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Tiley and incoming Tennis Australia chief to team up on reform agenda

Tiley and incoming Tennis Australia chief to team up on reform agenda

Published by Sam Flores

MELBOURNE, May 29 : Incoming Tennis Australia (TA) chief executive Andrew Abdo will join forces with outgoing boss Craig Tiley to push a reform agenda for global tennis, with the two South Africans emerging as key powerbrokers on opposite sides of the Pacific. National Rugby League CEO Abdo was announced as Tiley’s successor this week and will have a close working relationship with the long-serving TA chief who is set to lead the United States Tennis Association. With the calendar packed by competing events and players frustrated by the demands of the schedule and their share of the game’s revenues, Tiley has long argued tennis authorities need to work together to deliver a better product. The pair will oversee two of the sport’s four Grand Slam tournaments, and Tiley said he and Abdo would work as peers to reform the game. “I’ll be on the other side of the ocean and we’ll work closely together to solve some of the issues with global tennis that currently exist and the opportunities,” Tiley told a press conference …

Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias

Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via The Cradle A committee comprising three senior Iraqi figures is close to finalizing an “executive plan” to disarm factions within the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) that enjoy support from Iran, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 8 May. Development of the plan, which will be presented to US officials in the next few days, comes amid expected changes to the leadership of key security agencies under the incoming government of Ali al-Zaidi. Trump congratulates Iraq PM nominee Ali al-Zaidi, eyes stronger ties Zaidi was nominated by the Shia-majority Coordination Framework (CF) political bloc on April 27 as the consensus candidate to succeed Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. According to sources speaking to the Saudi newspaper, the three-member committee includes Zaidi, Sudani, and the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri. Washington has intensified pressure on Iraq’s ruling Shia political parties to disarm the anti-terrorist militias and prevent their representatives from participating in the new government. The sources revealed that the committee has held secret negotiations with leaders of the factions, providing their leaders with “ideas on how to disarm and integrate fighters.” …

Additional learning needs present a key challenge for the incoming Senedd

Additional learning needs present a key challenge for the incoming Senedd

Published by skeptic

The upcoming Senedd elections may shift the balance of power in Wales. Any new government must immediately grapple with the significant ongoing challenges of embedding educational reforms across the additional learning needs system. Recent policy proposals to change the system of support for children with special educational needs in England have brought a heightened focus on how education systems might best support all learners. In Wales, special educational needs and disabilities are referred to as additional learning needs (ALN). Wales reached a major milestone in August 2025 when the ALN code came fully into effect, four years after its publication. Despite the devolution of education and increasing divergence in education policy between Wales and England, the ALN code in Wales shares some similar ambitions to England’s recent policy plans. These reforms in Wales sought to increase the rights and autonomy of children and young people. They provide statutory individual development plans for those needing anything additional to universal learning provision. They also extend support for learners aged up to 25. The intention is to improve …

UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran | News

UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran | News

Published by Sam Flores

There are no immediate reports of casualties, and there has been no immediate comment from ‌Iran. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Air defences in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have intercepted missiles and incoming drone attacks from Iran. The UAE Ministry of Defence said late on Monday afternoon that it was intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones across the country. It later reported that three missiles had been intercepted, with a fourth falling into the sea. The strikes came as tension in the Gulf increased, with efforts to extend the ceasefire in the United States-Israeli war on Iran having failed to make a breakthrough, and rhetoric remaining elevated on both sides as they face off regarding the blockades in the Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iranian military official said on state TV that “Iran had no plans to target the UAE”. That was followed by a report from Tasnim news agency quoting another unnamed Iranian military source who said that if the UAE takes unwise” action against Iran, all of its interests …

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

Published by skeptic

After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off the Apple CEO role to John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering. Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world’s most valuable companies, but if you’re not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you’ve probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now. How long has John Ternus worked at Apple? Ternus has worked at Apple for nearly half of his life — now 51 years old, he has been with the company for 25 years. He joined Apple’s product design team in 2001 as only his second job out of college (his first was at a small maker of virtual-reality devices called Virtual Research Systems). By 2013, Ternus was a VP of hardware engineering and was promoted to the SVP role in 2021. Ternus — who is 15 years younger than Cook — was among the youngest of top Apple executives who had been rumored as a possible successor, implying that Apple could be looking …

Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike

Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Anthropic’s ongoing battle with the Pentagon over the military’s use of its AI systems flared up this week around a hypothetical nuclear strike scenario, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. The Claude AI builder has frustrated the Pentagon by objecting to its systems being used for autonomous weaponry and the mass surveillance of US citizens. To cut to the heart of the debate, a defense official told WaPo, the Pentagon’s technology chief posed an extreme hypothetical: would Anthropic let the military use Claude to help shoot down a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s response apparently irritated Pentagon leaders. “You could call us and we’d work it out,” was how the defense source characterized it, in WaPo’s words. An Anthropic spokesperson denied that Amodei gave that response and called the account “patently false.” The company had agreed to allow Claude to be used for missile defense, they said. Be that as it may, it’s clear …

Incoming Dutch coalition floats European version of ‘Five Eyes’ – POLITICO

Incoming Dutch coalition floats European version of ‘Five Eyes’ – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

At the European level, The Hague says it wants to intensify cooperation with a core group of like-minded countries, explicitly floating a continent-wide version of the “Five Eyes” intelligence partnership (which is made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S.). In October, the heads of the two Dutch agencies announced they would stop sharing certain information with their U.S. counterparts, citing political interference and human rights concerns. Instead they would look at increasing cooperation with other European services, like the U.K., Poland, France, Germany and the Nordic countries. Domestically, the government plans to fast-track a revamped Intelligence and Security Services Act, rewriting the law to focus on threats rather than specific investigative tools and making it “technology-neutral” so agencies are not outpaced by innovation. Supervisory bodies would be merged to provide streamlined, but legally robust, oversight. The agenda also calls for expanding the operational research capacity of Dutch intelligence services to help build Europe’s “strategic autonomy,” while deepening ties with tech firms and recruiting top technical talent. Source link

Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals

Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals

Published by José Betancourt

In what is one of the cruelest policies passed in this era of rampant book censorship, and one that flies in the face of long-documented research on the tools that best reduce recidivism, Arkansas will ban all physical books, magazines, and newspapers coming into prisons for individuals starting February 1. This is the strictest ban on sending reading material to prisons in the country. Advocates worry this will launch similar efforts nationwide. “If it gets enacted in Arkansas, then Texas and other states kind of ping pong off each other when it comes to these draconian policies,” explains Kaleem Nazeem, Co-President of decARcerate. This group helps formerly incarcerated individuals organize and activate against the prison-industrial complex. “This could have a disastrous effect on people in other states, especially in the southern region.” Censorship thrives in American prisons. It is the number one First Amendment violation in the country. Between ever-shifting policies on what can and cannot enter into prison facilities, a lack of libraries and trained library workers on site, exorbitant costs for access to …