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Tuesday February 13rd, 2024 morning edition

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Mongolia's former president shared a map of the Mongol Empire, which included parts of Russia.

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The former president of Mongolia mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend and his focus on history to try to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

Putin has frequently used historical borders to rationalize his brutal invasion, arguing that Russia has a claim over Ukraine even though Ukraine is an independent country.

On X, Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Mongolia's president between 2009 and 2017 and its former prime minister, poked fun at Putin's argument.

He shared maps showing how large the Mongol Empire was, with it once controlling parts of what is now Russia. »

Instagram will stop recommending political content

Authored by nbcnews.com
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In a blog post Friday, Instagram, the popular photo and video app owned by Meta, said it will no longer “proactively recommend” political content from accounts that users do not already follow.

By default, going forward Instagram and Threads will not promote political content (unless it’s from accounts users already are following).

Such users flagged for political content also can “stop posting this type of content for a period of time, in order to be eligible to be recommended again,” Instagram said. »

$15 million land purchase to protect 8,000 acres of America’s Amazon in south Alabama

Authored by al.com

The tract, sometimes called the Land Between the Rivers, includes area between the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers where they join to form the Delta.The Nature Conservancy in Alabama.

Well, if you look at the biodiversity of the Mobile Delta, it really should be the Amazon is South America’s Mobile.”.

The $5.2 million for the Land Between the Rivers purchase is the organization’s largest gift to date. »

So far delivering democracy in Helldivers 2 has been pretty great

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Since then, developer Arrowhead Game Studios kept that DNA intact in pretty much all of their following releases, including the original Helldivers.

Everything about Helldivers 2 is ridiculous and over the top, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

20 hours in, Helldivers 2 continues delivering enough of a good time to keep me going and going. »