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If anyone is in the Whitehaven area, could you pop over to the Jawas and ask if they have any secondhand droids for sale, thanks.

❗️US reinstated sanctions on Russian oil after letting a waiver expire, targeting revenues from firms like Rosneft and Lukoil despite concerns Moscow can still bypass restrictions. #Russia

With most of the votes counted, is set to receive 138 seats in 's 199-seat parliament, or five seats more than the two-thirds needed to push through substantial , including ones requiring constitutional amendments.

dw.com/en/hungary-election-orb

, the longest-serving leader in the and a longtime ally of President , conceded defeat Sunday night after what he called a "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power.

"I congratulated the victorious party,″ Orbán told supporters in Budapest. "We are going to serve the Hungarian nation and our homeland from opposition as well."

cbsnews.com/news/hungary-gener

We don't know yet the results in 's elections (it will take some more hours), but with 77.8% it was the highest ever recorded voter turnout in the country's history.

euronews.com/2026/04/12/record

A tram in , . Definitely not designed with in mind, but the carriage has charme. Not a heritage ride, but still in active use.

Tomorrow, on April 12th, elects its national assembly, which then will elect the country's prime minister. There is a real chance Victor won't get another turn of being PM, but Péter will be voted in.

Politico calls it "this year's most consequential election in the ." Hungary will alao be better off without him!

Fingers crossed 🤞

politico.eu/article/hungary-vi

A group of investigative journalists, including @michaeldweiss, obtained another intercepted conversation between Hungary’s FM Péter Szijjártó and Lavrov.

It appears that Moscow may have been able to access virtually any information it sought from the EU/NATO via Budapest.

The deputy prime minister of , Ho Duc Phoc, has approved the restructuring of over the period from 2026 to 2030, including the adoption of an operating model based on a group structure of parent company and subsidiaries.

The parent company, Vietnam National Railways Group, will be a single-member limited liability company with 100% state-owned charter capital.

railjournal.com/policy/vietnam

I watched Mr. Nobody Against Putin tonight. What a beautiful movie. To use another movie title, I think "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" is a very accurate description of what the protagonist is going through. My brain is still processing. Watch it, if you get the chance.

Puhung station of the Metro. The pictured Type D rolling stock was bought second-hand from in the late 1990ies.

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mario Micklisch/CC BY 2.0. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

@kontrollierterWahnwitz @grumpygamer

Agreed, I also don't understand it. Then again, you will always have some fans who will be disappointed, regardless what you do, I guess. Especially if you make a sequel to a classic decades after the original release... Glad you hear you enjoyed it as well!

You did it! 🥳

European Parliament just decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop.

This means on April 6, 2026, Gmail, LinkedIn, Microsoft and other Big Techs must stop scanning your private messages in the EU. #PrivacyWins 💪

Hungarian foreign minister admits calling Russia's Lavrov during key EU meetings

Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó has confirmed he regularly contacts Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov during private EU meetings following reports alleging routine communication during breaks in Brussels meetings.

euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03

1/2 [Kenyan] President, William Samoei , attended the launch of the next phase of of ’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on March 19. Involving 264km of new construction, the line will be extended from , northwest of , westwards to , where an 8.7km branch line is planned to the new Kisumu Port.

@jon On one of our high school trips we visited and were always giggling when we saw "sauf bus", which roughly translates to "drinking bus" in . Since we travelled by bus, we figured that this should be taken as an order 😉

@dirkdierickx @grumpygamer

True, I also prefer the art style over the remakes! They were fun to play again, though.

I wishlisted it and only bought it some weeks back - shame on me 😉

@grooovinger @grumpygamer

Hehe, true, and don't forget the demon pepper when cooking... 😉

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