The Rio de Janeiro public defender’s office on Wednesday said a total of 132 people died in the bloodiest police raid against drug gangs in the Brazilian city’s history, as grieving residents laid out dozens of bodies in the street.
Brit arrested ‘spying for Russia’ in Ukraine after ‘trading military secrets for cash’ while working as instructor
A BRIT has been accused of spying for Russia and arrested by Ukrainian authorities. The man had been passing information to Russian intelligence for money after working as a military instructor near the front line in the southern city of Mykolaiv, Ukra…
A former L3 Harris executive pleads guilty in a US district court to selling eight zero-day exploits to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
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A former L3 Harris executive pleads guilty in a US district court to selling eight zero-day exploits to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars — Peter Williams entered into several contracts wit…
Alaska Airlines’ websites go down, again
The Microsoft Azure outage knocked out some of Alaska Airlines’ systems Wednesday, including its website and mobile app.
Best early Black Friday PlayStation deals 2025: 20+ sales out now
Although Black Friday is still a few weeks away, you can find great PlayStation deals now. I’ve collected some of the best.
US determined to prevent the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire after overnight airstrikes
Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Telegraph sale in turmoil after lead bidder linked to China’s politburo
Media group’s own paper publishes photo of RedBird Capital chair with alleged spy ring chiefThe sale of the Telegraph Media Group has been plunged into fresh turmoil after the company’s own newspaper linked its presumed new owner to the suspected ringl…
Sources: Synthesia, which helps companies generate videos with AI avatars, raised $200M led by GV at a $4B valuation, up from a $2.1B valuation in January (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
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Sources: Synthesia, which helps companies generate videos with AI avatars, raised $200M led by GV at a $4B valuation, up from a $2.1B valuation in January — Alphabet’s venture firm GV is leading the round…
10-year Treasury yield surges back above 4% after Powell says December rate cut far from certain
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time this year.
Louvre heist suspects ‘partially’ admit involvement
French authorities have revealed new information on the Louvre Museum robbery that captivated the world.