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NATO shoots down drone over Latvia as concern about Ukraine war’s spread grows

NATO shoots down drone over Latvia as concern about Ukraine war’s spread grows

Published by Sam Flores

A French fighter jet shot down a drone that entered NATO ally Latvia’s airspace from Russia on Monday, the latest security incident along Europe’s eastern border while Russia wages war on Ukraine. NATO command ordered the shoot-down after it was determined that Russia had used electromagnetic warfare in the area, Latvian Defense Minister Raivis Melnis told reporters. The drone was brought down Monday morning near the village of Berzgale, roughly 20 miles from the border. No property damage or injuries were reported. Source link

Two arrested in Manchester gambling raid as wider scrutiny grows

Two arrested in Manchester gambling raid as wider scrutiny grows

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Two people were arrested after police and regulators carried out a raid at a suspected illegal gambling venue in central Manchester, according to authorities. The action followed reports that a property on Chester Road had been hosting gambling activity without the licenses required under UK law. Officers from Greater Manchester Police’s City of Manchester team joined staff from the Gambling Commission and Manchester City Council’s licensing department for the operation on May 28. Two people were arrested after a raid on a suspected illegal gambling den in Manchester city centre in a joint operation with Gambling Commission, @gmpolice and @ManCityCouncil officials. To read more about this story, visit our website https://t.co/4RlRU2bbpe pic.twitter.com/f265llouqF — Gambling Commission (@GamRegGB) June 1, 2026 A 33-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman were detained on suspicion of offences under the Gambling Act 2005 and the Licensing Act 2003. Police said both remained in custody for questioning as of Thursday evening. When investigators entered the premises, they discovered gambling tables, chips, account books and records. Officers also recovered alcohol, cash, mobile phones …

SpaceX-Tesla Merger Speculation Grows As Decade Of Cross-Company Deals Reveal Deeper Integration

SpaceX-Tesla Merger Speculation Grows As Decade Of Cross-Company Deals Reveal Deeper Integration

Published by Jenni Sidey

Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives has pointed out for months the potential for a SpaceX-Tesla merger, discussing the possibility with Bloomberg in February and, more recently, on a podcast where he said the probability is 80% by 2027. Polymarket odds of a merger by the end of the year stand at 32%. Now, CNBC has joined the growing speculation that Musk may eventually merge Tesla and SpaceX into one mega-company. The report said: The two companies already have a laundry list of shared resources, and Musk has discussed with colleagues the possibility of folding the companies together, according to people familiar with the talks who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the topic. A current Tesla employee told CNBC that many workers at the electric vehicle company have long expected such a transaction to eventually take place and that the topic is openly discussed internally. Another person close to the company said that shared challenges tied to power and compute constraints have led to regular collaborations. Both companies already overlap across AI, …

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

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In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists. More than 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and fusion centers obtained by WIRED show a national shift taking place to surveil this new and worryingly broad category of people and activities deemed an emerging threat. This new effort follows President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memo 7, which instructs the Department of Justice to target anyone holding “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” and “anti-capitalism” beliefs. Earlier this month, Trump’s counterterrorism czar, Sebastian Gorka, released a public counterterrorism strategy claiming that left-wing extremists are one of the three top counterterrorism priorities facing the United States. Taken together, these Trump administration directives have commandeered the domestic surveillance apparatus to surveil and criminalize speech and assembly that challenges the ideology of the White House. A new focus on anti-technology extremism adds an unreported category …

Minister Grows Emotional While Discussing Teenage Rape Victim's Case

Minister Grows Emotional While Discussing Teenage Rape Victim's Case

Published by Sam Flores

Darren Jones on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg A minister grew visibly emotional on live TV this morning following a troubling BBC interview with a teenage rape victim. A girl who was raped by two teenage boys told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that the judge’s decision to spare her attackers jail was like a “rock straight in my face”. Speaking anonymously with her family, she said the move “always made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law because they were still children”. Judge Nichoas Rowland said on Thursday he wanted to avoid “criminalising” the “very young” boys. The attorney general, Lord Hermer, is set to review the sentence. The two defendants were also convicted of attacking another victim with a third boy. Both rapes were filmed by the boys and some of the footage was shared online. Chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones, who has three daughters, told the BBC that the government is looking at this case “urgently”. He …

