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After Op Sindoor, Jaish Swimming Pool To Train Terrorists Reopened: Sources
Over a month ago, on May 7, India struck terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to avenge the Pahalgam attacks.
Trump administration sues Los Angeles over immigration policies
Officials file lawsuit over sanctuary city policies that limit cooperation with federal agenciesDonald Trump’s administration has sued the city of Los Angeles over its immigration policies, claiming that city law discriminates against federal law enforcement and is obstructing the enforcement of immigration laws with sanctuary policies that bar local police from sharing information on people without legal status.Filed in the central district of California, the lawsuit says Donald Trump “campaigned and won the presidential election on a platform of deporting the millions of illegal immigrants the previous administration permitted, through its open borders policy, to enter the country unlawfully”. It is the latest in a string of lawsuits against so-called sanctuary jurisdictions – including New York,New Jersey and Colorado – that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Continue reading...
White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax
Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talksThe United States has said that Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney “caved” to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.“It’s very simple. Prime minister Carney and Canada caved to president [Donald] Trump and the United States of America,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing. Continue reading...
Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges
Grisly finding comes at end of worst month in war between Sinaloa factions as government tries to stop killingsMexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa, a region gripped by a war between factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel that is reaching new heights of violence.The state prosecutor’s office said on Monday that four of the victims had been decapitated and their bodies had been found hanging from a bridge on a main road near Culiacán, the state capital. Continue reading...
Prada accused of cashing in on Indian culture with Kolhapuri-inspired sandals
Fashion house acknowledges work of traditional artisans after accusations of cultural appropriationPrada has acknowledged that its new leather sandal design was inspired by India’s famous Kolhapuri “chappals” – handcrafted shoes known for their toe-loop design – after facing criticism over its failure to credit the footwear’s origins.“We acknowledge the sandals … are inspired by traditional Indian handcrafted footwear, with a centuries-old heritage,” Lorenzo Bertelli, the corporate social responsibility chief at the Italian fashion house, said in a letter to the Maharashtra chamber of commerce. Continue reading...
How Rise Of Zohran Mamdani Is Dividing Democrats
Zohran Mamdani's campaign focused on affordability, with policy goals including a rent freeze, free buses, and universal childcare.
Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders
Scores of Palestinians reported killed as senior Netanyahu adviser due to arrive in Washington for ceasefire talksIsrael ramped up its offensive in Gaza on Monday, with new displacement orders sending tens of thousands of people fleeing the north of the devastated territory and waves of airstrikes killing about 60 Palestinians, according to local officials and medical staff.The violence in Gaza came as a senior adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was due to arrive in Washington for talks on a new ceasefire, a day after Donald Trump called in a social media post for a deal to end the 20-month war and free 50 hostages held by Hamas. Continue reading...
Grossi: Iran's enriched uranium, facilities likely set back, but its nuclear knowledge still intact
Were Iran's ambitions to join the list of countries with nuclear weapons sidelined for several years, if not more, following the June 22 attack by U.S. B-2 bombers? Or have Tehran's plans to become a nuclear power merely been pushed back a few months?
China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match
Footage of three-a-side game shows humanoids struggling to kick the ball or stay uprightThey think it’s all over … for human footballers at least.The pitch wasn’t the only artificial element on display at a football match on Saturday. Four teams of humanoid robots took each other on in Beijing, in games of three-a-side powered by artificial intelligence. Continue reading...
Trump signs an executive order lifting sanctions against Syria
President Trump signed an executive order Monday ending long-running U.S. sanctions against Syria.
Norway lottery operator apologises to 47,000 players over prize mixup
Norsk Tipping informed thousands of people they won big sums of money after mistake in currency conversionsNorwegian lottery bosses have sent a text message apologising to tens of thousands of disappointed players who were accidentally told they had won large sums of money.Norsk Tipping, the state-owned gambling operator, had admitted “several thousand” people were mistakenly told on Friday they had won life-changing sums of money after an error in converting from euros to Norwegian kroner. It was not until Monday, three days later, that a text message was sent to 47,000 people apologising for the error. Continue reading...
Top cyber firm warns new digital threats from China unlike any ever encountered
A top American cybersecurity company warns in a new report that the global scale and sophistication of cyber threats from China are unlike anything its analysts have seen.
