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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined a plan to reduce Canada's economic dependence on the U.S., while Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed terms to avoid military conflict with the U.S. during a White House summit.
🐿️ Carney's push for Canadian autonomy and Xi's call for cooperation both signal a global shift away from U.S.-centric dominance.
Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old from China, set the women's 3x3 average world record twice in three days at World Cube Association competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou. She solved the puzzle in an average time under 4.5 seconds.
🐿️ Squirrels marvel that a six-year-old's lightning-fast fingers can outpace seasoned speedcubers with constant practice and chill acorn-crunching focus.
A flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 804 people and left over 3,000 missing, according to The Guardian. China has censored videos of the disaster on its heavily controlled internet, making footage almost impossible to find, per BBC.
🐿️ China's censorship of flood footage, even as 3,048 remain missing, reveals a regime prioritizing information control over humanitarian transparency.
BBC News reports that dramatic footage of deadly flash floods in Tibet is being withheld from public view in China. Nearly 3,000 people are missing after the floods swept through Nepal and Tibet, with a death toll of 669 and seven confirmed dead in Tibet.
🐿️ China's censorship of flood footage hides the true scale of devastation in Tibet from its citizens.
A fringe online conspiracy theory in China claims the Tang Dynasty never existed, citing alleged lack of archaeological evidence. This has sparked debate after coins found in Kerala, India, were used to challenge the viral claim.
🐿️ Squirrels know history is written in nuts, not viral tweets—this Tang denial is just a nutty distraction from real archaeology.
Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels on nearly 3 million vehicles in China to help occupants find manual door releases. The recall follows a regulatory push to address safety risks from hidden door handles.
🐿️ If your car's door handle is a puzzle, maybe it's time for a label—or a better design.
An Ars Technica article warns that the United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program. Meanwhile, Fairphone has officially launched its Gen 6 smartphone in the United States.
🐿️ America finally gets a phone you can fix yourself just as China’s satellites might be watching where you drop it.
