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summary Ukrainian drone strikes are increasingly hitting Russian cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg, bringing the war directly to Russian civilians. Residents described drones buzzing overhead and explosions damaging apartment buildings. Amid growing fears of surveillance, Russians face fuel shortages, internet shutdowns and mandatory state messaging apps. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. Zelenograd and Khimki, Russia — Elena Vladimirovna woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of loud buzzing over her apartment in the Moscow region. She looked out the window and saw multiple drones overhead. The noise quickly subsided and she thought the danger was…
Republican Steven Byer was convicted and sentenced to 22 months in prison, but maintains his innocence.Published June 6, 2026June 6, 2026President Donald Trump pardoned former Republican Congressman Steven Byer from Indiana, who served nearly two years in prison for illegal stock trading based on inside information after leaving office.The pardon was announced by the White House late Friday night, with a Thursday date.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBayer was sentenced to 22 months in prison in 2023 for deals he made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in illegal…
Hong Kong, Seoul — Players shed tears of joy as Kim Jong Un led the celebrations and toasted Asia’s latest women’s club soccer champions to continental domination, capping an impressive rise for North Korean women’s soccer players. Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC lifted the Asian Champions League trophy in enemy territory in South Korea last month. The reclusive nation is also world champion in under-17 and under-20 women’s football. In a celebratory exhibition match in the capital last week, with the supreme leader looking on, Naegohyang faced an under-17 team that had just added the Asian Cup to their impressive silver…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on May 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty ImagesA day after Iran’s series of attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, sources said on Saturday that the U.S. government is seeking to divert Iranian assets to Gulf states to help rebuild and repair future damage caused by Iran.U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also directed a team to assess the cost of damage Iran has already inflicted on Gulf allies, the people said, adding that the U.S. would also…
The department’s report raises concerns about increased espionage activity amid the US-Israel war on Iran and cease-fire negotiations.According to US media, the Pentagon’s intelligence division has raised its threat level against Israeli spies from “high” to “severe” in recent weeks.NBC News first reported the changes on Friday, and the New York Times published its own report the next day.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe news outlet, citing anonymous sources, said the switch was made in light of concerns about increasingly aggressive tactics in connection with the US and Israel’s war against Iran.They said the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency…
OpenAI announced a new feature that provides additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious chatbot instructions are hidden in web pages or other content sources. Lockdown mode disables, among other things, live web browsing (you can only access cached content), retrieving and displaying images from the web (although you can generate images), deep exploration, and agent mode. According to the company, even when lockdown mode is turned on, ChatGPT may still be vulnerable to prompt injections, which, for example, can “appear in cached web content or uploaded files and may affect the behavior or accuracy of responses.” However, the…
Ottawa — It was the kind of perfect evening that amateur soccer players and their parents dream of all winter. Months of inclement weather gave way to soccer abandonment on the grass, and two of Ottawa’s best junior teams clashed in the sunshine. When eight-year-old soccer-obsessed Nathaniel Sarhani was asked if he was excited about Canada hosting the World Cup, he couldn’t wait to get his words out. “I’m going to the Canada-Ireland soccer game!” he said with a big smile. His mother was also smiling. “It makes sense for us to finally be recognized as a soccer country,” said…
President Donald Trump hands a pen to Sriram Krishnan, White House Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, after signing an executive order, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) (second from left) and Secretary of Commerce Howard look on in the Oval Office at the White House. December 11, 2025, Washington, DC This executive order would curb states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence, which the tech industry has been lobbying for.Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWhite House artificial intelligence policy adviser Sriram Krishnan announced Saturday that he will step down from his post at the end of June, marking…
Former technology executive and VC Sriram Krishnan will step down from the Trump administration at the end of June. “It’s hard to express in words what a privilege it has been to serve the American people and how grateful I am for the opportunity. First and foremost, it has been an honor to serve under President Donald Trump. Without his leadership, we would not have been able to lead in the AI race,” Krishnan said in a post on X. Krishnan, who is the White House’s senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence, is one of a number of tech industry…
Cows herd in a stable on June 5, 2026 in Dublin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed a second case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas.The latest detection was found in a 1-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, about 6 miles (9 km) from the first confirmed case announced earlier this month, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Friday. Additional samples taken from surrounding areas have so far tested negative.New World screwworm larvae feed on the living tissues of warm-blooded animals and can cause serious injuries that…