Nationalist AfD party scores first-place in key regional election in Germany; In Kyiv, U.S. envoys say push is on for trilateral...

Nationalist AfD party scores first-place in key regional election in Germany

Alternative for Germany, labeled “extremist” by German authorities, polled first in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt but still might not control the government.

In Kyiv, U.S. envoys say push is on for trilateral talks to end Russia’s war

Sunday’s visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner marks the first by President Donald Trump’s emissaries to the Ukrainian capital.

U.S. energy secretary says Iran nuclear deal ‘may not’ happen anytime soon

Military action is still needed to deal with the threat from Tehran, Chris Wright said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Deadly Iran wedding strike likely due to U.S. bomb missing a nearby target

Six bombs dropped by Navy jets targeted a communications complex in the coastal town of Kuhestak. One missed.

In rare flurry of trips, Xi pitches China as stable alternative to U.S. under Trump

Ahead of a state dinner with President Donald Trump, China’s Xi Jinping is courting global influence.

German far-right AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt election, falls short of majority

Party hails 'historic' result, but it is not immediately clear whether it will be able to form a government.

Jamaica to file slavery reparations petition during UK visit

Petition to King Charles questions the legality of slavery under English law and UK’s responsibility for reparations.

Armed assailant attacks Ohio Democratic candidate during campaign stop

Patrick Havas, 38, arrested with weapons after injuring several at Ohio Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign stop.

At least five killed after Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami airport

Five people are injured, and the cause of the crash is being investigated, authorities say.

Israeli air attacks on Lebanon kill at least four

Two women killed in an air attack on Arab Salim, and two people killed in strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

Five dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport

Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Miami.

German exit polls suggest far-right party has big lead in regional election

Exit polls show Germany's AfD taking a commanding lead in a regional election, but it remains unclear whether the far-right party can form the country's first state government since World War II.

American Muslims are giving Texas barbecue a halal makeover

Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.

Witkoff and Kushner call Kyiv talks 'substantive' after Moscow Putin meeting

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held meetings in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy on Sunday, a day after lengthy conversations with Russian President Putin in Moscow.

QUIZ: Ugh, I'll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?

Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination .

Anger at police over Dover port blockade

Local police have been criticized for their response to a protest that brought Britain's busiest international ferry and passenger port to a halt on Saturday.

Washington-Canberra defense ties threaten regional stability: Experts

Australia and the United States will strengthen defense ties in a move that could expand the US military presence in Australia, a development experts warn could undermine regional peace and stability.

Shenzhen gears up for Asia‑Pacific cooperation after decades of transformation

What began as a modest coastal fishing village has evolved into one of the world's most dynamic tech hubs. Now, Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province is ready to share its decades‑long transformation journey. Scheduled for Sept 5, the main forum of the Asia‑Pacific Media Forum will gather diverse perspectives across the region to explore fresh‑growth opportunities, laying the groundwork for the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting and advancing shared prosperity across the Asia‑Pacific.

Nepal rules out compensation from China

Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said on Thursday that the country has no intention of seeking "climate justice compensation" from any specific country, including China, according to a news release issued by the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu.

China works to bridge the digital divide

When Usman Ahmed first arrived in China in 2017, his ambitions were modest — to learn Mandarin, experience a new culture and broaden his horizons.

1.85 lakh voters deleted from Manipur, Sikkim electoral rolls after SIR

Over 1.85 lakh voters were removed from Manipur and Sikkim electoral rolls amid concerns over conflict-related displacement and discrepancies.

Carnatic musician S.R. Janakiraman passes away at 98

Karnataka files appeal before CWMA seeking reduction in water release

Ahead of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) meeting scheduled this week, Karnataka has filed an appeal before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) seeking a reduction in water releases to Tamil Nadu from 9,000 cusecs a day, as ordered by it, to 2,000 cusecs.

Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi over police action on Bihar students

Rahul Gandhi criticizes PM Modi for police brutality against Bihar students, questioning the restoration of their shattered dreams.

PM Modi used student interaction as political campaign: Kharge

Kharge accuses Modi of using student interactions for political gain while avoiding crucial questions on youth issues and education.

Gold slips on rate-hike bets; inflation data in focus

Reuters: Gold slips on rate-hike bets; inflation data in focus.

Asia tech shares rally, others hesitant as oil rises

Reuters: Asia tech shares rally, others hesitant as oil rises.

Taiwan flexes chip diplomacy muscles as it faces pressure to share AI wealth with allies

Reuters: Taiwan flexes chip diplomacy muscles as it faces pressure to share AI wealth with allies.

EU to give Greenland a cash boost amid Trump annexation drive

Reuters: EU to give Greenland a cash boost amid Trump annexation drive.

Hormuz traffic dips to lowest since May after US, Iranian strikes on ships

Reuters: Hormuz traffic dips to lowest since May after US, Iranian strikes on ships.

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It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis

After a year of work, hundreds of commits, 5 generations of pull requests, dozens of tests, rewriting part of Anubis in Rust, the first compiler bug of my career, and at least three times making my tower run out of ram I think I have finally done it. The next version of Anubis will ship with WebAssembly-based proof of work checks that admins can enable in their thresholds or bot rules:

Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security

There are many different types of secrets inside an oxide rack. At the base of the system we have the DeviceId and Alias keys stored on the RoT and used for platform identity and measurement signing for attestation respectively [RFD 36] . These keys along with a 3rd RoT hosted keypair used for authenticating ephemeral Diffie-Hellman agreement provide the ability for sleds to form secure sprockets sessions for application layer messages [RFD 238] . These sprockets sessions provide each sled the ability to confidentially share information in a point- to-point fashion, where the integrity of messages is protected, the authenticity of the endpoint and the attestation of its running software is guaranteed.

I refused to train the AI that could replace me

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Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice

Alternative Twitter front-end. Contribute to zedeus/nitter development by creating an account on GitHub.

GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard

We're well into the process of converting the Messaging app included in GrapheneOS into a modern app. We'll be making a new release later today with a completely overhauled user interface written in Android Compose. We've made a massive amount of other improvements and bug fixes beyond that too.

Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post

A social network with no POSTs. Send a message with an HTTP GET request.

Signing TLS handshakes inside a TPM

A client certificate whose private key stays in the TPM: what crypto/tls asks of a key, the Go for both ends, and what it costs per handshake.

Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings

We introduce the first method for translating text embeddings from one vector space to another without any paired data, encoders, or predefined sets of matches. Our unsupervised approach translates any embedding to and from a universal latent representation (i.e., a universal semantic structure conjectured by the Platonic Representation Hypothesis). Our translations achieve high cosine similarity across model pairs with different architectures, parameter counts, and training datasets. The ability to translate unknown embeddings into a different space while preserving their geometry has serious implications for the security of vector databases. An adversary with access only to embedding vectors can extract sensitive information about the underlying documents, sufficient for classification and attribute inference.

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