Irish army called in to remove fuel depot blockades
The Irish government has asked the army to help remove vehicles blocking fuel depots as protests entered a third day.
Day: April 9, 2026
Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers – BBC
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Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers
The new bill will make it easier for provincial governments to allow mining projects in glacier regions.
On Microsoft’s Lousy Cloud Security
ProPublica has a scoop:
In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings.
The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica.
Or, as one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.”
For years, reviewers said, Microsoft had tried and failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server across the digital terrain. Given that and other unknowns, government experts couldn’t vouch for the technology’s security…
Ran Samwad 2026 Bengaluru: India’s Tri-Service Seminar on Multi-Domain Warfare Explained
By R Anil Kumar Bengaluru, April 9, 2026. The Tri-Service Seminar Ran Samwad 2026 is being held on April 9–10, 2026, at the Indian Air Force Training Command in Bengaluru. This important defence event brings together experts from India’s Army, Navy, an…
Voices: ‘Who wants to be cannon fodder?’ Ukraine’s conscription crisis divides opinion among Independent readers
Our community is divided over Ukraine’s draft crisis. While some empathised with those fearing the front line, others stressed the duty to fight, and many debated how the army could be better organised
Tucker Carlson calls for the US to ‘detach’ from Israel following deadly strikes on Lebanon
Conservative pundit and Iran war critic says it is ‘just masochism’ to continue to arm and finance an ally whose priorities run contrary to ‘core American interests’
Middle East Hack-for-Hire Operation Traced to South Asian Cyber Espionage Group
A spear-phishing campaign which spread across the Middle East between 2023 and 2024 has now been linked to Bitter APT group
Zelensky reveals he speaks to his mum almost every day – and she’ll phone him up to 20 TIMES if he doesn’t answer her
UKRAINE’S President Zelensky revealed he speaks to his mum almost every day despite the relentless pressures of being a war leader. The president said his mum Rymma, a retired engineer, calls him 10 or 20 times a day if he fails to answer her first cal…
UK tracks Russian submarine near critical infrastructure
The UK has exposed a covert Russian submarine operation in waters around Britain.
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