How Russia’s invasion split the mafia — It has transformed crime not only in Russia and Ukraine, but around the world [The Economist]
The Musk superfans who want to live on Mars with Elon [1843 magazine]
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists [BBC News]
Scholz Seeks Meeting with Chinese Premier as Tensions Flare [Bloomberg]
Indonesians told to stay alert after magnitude 7.3 earthquake [Reuters]
Pakistan’s floods are still targeting millions of children [AL-Jazeera News]
The Climate Solutions We Can’t Live Without [The New Yorker]
AMD is quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors / With Zen 4 and RDNA 3, can these handhelds keep up? [The Verge]
The E. Jean Carroll lawsuit and rape allegations against Trump, explained [Vox]
Opera launches Opera One browser with a new tab grouping concept [TechCrunch]
Meet the people who use Notion to plan their whole lives [MIT Technology Review]
Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries killed each other in a shootout after blaming each other for their war failures, Ukrainian government says [Insider]
Are you a business analyst working in an agile environment? If so, it is likely that you are familiar with the difficulty of striking a balance between the scope, quality, and time of your deliverables. This article provides advice and techniques to help you accomplish this balance, which are based on the BABOK Guide and agile best practices. It explains how to comprehend the value proposition, accept change and feedback, collaborate and communicate, manage scope with backlogs, guarantee quality with testing, and optimize time with iteration. What strategies do you use to maintain the scope, quality, and time of your agile deliverables? [LinkedIn]
Jury selection to begin in Donald Trump’s civil rape trial [The Guardian]
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ — In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy. [New York Times] Dr. Fauci shouldn’t be so hard on himself. He was battling Trump, an individual so horrific, when children ask us about him, we can only refer to Trump as Bowser, King Koopa, the person that Mario has been trying to defeat his entire career.
President Joe Biden Announces Reelection Bid [Huffington Post] Biden is a great contender but will be incredibly old for a 2nd mandate. Ideally, it’s AOC, most likely, it will be VP Kamala Harris. Are Americans finally ready for a female president? I think so. A black female President? Let’s hope so. Michelle Obama can be on the ticket as well.
Tucker’s Successor Will Be Worse — The history of Fox News shows that the network and its issues are larger than any one anchor. [The Atlantic]
Why Dianne Feinstein Might Actually Have To Resign [FiveThirtyEight]
Mastermind of Kabul airport massacre killed by Taliban, U.S. says — An ISIS suicide bomber killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. troops during the Biden administration’s evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021 [The Washington Post] interesting development, Taliban was probably worried about strikes against them from U.S. Army.
Des études montrent que la quasi-totalité des billets de banque comportent des résidus de drogue [Le Monde]
'High Risk of Biological Hazard' In Sudan After Fighters Seize Biolab, WHO Says [VICE News]
Biden is Fulfilling Trump’s Cruel Policy on Wild Horses — The record-breaking roundups of iconic Western mustangs are a gift to ranching and mining interests. [The Intercept]
Awaken Your Inner Explorer [Nat Geo]
What lessons have we learned from the COVID pandemic? [NPR]
Pianist Lara Downes heals loss with 'Love At Last' [CapRadioNews]
Avril 2023 en perspective [Le Monde diplomatique]
China’s Got Afghan Fever, Again [Foreign Policy]
Why NATO Must Admit Ukraine — Kyiv Needs the Alliance and the Alliance Needs Kyiv [Foreign Affairs]
The Kazakhstanis Picking Sides in Putin’s War in Ukraine — While Kazakhstan’s government is balancing, these Kazakhstanis have already picked a side in Putin’s war on Ukraine. [The Diplomat]
Tiny Jets on the Sun Power the Colossal Solar Wind [Quanta Magazine]
Voici l'installation de la structure de support pour les composants du détecteur MAPP à l'expérience MoEDAL. — Le détecteur permettra à l'expérience de rechercher des particules minichargées et à longue durée de vie pendant #LHCRun3. #BeamTime Voir plus : [CERN_FR]
Best of the Internet: NASA Wins Webby Award, 5 People’s Voice Awards for 2023 [NASA]

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