Japan’s finance minister calls U.S. Treasuries “a card” in negotiations with Trump
Japan’s finance minister says the nation’s massive holdings of U.S. Treasurys can be “a card on the table” in negotiations over tariffs with the Trump administration.
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Pittsburgh Pirates fan identified after plunging 20 feet from bleachers onto field
Kavan Markwood, a 21-year-old former college football player, is fighting for his life after falling over the railing at PNC Park
MintsLoader Drops GhostWeaver via Phishing, ClickFix — Uses DGA, TLS for Stealth Attacks
The malware loader known as MintsLoader has been used to deliver a PowerShell-based remote access trojan called GhostWeaver.
“MintsLoader operates through a multi-stage infection chain involving obfuscated JavaScript and PowerShell scripts,” Recorded F…
Sinokor ups VLCC exposure as term charter rates rise in hot market
South Korean owner said to have fixed AET and Evalend tankers for a year
Scientists record seismic tremors from title-clinching Liverpool win over Spurs
Anfield celebrations of Alexis Mac Allister strike caused tremor with peak magnitude of 1.74 on Richter scaleLabelling a win as “seismic” has become a lazy and overused term. But not in the case of Liverpool FC’s title-clinching win over Tottenham Hots…
Seven Malicious Packages Exploit Gmail SMTP to Run Harmful Commands
A major supply chain security incident has rocked the Python open-source community as researchers at Socket’s Threat Research Team uncovered seven interconnected malicious packages published on the Python Package Index (PyPI). These packages Coff…
‘Alarming deterioration’ of US press freedom under Donald Trump, says RSF
Media rights group RSF warned Friday about “an alarming deterioration in press freedom” in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as “unprecedented” difficulties for independent journalists around the world. FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry in…
Greece’s Hermes Maritime sees second bulker arrested, this time in Romania
Kamsarmax held in Port of Constanta by Wilhelmsen Port Services
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has survived a volatile political era
Anthony Albanese hopes to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years to lead a political party to consecutive election victories.
Russian economy meltdown as mortgage defaults soar and banks face ‘credit crisis’
The punishing interest rate appears to be hitting mortgage borrowers and consumers particularly hard.