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diff --git a/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp b/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Project Tick
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Project Tick
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   MeshMC - A Custom Launcher for Minecraft
+ *   Copyright (C) 2026 Project Tick
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
+ *  permission notice:
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2021 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "NewsChecker.h"
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QDomDocument>
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+NewsChecker::NewsChecker(shared_qobject_ptr<QNetworkAccessManager> network,
+						 const QString& feedUrl)
+{
+	m_network = network;
+	m_feedUrl = feedUrl;
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::reloadNews()
+{
+	// Start a netjob to download the RSS feed and call rssDownloadFinished()
+	// when it's done.
+	if (isLoadingNews()) {
+		qDebug()
+			<< "Ignored request to reload news. Currently reloading already.";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	qDebug() << "Reloading news.";
+
+	NetJob* job = new NetJob("News RSS Feed", m_network);
+	job->addNetAction(Net::Download::makeByteArray(m_feedUrl, &newsData));
+	QObject::connect(job, &NetJob::succeeded, this,
+					 &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFinished);
+	QObject::connect(job, &NetJob::failed, this,
+					 &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFailed);
+	m_newsNetJob.reset(job);
+	job->start();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::rssDownloadFinished()
+{
+	// Parse the XML file and process the RSS feed entries.
+	qDebug() << "Finished loading RSS feed.";
+
+	m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	QDomDocument doc;
+	{
+		// Stuff to store error info in.
+		QString errorMsg = "Unknown error.";
+		int errorLine = -1;
+		int errorCol = -1;
+
+		// Parse the XML.
+		if (!doc.setContent(newsData, false, &errorMsg, &errorLine,
+							&errorCol)) {
+			QString fullErrorMsg =
+				QString("Error parsing RSS feed XML. %1 at %2:%3.")
+					.arg(errorMsg)
+					.arg(errorLine)
+					.arg(errorCol);
+			fail(fullErrorMsg);
+			newsData.clear();
+			return;
+		}
+		newsData.clear();
+	}
+
+	// If the parsing succeeded, read it.
+	QDomNodeList items = doc.elementsByTagName("item");
+	m_newsEntries.clear();
+	for (int i = 0; i < items.length(); i++) {
+		QDomElement element = items.at(i).toElement();
+		NewsEntryPtr entry;
+		entry.reset(new NewsEntry());
+		QString errorMsg = "An unknown error occurred.";
+		if (NewsEntry::fromXmlElement(element, entry.get(), &errorMsg)) {
+			qDebug() << "Loaded news entry" << entry->title;
+			m_newsEntries.append(entry);
+		} else {
+			qWarning() << "Failed to load news entry at index" << i << ":"
+					   << errorMsg;
+		}
+	}
+
+	succeed();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::rssDownloadFailed(QString reason)
+{
+	// Set an error message and fail.
+	fail(tr("Failed to load news RSS feed:\n%1").arg(reason));
+}
+
+QList<NewsEntryPtr> NewsChecker::getNewsEntries() const
+{
+	return m_newsEntries;
+}
+
+bool NewsChecker::isLoadingNews() const
+{
+	return m_newsNetJob.get() != nullptr;
+}
+
+QString NewsChecker::getLastLoadErrorMsg() const
+{
+	return m_lastLoadError;
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::succeed()
+{
+	m_lastLoadError = "";
+	qDebug() << "News loading succeeded.";
+	m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	emit newsLoaded();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::fail(const QString& errorMsg)
+{
+	m_lastLoadError = errorMsg;
+	qDebug() << "Failed to load news:" << errorMsg;
+	m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	emit newsLoadingFailed(errorMsg);
+}
diff --git a/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsChecker.h b/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsChecker.h
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Project Tick
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Project Tick
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   MeshMC - A Custom Launcher for Minecraft
+ *   Copyright (C) 2026 Project Tick
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
+ *  permission notice:
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2021 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QList>
+
+#include <net/NetJob.h>
+
+#include "NewsEntry.h"
+
+class NewsChecker : public QObject
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+  public:
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs a news reader to read from the given RSS feed URL.
+	 */
+	NewsChecker(shared_qobject_ptr<QNetworkAccessManager> network,
+				const QString& feedUrl);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Returns the error message for the last time the news was loaded.
+	 * Empty string if the last load was successful.
+	 */
+	QString getLastLoadErrorMsg() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Returns true if the news has been loaded successfully.
+	 */
+	bool isNewsLoaded() const;
+
+	//! True if the news is currently loading. If true, reloadNews() will do
+	//! nothing.
+	bool isLoadingNews() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Returns a list of news entries.
+	 */
+	QList<NewsEntryPtr> getNewsEntries() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Reloads the news from the website's RSS feed.
