New COVID-19 variant detected in Washington state. Here’s what to know
A case of NB.1.8.1., a new strain of COVID-19 that’s been rising in frequency lately, was detected in Washington state.
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EU ‘prepared to impose countermeasures’ after Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50%
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was raising tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%.
Macron threatens China with NATO expansion
NATO could deepen its involvement in Asia if Beijing fails to curb North Korea’s role in the Ukraine conflict, Macron has warned
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Israel slams Macron’s ‘crusade against Jewish state’ over Palestinian statehood call
Israel on Friday accused President Emmanuel Macron of undertaking a “crusade against the Jewish state” after the French leader said the recognition of a Palestinian state was a “moral duty” as well as a “political necessity”. At a press conference in …
Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data
Qualys warns of two information disclosure flaws in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora distros. Researchers discovered a vulnerability in Apport (Ubuntu’s core dump handler) and another bug in systemd-coredump, which is used in the default configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and the Fedora distribution. systemd-coredump automatically captures “core […]
CNN Challenges Claim AI Will Eliminate Half of White-Collar Jobs, Calls It ‘Part of the AI Hype Machine’
Thursday Anthropic’s CEO/cofounder Dario Amodei again warned unemployed could spike 10 to 20% within the next five years as AI potentially eliminated half of all entry-level white-collar jobs.
But CNN’s senior business writer dismisses that as “all p…
Israel Bars Arab Foreign Ministers From High-Level West Bank Visit
The trip had been planned for Sunday ahead of a June conference, backed by France and Saudi Arabia, to urge the creation of a Palestinian state.
Undocumented man accused of making threat to Trump’s life may be victim of frame-up
Ramon Morales-Reyes might have been set up by man currently in jail for attacking and robbing him in 2023An undocumented man who was accused by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Kristi Noem, last week of threatening to assassinate Do…
Hamas Responds to U.S. Cease-Fire Proposal for Gaza – The New York Times
Hamas Responds to U.S. Cease-Fire Proposal for Gaza The New York TimesHamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan BBCWitkoff slams Hamas over ‘unacceptable’ ceasefire proposal response The H…
U.S. Says Hamas Response to Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Only Takes Us Backward’
Officials said Hamas was seeking changes on guarantees for a permanent end to war. That has long been the core sticking point with Israel.