Global network aims to sue Wagner as a ‘terrorist’ organisation
Ukrainians in exile are mobilising an army of lawyers to seize Wagner’s assets and hobble Russia’s ability to wage war.
Month: April 2023
[UK] Looking for recommendations for a burglar alarm
I currently have a Pyronix alarm and, frankly, I’m fed up with the company who manage it and how crap/slow the associated mobile app is. Does anybody have any recommendations for what would be a good replacement? Initial cost isn’t an issue, and I don’…
Body of man killed in custody may have been shown to trainees, Yorkshire police admit
Body of Christopher Alder could have been seen by cadets after mixup of remains, says South Yorkshire forceSouth Yorkshire police have admitted that officers may have been shown the body of Christopher Alder, a former paratrooper who died in police cus…
Farne Islands shut to visitors over fears of new avian flu outbreak
Rangers work to avoid repeat of last year’s devastating losses in breeding seabird colonies on the islands off the Northumberland coastThe Farne Islands will not open to visitors this spring in anticipation of bird flu once again ravaging breeding seab…
Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to close and move wildlife to Arkansas
Howard Baskin, husband of Tiger King star, said the center agreed to move most of its cats to Turpentine Creek Wildlife RefugeThe Big Cat Rescue center run by Carole Baskin of Netflix fame is planning to close down and for most of its wildlife to be tr…
Ukraine live briefing: Russia takes U.N. Security Council presidency; calls mount for release of U.S. reporter
The White House said Russia has “no place on the U.N. Security Council.” Calls are growing for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
China’s naval geography problem and the USN
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Germany was at a near-hopeless geographic disadvantage in regard to maritime warfare in the First Wold War, and it wasn’t much better during the Second World War because peacetime rearmament could not anticipate control over the ports of Western Fran…
Officials say arson behind wildfires in northern Spain
Officials in the northern Spanish region of Asturias say that unspecified arsonists were behind most of the 100 or so wildfires raging in the heavily wooded and mountainous area.
A Belgian widow claims her husband died by suicide after using an AI chatbot, which presented itself as an emotional being, for six weeks on an app called Chai (Chloe Xiang/VICE)
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A Belgian widow claims her husband died by suicide after using an AI chatbot, which presented itself as an emotional being, for six weeks on an app called Chai — The incident raises concerns about guardrails arou…
LeapXpert Banks $22M Funding to Secure Corporate Messaging With Consumer Apps
The company said the Series A financing was led by Rockefeller Asset Management through its Technology Ventures Group with equity investments from Uncorrelated Ventures, the Partnership Fund for New York City.