The U.S. government is under the ‘hack of a decade’ after massive cyberattack grows
May 26 (UPI) — Venezuela’s ruling party, led by President Nicolas Maduro, swept to victory in regional and parliamentary elections. The elections Sunday came as multiple opposition groups called for Venezuelans to boycott the vote in protest to last July’s presidential election in which Maduro was declared the winner in a disputed contest over Edmundo…
The US expects “accountability and legal prosecution” in response to settler violence across the West Bank. The United States called for Israel to ensure accountability for the settler rampage against Palestinians, condemned the terror attack at a West Bank gas station and slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he planned to build 1,000 new…
Russian forces have made a push toward the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway in Donetsk Oblast, seizing positions in nearby settlements to support further offensive operations, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported on Aug. 11. The updated map, compiled by DeepState through a mix of open-source data and testimonies from units on the ground, shows the grey…
Florida is yanking $2 billion worth of state assets managed by BlackRock, escalating the GOP standoff with the world’s largest money manager over its ESG investment policies. The state treasury will freeze about $1.43 billion worth of long-term securities and remove BlackRock as the manager of about $600 million worth of short-term overnight investments with…
King Charles has given a major speech at the opening of parliament in Canada in which he sought to define its place in an uncertain world and its relationship with the US. The address in Ottawa laid out priorities for new Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose Liberals won the country’s general election in April –…
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said. General Romeo Brawner accused Chinese vessels of ramming Philippine boats, then boarding them and seizing weapons. One Filipino soldier lost a thumb when…