+	 * If the news is already loading, this does nothing.
+	 */
+	void Q_SLOT reloadNews();
+
+  signals:
+	/*!
+	 * Signal fired after the news has finished loading.
+	 */
+	void newsLoaded();
+
+	/*!
+	 * Signal fired after the news fails to load.
+	 */
+	void newsLoadingFailed(QString errorMsg);
+
+  protected slots:
+	void rssDownloadFinished();
+	void rssDownloadFailed(QString reason);
+
+  protected: /* data */
+	//! The URL for the RSS feed to fetch.
+	QString m_feedUrl;
+
+	//! List of news entries.
+	QList<NewsEntryPtr> m_newsEntries;
+
+	//! The network job to use to load the news.
+	NetJob::Ptr m_newsNetJob;
+
+	//! True if news has been loaded.
+	bool m_loadedNews;
+
+	QByteArray newsData;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Gets the error message that was given last time the news was loaded.
+	 * If the last news load succeeded, this will be an empty string.
+	 */
+	QString m_lastLoadError;
+
+	shared_qobject_ptr<QNetworkAccessManager> m_network;
+
+  protected slots:
+	/// Emits newsLoaded() and sets m_lastLoadError to empty string.
+	void succeed();
+
+	/// Emits newsLoadingFailed() and sets m_lastLoadError to the given message.
+	void fail(const QString& errorMsg);
+};
diff --git a/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp b/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Project Tick
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Project Tick
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   MeshMC - A Custom Launcher for Minecraft
+ *   Copyright (C) 2026 Project Tick
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
+ *  permission notice:
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2021 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "NewsEntry.h"
+
+#include <QDomNodeList>
+#include <QVariant>
+
+NewsEntry::NewsEntry(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent)
+{
+	this->title = tr("Untitled");
+	this->content = tr("No content.");
+	this->link = "";
+	this->author = tr("Unknown Author");
+	this->pubDate = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+}
+
+NewsEntry::NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content,
+					 const QString& link, const QString& author,
+					 const QDateTime& pubDate, QObject* parent)
+	: QObject(parent)
+{
+	this->title = title;
+	this->content = content;
+	this->link = link;
+	this->author = author;
+	this->pubDate = pubDate;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Gets the text content of the given child element as a QVariant.
+ */
+inline QString childValue(const QDomElement& element, const QString& childName,
+						  QString defaultVal = "")
+{
+	QDomNodeList nodes = element.elementsByTagName(childName);
+	if (nodes.count() > 0) {
+		QDomElement element = nodes.at(0).toElement();
+		return element.text();
+	} else {
+		return defaultVal;
+	}
+}
+
+bool NewsEntry::fromXmlElement(const QDomElement& element, NewsEntry* entry,
+							   QString* errorMsg)
+{
+	QString title = childValue(element, "title", tr("Untitled"));
+	QString content = childValue(element, "description", tr("No content."));
+	QString link = childValue(element, "link");
+	QString author = childValue(element, "dc:creator", tr("Unknown Author"));
+	QString pubDateStr = childValue(element, "pubDate");
+
+	// FIXME: For now, we're just ignoring timezones. We assume that all time
+	// zones in the RSS feed are the same.
+	QString dateFormat("ddd, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss");
+	QDateTime pubDate = QDateTime::fromString(pubDateStr, dateFormat);
+
+	entry->title = title;
+	entry->content = content;
+	entry->link = link;
+	entry->author = author;
+	entry->pubDate = pubDate;
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h b/meshmc/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Project Tick
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Project Tick
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   MeshMC - A Custom Launcher for Minecraft
+ *   Copyright (C) 2026 Project Tick
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
+ *  permission notice:
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2021 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QDomElement>
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+class NewsEntry : public QObject
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+  public:
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs an empty news entry.
+	 */
+	explicit NewsEntry(QObject* parent = 0);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs a new news entry.
+	 * Note that content may contain HTML.
+	 */
+	NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link,
+			  const QString& author, const QDateTime& pubDate,
+			  QObject* parent = 0);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Attempts to load information from the given XML element into the given
+	 * news entry pointer. If this fails, the function will return false and
+	 * store an error message in the errorMsg pointer.
+	 */
+	static bool fromXmlElement(const QDomElement& element, NewsEntry* entry,
+							   QString* errorMsg = 0);
+
+	//! The post title.
+	QString title;
+
+	//! The post's content. May contain HTML.
+	QString content;
+
+	//! URL to the post.
+	QString link;
+
+	//! The post's author.
+	QString author;
+
+	//! The date and time that this post was published.
+	QDateTime pubDate;
+};
+
+typedef std::shared_ptr<NewsEntry> NewsEntryPtr;