Hamas says it has launched a rocket attack towards the Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in nearly four months. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza and several were intercepted, the Israeli military says. No injuries have been reported.
It’s not exactly the end of the world to implement terminator seeds… The reason it hasn’t been implemented is because it’s not an issue. This is a non-issue that’s getting blown out of proportion.
Farmers will opt to maximize profits given all else equal. The license is a cost of goods sold and gets factored in when farmers decide what to plant. Farmers aren’t forced to plant golden rice.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....
No mappers seem to confirm this… There are reports of Ukrainian counteroffensives in the area, but nothing that goes so far as to indicate that Ukraine has taken back control of all of Russia’s territorial gains there. If anything, it’s starting to look like another stalemate along a new frontline.
Is Zelensky talking out of his ass? Are mappers receiving delayed data? Who knows…
This is the entire reason why countries like China are investing hard into ultra-high-voltage transmission lines.
While regions like Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia have immense wind and solar potential, getting that electricity to the population centers is challenging.
Selling electricity to Eastern Europe, to Northern Africa, hell even to the Middle East is an option if Europe is truly operating an electricity surplus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Not a coincidence that the Filipino-American Balikatan military exercise this year simulated invading Taiwan… or that exercises ended on May 10th (taking place in the Batanes, 218km from Taiwan)… Or that they were the largest such exercises since 1991.
Not a coincidence that the Korean-American “Freedom Shield” military exercise was more than double the scale of last year’s.
Also not a coincidence that Lai very conspicuously claimed that the PRC is an independent country, violating the ROC’s Constitution and breaking the 1992 Consensus that is de facto upheld by the KMT and supported by the TPP immediately after agreeing to uphold said constitution…
While Lai holds the executive seat, his opposition dominates the legislature. Coincidentally, Taiwan is currently seeing mass protests against a bill that would shift power away from the executive to better match other democracies worldwide (this is the same bill that, notoriously, DPP lawmakers tried to steal from the Yuan to avoid getting it passed).
The DPP is a party that does not want Taiwan to stay Taiwan. It wants to ignore Taiwan’s roots, it wants to ignore the history, the culture, and the economy. It does not want to uphold democratic ideals and instead prefers consolidated power within the executive… And, of course, this is even as KMT sympathizers hold a stranglehold over the upper echelons of Taiwan’s military.
As long as US officials restrict strikes to avoid Russian nuclear deterrence installations, I don’t really see why this wasn’t already permitted.
The key US policy consideration in the conflict should be to avoid nuclear escalation. Don’t strike nuclear early warning radars, don’t strike nuclear silos, and everything else should be fine.
China is flexing its missile arsenal in a new simulation for a mass Taiwan attack as the US watches Beijing's Rocket Force closely (www.businessinsider.com)
China released a simulation video on Friday of how it could strike Taiwan with waves of missiles....
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters (www.theatlantic.com)
Reading too much into the language seems, at this point, to be less of a danger than reading too little into it....
Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv area (www.bbc.com)
Hamas says it has launched a rocket attack towards the Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in nearly four months. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza and several were intercepted, the Israeli military says. No injuries have been reported.
Mexico is about to experience its 'highest temperatures ever recorded' as death toll climbs (www.cbc.ca)
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of Kharkiv region, aerial attacks continue (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)
Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)
The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report (www.businessinsider.com)
US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports....
Friendly Father: South Korea bans TikTok hit idolising Kim Jong Un (www.bbc.com)
EU hit as China launches tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe (www.euronews.com)
Thermoplastics coming from the US, the EU, Taiwan and Japan are sold at prices below fair market value, says Beijing....
'Stop threatening Taiwan', its new president William Lai tells China (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan’s newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy....