The officers who were attacked were deployed last week to Sibi in Balochistan province, where an annual cultural festival was held amid tight security.
Several killed in Burkina Faso by terrorist group
Between 12 and 14 people were killed last week in northern Burkina Faso, a region that has been battered by jihadist insurgents, local inhabitants said Monday.
Gary Rossington, last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, dead at 71
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given.
Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens jailed for flashing at women
The ex-Metropolitan Police officer was supposed to be working from home when he exposed himself to a female cyclist in November 2020.
What Trench Warfare on Ukraine’s Front Line Looks Like
The Ukrainian military calls it the zero position, where Russian soldiers are close enough to see, and where an old war tactic takes a horrific toll.
Entire front could collapse if Russia loses Bakhmut fight, Wagner chief claims
Yevgeny Prigozhin has used the war to become a public figure in Russia, and strong signs have emerged in the past month that the Kremlin wants to clip his wings.
A look at the AI Objectives Institute, founded by late privacy and tech luminary Peter Eckersley, meant to guide AI’s evolution to safeguard humanity’s future (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
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A look at the AI Objectives Institute, founded by late privacy and tech luminary Peter Eckersley, meant to guide AI’s evolution to safeguard humanity’s future — Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encr…
The SCO Lawsuit: Looking Back 20 Years Later
“On March 7, 2003, a struggling company called The SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM,” writes LWN.net, “claiming that the success of Linux was the result of a theft of SCO’s technology…”
Two decades later, “It is hard to overestimate how much t…
It’s not enough to ‘cancel’ racists like Scott Adams
Toxic racists must be erased – figuratively speaking – from mainstream culture, relegated to the internet’s corners.
Estonian Premier to Forge New Coalition After Election Win
Kallas’s election victory provides a mandate for her pledge to maintain Estonia’s transatlantic course as a committed member of the E.U. and NATO.