/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 576, Part 1 (Thread #722)
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Day: September 22, 2023
Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows
A new poll shows that Americans are much more sympathetic to Hollywood’s striking writers and actors then they are to the studios on the other side of the table.
Music Review: On ‘Scarlet,’ Doja Cat’s demons demand attention — as if it was possible to look away
Before Doja Cat released her stellar fourth full-length album, the take-no-prisoners “Scarlet,” she bit the hand that feeds.
New Zealand Election: After Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for Women in Politics
Three years after Ms. Ardern won a resounding victory for her Labour Party, the nation will vote in a very different political landscape.
Code alterations more prevalent in Android apps than iOS
57% of all monitored apps are under attack, with gaming (63%) and FinServ (62%) apps facing the highest risk, according to Digital.ai. The study found no correlation between an app’s popularity and likelihood of being attacked but found Android apps ar…
Belgrade: the city where dirty air is seen as a ‘consequence of economic growth’
Critics decry lack of political will in Serbian capital to clean polluted air that residents say they can ‘feel and taste’When the Yugoslav prime minister Džemal Bijedić promised to clean the country’s air at a conference in Belgrade in 1974, a reporte…
We can’t alter Brexit deal to appease car industry, says European commissioner
Thierry Breton stands firm amid opposition to incoming tariffs on electric vehicle exports between EU and UKThe Brexit trade deal should not be reopened just to satisfy demands from some sectors of the UK and EU motor industry concerned about looming t…
‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans
Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disasterPeople in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk for young children orphaned by the devastating floods that hit the coastal city of Derna on 10…
Iranian activists across Europe are targets of threats and harassment
Fifteen activists including in France, Germany and Spain believe Iranian regime behind campaign of repressionIran and its agents appear to be orchestrating a Europe-wide campaign of harassment, surveillance, kidnap plots and death threats targeting pol…
Rhino numbers rebound as global figures reveal a win for conservation
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangeredGlobal rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new fig…