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TechInnovation – Nodes & Links raises $11M to — maybe — save billions on the big projects the world needs now (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

Nodes & Links is a scheduling platform for large-scale infrastructure projects which works out when the nuts and bolts for the bridge (for example) should...

TechInnovation – VividQ, which has raised $15M, says it can turn normal screens into holographic displays (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

VividQ, a UK-based deeptech startup with technology for rendering holograms on legacy screens, has raised $15 million to develop its technology for next-generation digital...

China – Xi says no more ‘bullying’ as China marks party centenary (Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

China’s President Xi Jinping told crowds gathered in Beijing that the era of China being “bullied” was over and that anyone who tried to...

North Korea – Reports of people ‘starving’ as N Korea struggles to feed itself (Frank Smith, Al Jazeera)

United Nations Security Council sanctions, the COVID-19 closure of its border with China, and a 2020 drought followed by typhoon rains are combining to...

Democratic Republic of Congo – At least 10 killed in suspected ADF attack in DRC’s Beni (Al Jazeera)

At least 10 people have been killed in an overnight raid in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in...

Ethiopia – Could fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray trigger a wider conflict? (Al Jazeera)

The eight-month fight for Ethiopia’s Tigray region saw a sudden turn this week. Rebel forces took back the regional capital Mekelle, saying they will keep...

Palestine – Activist Nizar Banat’s death ‘unnatural’: Palestinian Authority (Al Jazeera)

The Palestinian Authority justice minister and head of the investigation committee into the death of activist and dissident Nizar Banat says Banat was subjected to physical...

Sudan – Sudan protesters demand gov’t step down over economic reforms (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum to demand the transitional government resign over controversial economic reforms. Public discontent has...

USA – Why Congress should provide reliable funding for directed-energy capabilities (Tate Nurkin, Defense News)

On June 8, the U.S. Army took the unusual step of asking Congress to allow it to slow the pace at which it is required to...

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