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The situation in the Middle East, Leo added, “is only provoking more hatred.” He urged leaders to “come back to the table” and find a peaceful solution to end the war as he pointed out that attacks on civilian infrastructure go against international law.“Let’s remember especially the innocent children, the elderly, the sick, so many people who have already become or will become victims of this continued warfare,” he said.Leo also called on citizens of all the countries involved to contact political leaders and “tell them to work for peace and to reject war.”In a statement to POLITICO, White House…
Pakistani police destroyed opium poppy fields in a remote tribal area of northwestern Pakistan as part of an anti-narcotics operation. Officers used sticks to cut down and uproot plants across several hectares in the Mohmand district near the Afghan border. Footage shows police and villagers pulling plants from the ground while others watch the operation. Authorities said the campaign aims to curb drug production. Local farmers, however, said they rely on poppy cultivation due to poverty and lack of basic services, warning that alternative crops bring lower returns and limited income.
“If these artificial intelligence systems are actually procured from foreign companies, then … our militaries can be turned off. Do we want our military forces to be turned off because we have general political misalignment sometimes?” Mensch asked. His remarks come ahead of the European Commission’s presentation of a major technological sovereignty package, tentatively scheduled for the end of May. The proposals aim to reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign providers in critical areas, including cloud services and semiconductors. Part of the package also aims to boost data centers in Europe. Mistral on Tuesday presented a list of policy proposals that…
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.State Department spokesperson Dylan Johnson said in a March 31 statement the department was “aware of the reported kidnapping of an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq,” adding that it had warned the journalist about threats against her.Johnson said then that U.S. officials believed one of the people involved in the kidnapping had ties to Kataib Hezbollah.Kittleson, a freelance journalist who has contributed to multiple publications including POLITICO, has reported across the Middle East, including from Baghdad and Damascus, Syria, for years.Alex Plitsas, a CNN national security analyst and Kittleson’s…
Programmable logic controllers developed by software manufacturer Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley are actively being exploited, and PLCs from other companies are potentially being targeted as well, according to the advisory.The agencies advised all U.S. organizations to remove the control software from direct internet exposure and check available logs for “suspicious traffic.” If an organization uses Rockwell Automation devices, the agencies recommend contacting the company if the organization may have been targeted.The advisory does not specify which Iranian hacking group is behind the attacks, only noting that “Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat actors” were targeting U.S. critical infrastructure organizations with the intent to “cause…
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French authorities had repeatedly expressed concern for Kohler and Paris since the United States and Israel began launching strikes against Iran in February. The rush to secure their release took on added urgency as Trump scaled up his threats against Iran. Trump on Tuesday warned that should Iran fail to cut a deal, “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. The U.S. president has threatened to attack Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran doesn’t open…
Iran has blocked sea traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil normally travels, sending prices skyrocketing. Trump’s latest warnings come after he suggested strikes would hit bridges, desalination plants and energy targets — which could include civilian infrastructure that, if attacked deliberately, could constitute a war crime. “We don’t want to discuss hypotheticals at this point,” said an EU diplomat, who is also party to the bloc’s policy on Trump and the Iran war. The diplomat and the official were granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. “A whole civilization will die tonight,…
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Angine de Poitrine are inescapable right now. They’re a Canadian duo who have been catapulted to viral success after a KEXP session recorded at the 48th edition of the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France. Everyone was struck by their visual aesthetic and the sonic carnival on show – two clearly talented musicians wearing oversized papier-mâché masks and polka-dotted costumes, jamming to dissonant rock. One has long noodly hair, a Pinocchio nose,plays a double-necked guitar, and looks like they’ve been struck from above by an inverted white pyramid. The other appears to be the bastard lovechild of a dalmatian and…