"A global outage is affecting a variety of Microsoft services, including its Bing search engine and Copilot AI tool.
Users turned to social media on Thursday to complain about the outage, which is also impacting third parties, including the search engine DuckDuckGo, which relies on Microsoft’s infrastructure."
"Fighting in Northern #Shan State’s Nawngkio Township has increased, leading to an increase in civilian casualties. An artillery shell recently killed 10 civilians; half were women, and injured 15 people. 'The situation is getting worse and the people have to flee again,” a man who knew some of the victims [said]. Three women were instantly killed by a shell that struck a house, with one woman’s body ripped to pieces on the evening of May 16...
Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home
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Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.
Tourisme : Classement de l'Algérie, du Maroc et de la Tunisie
Le Forum #économique mondial ( #FEM ) a publié, le 21 mai 2024, son rapport sur l'Indice de développement des #voyages et du #tourisme 2024. Dans ce document, l'organisation à but non lucratif recoupe et analyse des données concernant le tourisme et le voyage dans plusieurs pays du monde, y compris l'Algérie.
Diabète, sclérose en plaques : des virus responsables de maladies auto-immunes ? | RTS
Les #virus sont de plus en plus accusés d’être les déclencheurs de maladies auto-immunes chez des personnes prédisposées génétiquement. Ainsi, la #sclérose en plaque apparait comme une complication rare de l’ #infection par le virus Epstein #Barr. De même, le virus #Coxsackie B semble un facteur majeur dans la survenue du #diabète de type 1 chez l’enfant. En limitant ces infections virales par des #vaccins ciblés, serait-il possible de prévenir certaines maladies #auto-immunes ?
La haute technologie rencontre l'histoire - elle est indispensable dans les #hôpitaux, les autorités et même à la Chancellerie : le bon vieux tube pneumatique. Il est rapide, étanche et nécessite peu de personnel grâce à la technologie moderne.
"A Russian Defence Ministry proposal to revise Russia’s maritime border in the eastern #BalticSea was deleted on May 22 from an official portal after creating confusion and concern among #Nato members such as #Finland, #Sweden, #Lithuania and #Estonia. According to the draft decree dated May 21, the ministry proposed adjusting the border around Russian islands in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland and around #Kaliningrad
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a July 4 general election, as polls show Conservative Party in trouble.
NBC News reports: "Most polls suggest that if the vote were held tomorrow, the opposition Labour Party could enjoy a landslide win that would make Sir Keir Starmer the country's leader."
Today on Assigned, a story about SEGM in Undark sought balance, but it wasn't careful enough with the misinformation peddlers at that organization, allowing errors and misleading statements to sneak into an otherwise balanced article.
Breaking news is when I really miss Twitter. I have learned about the surprise announcement of the 4 July general election in the UK many times from many channels long before it appears in any form or shape in my Mastodon feeds. It's all right. Maybe Mastodon isn't meant to play that role. But if it is, there's still a long way to go. #news#breaking#mastodon