Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power (apnews.com)
Did Ancient Egyptians Know Meteorites Came From Space? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Crusade period grave field discovered in Southwest Finland (yle.fi)
See gorgeous ancient Egyptian 'mummy portraits' from nearly 2 millennia ago (www.livescience.com)
GitHub - soxoj/counter-osint-guide-en: Comprehensive Counter OSINT and privacy guide for Runet and CIS (github.com)
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy (www.livescience.com)
Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag (apnews.com)
El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members (apnews.com)
Archaeologists Discover Remains of 5,000-Year-Old Wine in Ancient Egyptian Tomb (www.sciencealert.com)
Australian Cheng Lei freed from China detention (www.bbc.com)
School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds (www.theguardian.com)
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice in Norway could date to Viking Age (www.livescience.com)
Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor (www.wired.com)
Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report (theconversation.com)
BBC witnesses Chinese ships blocking Philippines supply boats (www.bbc.com)
In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000 (www.reuters.com)
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
US student held in Dubai for weeks for tapping security officer’s arm (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region's Armenians (apnews.com)
UK passport database to be used to identify suspects from CCTV footage (therecord.media)
Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut (www.bloomberg.com)
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