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Germany rebukes Philippine envoy over Hitler comments, war on drugs

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Germany’s Foreign Office called in an envoy for the Philippines this week after comments defending President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of himself as a cousin of Hitler. It also criticized the country’s war on drugs.

‘We won’t be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract

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Workers say augmented reality headsets provided to US army risk ‘turning warfare into a simulated video game’

Microsoft workers are calling on their employer to cancel a $480m contract to provide the US army with augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying they “do not want to become war profiteers”.

“We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used,” reads a petition being circulated inside the company, a copy of which was published on Twitter on Friday afternoon. More than 50 employees had signed the letter as of Friday afternoon, according to an employee.

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