Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, met Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and president, Sergio Mattarella, in Rome. Prominent Italian politicians, including Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister in Ms Meloni’s right-wing coalition, have previously expressed pro-Kremlin views. However, Ms Meloni has said that her government will continue to support Ukraine, even if some voters disapprove. Mr Zelensky also met Pope Francis at the Vatican, and is expected to travel next to Germany. The German government announced €2.7bn ($2.95bn) of military aid for Ukraine ahead of his arrival. [The Economist]
Ukraine Eurovision act's city Ternopil attacked before performance [BBC News]
US Urges Recall of 67 Million Air Bag Parts in Safety Mess [Bloomberg]
Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad agree Gaza truce [Reuters]
Israel denies the Nakba while perpetuating it — Israel wants the Palestinians to remember the Nakba but not to commemorate it. [AL-Jazeera News]
The Price of a Father’s Labor — How the American Dream can become an American nightmare. [The New Yorker]
Welcome to hell.Twitter 1.0 was particularly notable for standing up to government censorship around the world. Twitter 2.0 under Elon Musk is actively complying with authoritarian government censorship demands ahead of elections. Well done. This is what hell looks like. [The Verge]
The trillion-dollar coin scheme, explained by the guy who invented it — Mint the Coin and the debt ceiling, explained [Vox]
AWS announces new version of Aurora database that strips out I/O costs [TechCrunch]
Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared of the tech he helped build [MIT Technology Review]
Google just showed how Big Tech will win again in AI [Business Insider]
SAP Start meets enterprise-grade #AI with IBM Watson. — By creating a unified entry point across SAP cloud solutions, this co-innovation:
✅ Helps boost productivity and decision-making
✅ Automates common tasks
✅ Allows your team to focus on critical strategic work
Read the news ➡️ https://sap.to/6044OXmqp [LinkedIn] #SAP
Music, booze, gambling – the old Los Angeles-Las Vegas rail had it all. Can a new high-speed project fill the void? [The Guardian]
Saving Abdul — It’s a particularly dangerous time to be homeless in America. Abdul Curry says life is “a dailly game of Russian roulette.” [New York Times]
Zelenskyy Meets With Leaders In Berlin In Wake Of Germany's Military Aid Package [Huffington Post]
MSG Is Finally Getting Its Revenge — The much-maligned seasoning could be the secret to eating less salt. [The Atlantic]
Where The Immigration Debate Stands Today [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: Don’t overlook the many glories of pickleball [The Washington Post]
La justice suspend l’interdiction de la manifestation du mouvement royaliste Action française, prévue dimanche à Paris [Le Monde] #NonAuFN #SOS_Racisme
NASA discovers planet with a truly mysterious past [Mashable]
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