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Education

Royal College of Psychiatrists faces member backlash over Qatar partnership

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

More than 150 psychiatrists sign letter condemning contract to host exams in country with well-documented human rights abuses

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is facing a backlash from members over a controversial partnership with Qatar’s state healthcare provider.

The college has signed a contract with the state-owned Hamad Medical Corporation to host international exams in Doha, enabling...

Science/Tech

Rust Is Coming To Debian’s APT Package Manager

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

A maintainer of Debian’s Advanced Package Tool (APT) “has announced plans to introduce hard Rust dependencies into APT starting May 2026,” reports the blog It’s FOSS.The integration targets critical areas like parsing .deb, .ar, and tar files plus HTTP signature verification using Sequoia. [APT maintainer Julian Andres Klode] said these components “would strongly benefit from memory safe...

Health

Infant Formula Recalled Amid Botulism Investigation

Today at 18:10 PM, via New York Times

Health agencies asked caregivers to stop using two batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after they found an increase in cases of infant botulism.