Agency Says Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Boarding Plane Before Crash
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Russia Says It Finds Ukraine IDs, Tattooed Body Parts at Plane Crash Site
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Russia's Putin Blames Ukraine for Crash of POW's Plane and Pledges to Make Investigation Public
Scheerpost ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] ICJ Rules Against Ukraine on Terrorism, MH17
CBC ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Conservatives call on Canada to donate rockets to Ukraine — but not all are battle-ready
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Ukraine Cabinet minister: €50 billion EU aid is 'vital'
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Hails Arrival of New Air Defence Systems
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Ukraine Tells White House of Plan to Fire Top Commander -Sources
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] EU leaders reach deal on €50 billion Ukraine aid package
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] EU overcomes 'Orban fatigue,' passes €50 billion Ukraine aid
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] EU overcomes Orban's veto on €50 billion Ukraine aid deal
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] EU Leaders Isolated Orban to Seal Ukraine Aid Deal
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Ukrainian Army Chief Sets Out Priorities in Article Amid Uncertainty Over His Future
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy withdraws threat to sack general — reports
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Senior US Official in Ukraine for Talks Amid Uncertainty Over Aid
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] EU Leaders Exhort Allies to Do More for Ukraine as Ministers Debate Ways to Fill Its Ammunition Gap
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] EU Leaders Propose Annual Debates on Ukraine Aid to Win Over Hungary
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Factbox-Will Western Aid Plug Ukraine's Gaping Budget Deficit in 2024?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Hungary Opposes Billions in New EU Aid for Ukraine. A New Summit Will Try to Change That
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Turkey, Ukraine Sign Document Allowing Turkish Firms to Help Ukraine's Post-War Reconstruction
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Ukraine updates: German politicians press Scholz on Taurus
Truthdig ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Populist Drift in EU Elections Signals Ukraine Shift
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy calls on Germany to rally aid
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Brussels Threatens to Hit Hungary's Economy if Orban Vetoes Ukraine Aid - FT
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Hungarian Foreign Minister Visits Ukraine Before EU Summit on Aid Package
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Hungary Open to Using EU Budget for Ukraine Aid Package
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Why Are EU Leaders Struggling to Unlock a 50-Billion-Euro Support Package for Ukraine?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Hungary Far-Right Would Lay Claim to Neighbouring Region, if Ukraine Loses War
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Publishes Income as Part of Transparency Drive
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Biden and Germany's Scholz Will Meet in Washington as US and EU Aid for Ukraine Hangs in the Balance
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Ukraine Says It Uncovers Mass Fraud in Weapons Procurement
Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Rumors Ukrainian General Zaluzhny Will Soon be Fired -Replaced by GRU’s Budanov
CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Putin blames Ukraine for downing plane in crash that killed 74 people
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Ukraine updates: Moscow, Kyiv trade blame over plane crash
2024-01-26 [Older] Denmark to spend 60 million kroner on anti-corruption in Ukraine
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Hungary Making Talks on EU Aid for Ukraine 'More Complicated' - Senior EU Official
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Putin Says Ukraine Shot Down Plane, Not Clear if Deliberately or in Error
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Ukraine Invites China's Xi to 'Peace Summit' - Zelenskiy's Top Adviser
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Announces Second Pro-Business Body After Fury Over Banker's Arrest
Vox ☛ 2024-01-25 [Older] Why Trump fears a Biden-GOP immigration deal
Environment
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Greta Thunberg acquitted after London climate protest
CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Carbon capture tax credit could cost taxpayers $1B more than expected, budget watchdog warns
Counter Punch ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Old Forests are Critically Important for Slowing Climate Change and Merit Immediate Protection From Logging
TruthOut ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Fossil Fuel Industry Knew About Impending Climate Crisis as Early as 1954
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] New California Senate Leader Says His Priorities Are Climate Change, Homelessness and Opioid Crises
Counter Punch ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Solving Climate Change…or Else!
University of Michigan ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Rajiv Shah talks transformative change, climate crisis at book signing
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] German climate activists to stop gluing themselves to roads
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Climate Activists in Germany to Abandon Gluing Themselves to Streets, Employ New Tactics
CBC ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] For professional sports, climate change could create a whole new ball game
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] See the Moment Climate Activists Throw Soup at the 'Mona Lisa' in Paris
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Climate Change Activists Aim Soup at 'Mona Lisa' in Paris Louvre
2024-01-30 [Older] Government has blown pretence of climate leadership with ‘max out’ fossil fuels pledge say Greens
Truthdig ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] 4 Million People Killed by Climate Change Since 2000
Vox ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] The great American natural gas reckoning is upon us
Scheerpost ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments Avert Their Eyes
TruthOut ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Kiss 1.5 Celsius Goodbye. Was 2023 Our Last Year Below Key Climate Threshold?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] EU deforestation law means uncertainty for African coffee
Energy/Transportation
CBC ☛ 2024-01-25 [Older] Are heat pumps a climate solution in Canada's coldest cities?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Bulgaria's first-ever democratic citizen energy community is learning by doing
CBC ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Canadian energy producers dismayed by Biden's move to pause U.S. LNG approvals
TruthOut ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Biden Hits “Pause” on New Gas Exports Following Pressure From Climate Activists
Truthdig ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Good News on the Green Energy Front
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Duke Energy Seeks New Ways to Meet the Carolinas' Surging Electric Demand
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Electric Carmaker Rimac to Produce Stationary Energy-Storage Batteries
University of Michigan ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Shana Weber talks carbon neutrality, Revolving Energy Fund
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] How does Deutsche Bahn compare with European rail firms?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Germany: What's wrong with the Deutsche Bahn train operator?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Will nuclear energy make a comeback in Germany?
CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Natural hydrogen could be the next big thing in clean energy — and scientists are looking for it in Canada
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] East Africa’s new love affair with geothermal energy
New Yorker ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] The Holdouts in the Quest for a Better Power Grid
Wildlife/Nature
The Conversation ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Why monkeys attack people – a primate expert explains
The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Rogue taxonomists, competing lists and accusations of anarchy: the complicated journey toward a list of all life on Earth – podcast
The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] How long might your dog live? New study calculates life expectancy for different breeds
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Exotic Animals Including South American Ostrich and Giant African Snail Seized From Suburban NY Home
Finance
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] China Warns Local Govts Not to Misuse Tech Innovation Funds
BIA Net ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Turkey receives lowest score to date on the Corruption Perceptions Index
↺ HTTPS: 2024-02-01 [Older] Turkey receives lowest score to date on the Corruption Perceptions Index