India’s purchase of Russian oil has to stop, says US trade adviser
The US official accuses India of cozying up to China and Russia, as Trump admin mounts further pressure on New Delhi.
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Workday Data Breach Exposes HR Records via Third-Party CRM Hack
Enterprise software giant Workday has disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to employee information through a compromised third-party customer relationship management (CRM) platform. The breach, discovered as part of a broader soc…
US Mom Arrested For Placing Loaded Gun In Child’s School Backpack
A Florida mother has been arrested after reportedly sending her child to school with a loaded gun concealed in their backpack and giving them instructions to “return” it to their father.
Two killed fighting fires in Spain and Portugal as wildfires ravage peninsula
Two firefighters have died across Spain and Portugal as the Iberian peninsula grapples with devastating wildfires exacerbated by an enduring heatwave. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed across southern Europe in recent weeks to beat back a s…
Swatch pulls ‘slanted eye’ ad after backlash in China
Calls for boycott after Swiss watchmaker becomes latest western brand accused of racist imageryThe Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and removed an advert featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes, after the image prompted accusations of r…
SoftBank buys Foxconn’s Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will produce AI servers at the plant as part of Softbank’s $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
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SoftBank buys Foxconn’s Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will produce AI servers at the plant as part of Softbank’s $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory…
Russia and Ukraine ‘have to make concessions’ for peace agreement: Rubio
In a combative series of interviews on Sunday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, stated that “both sides are going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war that erupted when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Hong Kong activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK
Chung, one of youngest people to get jail sentence under security law, posts Home Office letter agreeing he has ‘well-founded fear of persecution’The Hong Kong independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK, two years after …
Workday Reveals CRM Breach
Workday has revealed a breach of its third-party CRM systems in what could be the latest ShinyHunters attack
Bolivia: Historic defeat for the left in presidential runoff vote
Bolivia’s presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled voters’ trepidation about a major lurch to the right. Story by Camille Knight.