Special agents’ blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
Pakistan locks down Islamabad as Imran Khan’s party vows to march on capital
Tens of thousands of police deployed and roads barricaded as PTI party demands release of jailed former PM
Leaders from Imran Khan’s party have vowed to go ahead with a nationwide demonstration in Pakistan to demand the former prime minister’s release, even as the government deployed tens of thousands of police to Islamabad, barricaded highways and issued arrest warrants to try to stop the march.
The state has taken extreme measures to prevent Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party from proceeding with the march. It was announced after mounting concerns of the treatment of Khan, who has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges.
Continue reading...Dogs Have a ‘Consonant Bias’ – Newser
- Dogs Have a 'Consonant Bias' Newser
- Dogs pay more attention to consonants than vowels when we speak newscientist.com
- Man's best listener? Dog brains segment speech similar to humans Yahoo
- Dog brains track consonant patterns in speech, a first outside humans Phys.org
- Hear, boy! Dogs decode what we say in a human-like way The Times
Man shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler dies
A gunman shot Jim Copenhaver twice while also killing another man and grazing Trump's ear with a bullet.
Tucker Carlson: Trump Should Be Removed From Office – Newser
- Tucker Carlson: Trump Should Be Removed From Office Newser
- Tucker Carlson has reconsidered Trump. And quite a bit else NPR
- Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat Axios
- Tucker Carlson says Trump’s Cabinet must remove him from office under the 25th Amendment The Independent
- Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been removed from office after threat of nuclear war 13wham.com
Exclusive: Board of Peace quietly met with UNRWA, ex-agency chief says – AP News
Healey appoints Labour manifesto writer, fuelling election speculation
Exclusive: Economist Ravinder Athwal who worked in Keir Starmer’s team is poached from Flint Global
Ravinder Athwal, the economist who wrote Labour’s 2024 manifesto, is taking on a senior role as an adviser to John Healey, in a move likely to fuel speculation about an early general election.
The chancellor is keen to beef up his team before the critical budget on 28 October, as the economy is buffeted by high oil prices and rising government borrowing costs.
Continue reading...Far-Right Activist Danny Tommo Arrested After Slashing Dinghy in English Channel – The New York Times
- Far-Right Activist Danny Tommo Arrested After Slashing Dinghy in English Channel The New York Times
- Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel The Guardian
- Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after dinghy slashed in Channel bbc.com
- Tommy Robinson at court to see anti-migrant activist Danny Tommo deny criminal damage independent.co.uk
- Far-right UK activist Daniel Thomas arrested after slashing dinghy Al Jazeera
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump releases data from Nolan Wells’ cellphone
Messaging ‘very telling’, says Crump after grand jury said it found no evidence of criminal conduct in teen’s death
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump released information from a forensic examination of Nolan Wells’ cellphone as well as details of the official autopsy on Thursday, just days after a Mississippi grand jury said it found no evidence of criminal conduct in the teen’s death.
Attorneys representing the 18-year-old Black college student’s family have called for transparency, asking that the grand jury investigative materials and the official autopsy report be publicly released.
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Woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her aged 13 says claims were false
Unnamed woman who filed and later dropped lawsuit against rap superstar states that she never met him, contrary to initial allegation of 2000 assault
A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has formally withdrawn her allegation, saying that she has never met the rap superstar.
The unnamed woman had originally made the allegation in a lawsuit filed in 2024, claiming that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, had drugged and raped her with Sean Combs, known as P Diddy. The incident was alleged to have happened at a party after an MTV awards ceremony in 2000.
Continue reading...Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system
Trump administration move weakens federal insurance programs – and some poor people will likely forego healthcare
The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of fraud, officials said on Tuesday – adding to previous efforts to chip away at federally subsidized insurance programs and likely causing some of the lowest-income Americans to forego healthcare, experts said.
The US government is also investigating about 420,000 people whom they suspect of fraud, and they are putting a six-month enrollment moratorium on new agents and brokers selling Obamacare policies, officials said at a press conference.
Continue reading...Far-left Mélenchon on track for presidential face-off against Le Pen, poll suggests – Politico
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- No Time to Lose DGAP
- French poll shows lowest rejection rate for Le Pen — Politico Europe UA.NEWS
EU defense fund unblocked, and with it new support for Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
- EU defense fund unblocked, and with it new support for Ukraine The Kyiv Independent
- EU agrees to release €6.6 billion linked to Ukraine military aid Reuters
- Brussels presses Kyiv to speed up reforms amid budget crunch Euronews.com
- EU releases €6.6 billion for members arming Ukraine as seven killed in Kyiv France 24
- EU Tells Ukraine to Bolster Rule of Law Before It Gets More Aid Bloomberg.com
Houthis promise not to target European ships – Financial Times
- Houthis promise not to target European ships Financial Times
- Houthis told EU they have no intention to attack European ships: Report Middle East Eye
- Why container lines kept sailing back to the Red Sea Container News
- Container ships and oil tankers seen in Gulf of Aden as tensions rise in Yemen AP News
- Houthis Vow Not to Target European Ships as Yemeni Forces Seize Strategic Jabal Numan Arab Times Kuwait News
NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records – bbc.com
- NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records bbc.com
- NHS England chief says staff suspected of snooping on patients’ records should be suspended immediately The Guardian
- NHS staff face immediate suspension for 'snooping' on patient medical data Sky News
- NHS investigation after staff access records of teen who died a decade ago independent.co.uk
- NHS staff investigated over access to dead teenager's medical records BBC
Pomp over progress as Trump rolls out red carpet for China’s president Xi Jinping
While the US president hailed the visit as ‘great’, almost nothing of substance was achieved, which was a win for Xi
If the Beijing meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in May was the “stalemate summit”, the second round of talks between the presidents of the US and China this week seemed to give up entirely on the idea of breakthroughs.
Instead, it was dubbed a celebration of “diplotainment” rather than diplomacy, where pomp prevailed over progress, and where one of the main outcomes was the news that two giant pandas would soon be sent from China to the Atlanta Zoo.
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Khamenei Adviser Issues Ultimatum: If Iran Cannot Have Flights, No One In The Region Can – NDTV Profit
- Khamenei Adviser Issues Ultimatum: If Iran Cannot Have Flights, No One In The Region Can NDTV Profit
- Iraq seeks US exemption from ban on Iranian flights Al Jazeera
- Three Iraqi airports suspend Iranian flights starting Friday, sources and state media say Reuters
- Iran threatens regional air travel as US sanctions cut its flight links Iran International
- UAE says suspending all flights operated by Iranian airlines to comply with US sanctions The Times of Israel
Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn
Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulations
Donald Trump’s latest fishing order is raising new concerns about US marine protections, as it directs federal agencies to prioritize recreational fishing while reconsidering the scientific standards and environmental regulations that govern American fisheries.
The National Marine Fisheries Service hailed last Thursday’s order, Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation, telling the Guardian: “By addressing long-standing flaws in federal data collection, streamlining permitting, and expanding marine habitats, this action delivers long-overdue stability to America’s $1.2tn outdoor recreation economy.”
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