Thai Q1 GDP grows 2.8% y/y, above forecast

Thai Q1 GDP grows 2.8% y/y, above forecast

Published by Sam Flores

BANGKOK, May 18 : Thailand’s economy grew by 2.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, higher than the median forecast of 2.2 per cent in a Reuters poll of analysts. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy expanded 0.7 per cent in the January-March period, data from the National Economic and Social Development Council showed, beating the poll forecast of 0.1 per cent growth. The agency maintained its 2026 growth outlook at 1.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent. The Thai economy expanded 2.4 per cent last year, and has lagged regional peers since the pandemic. The NESDC projected that exports, a key driver of Thai growth, would grow by 9.6 per cent this year, up from an earlier forecast of 2.0 per cent growth. Source link

Democratic anger grows after court rulings; Will Cassidy lose his seat? Join the discussion

Democratic anger grows after court rulings; Will Cassidy lose his seat? Join the discussion

Published by Sam Flores

Democratic anger grows as court rulings dampen midterm prospects. Plus, are Republican candidates fading in the California governor’s race? And will Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) be primaried out of a job this weekend? The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, joins NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest political hot topics and national news in “Whole… Source link

US Senate Blocks Latest Bid to Rein in Trump Iran War Powers, Support Grows

US Senate Blocks Latest Bid to Rein in Trump Iran War Powers, Support Grows

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday ⁠blocked ⁠the latest Democratic-led effort to end ⁠the Iran war until it is authorized by Congress, but the measure edged ​closer to passage as a third Republican voted to advance the bill. The Senate voted 50-49 not to advance the war powers ‌resolution, nearly along party lines. Three ‌Republicans joined every Democrat but one in backing the measure sponsored by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. It was ⁠the seventh time ⁠this year that President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the Senate had blocked ​similar resolutions. Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted in favor of moving ahead, while Democrat John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted with Republicans to block it. The vote was the first in the Senate since the ​conflict hit a 60-day deadline on May 1 for Trump to come to Congress about the war. ⁠Trump ⁠declared then that a ceasefire ⁠had “terminated” hostilities against Iran. Under ​a 1973 U.S. war powers law passed in response …

Globe and Mail grows newsroom by 10% fueled by online subscriptions

Globe and Mail grows newsroom by 10% fueled by online subscriptions

Published by Sam Flores

Globe and Mail editor-in-chief David Walmsley on stage at the Truth Tellers Summit in London on 6 May 2026. Picture: Reuters/Chris J Ratcliffe Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail increased the size of its newsroom by more than 10% in 2025 as it invested in coverage of business and issues that reflect people’s lives. Editor-in-chief David Walmsley told Press Gazette the total newsroom is made up of 260 people and that 30 of those roles were added last year. “It was one of the largest hiring years we’ve ever had, and that was to concentrate on two things,” he said, first listing business and financial services coverage. The other, he continued, was coverage that “ensures that we’re reporting news and digging deeper on issues that are actually the discussion at the breakfast table or in the coffee shop, as opposed to the almost artificial lexicon of newsrooms, which is strange language like ‘the official opposition leader said today’. “That’s the way journalists want to pitch their stories in meetings, but it’s not how people …

Iran-US ceasefire grows shaky after Trump rejects Tehran’s latest proposal

Iran-US ceasefire grows shaky after Trump rejects Tehran’s latest proposal

Published by Sam Flores

Iran and the United States were at an impasse again Monday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the two sides exchanging fire in recent days, ships and Gulf states being targeted, and fighting flaring between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more. Source link