U.S. border arrests surge to two-decade high
President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to bypass its blockade, a move that escalates tensions and threatens to reignite the war with Iran. The seizure, which Trump announced on Sunday, came after Iran has refused to participate in a second round of peace talks, even as Trump reiterated…
The first compliance deadline kicked in a couple of days ago for the European Union’s AI Act, a risk-based framework for regulating uses of artificial intelligence — banning a narrow selection of so-called “unacceptable risk” use cases of AI, such as social scoring that could lead to detrimental or unfavourable treatment; or harmful manipulation using…
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Israel, only to see their weapons intercepted and destroyed by the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 fighters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier battle group. CENTCOM said U.S. forces “shot…
As the US Supreme Court winds down its term ahead of the summer break, there are a number of cases still to be decided. The court is scheduled to issue opinions on Thursday and these are the major outstanding cases: – Birthright citizenship – The case is ostensibly about Donald Trump’s bid to scrap birthright…
The same day, Biden used his first veto to reverse a Republic-led anti-ESG bill HSBC’s slow crawl away from oil and gas is still too much for Texas. Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar yesterday (Mar. 20) added Europe’s largest bank to his office’s list of companies that boycott the oil and gas industry in light of…
AMSTERDAM, June 27 (Reuters) – European policing agency Europol said on Tuesday that the takedown of Encrochat, an underground company that offered criminals supposedly secure encrypted communications, led to more than 6,500 arrests and 900 million euros ($980 million) in seized assets. The system had an estimated 60,000 users when it shut down abruptly in…