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Month: March 2024

Ukraine relies on Starlink for its drone war. Russia appears to be bypassing sanctions to use the devices too

By Nick Paton Walsh, Alex Marquardt, Florence Davey-Attlee and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian front-line troops say they are experiencing connection problems with the vital Starlink internet service, owned by Elon Musk and used to run Kyiv’s fleet of attack drones, while also reporting an increase in Russian use of the devices, despite this being prohibited

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Trump’s social media company starts trading on Nasdaq with a market value of almost $6.8 billion

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump’s social media company begins trading publicly Tuesday, would-be investors might ask themselves if the stock is too pricey and potentially too volatile. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. was acquired Monday by a blank-check company called Digital World Acquisition Corp. Trump Media, which runs the social media platform

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Hong Kong leader says prisoners jailed for national security crimes unlikely to get early release

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee says prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes will not likely be granted early release under the tightened rules of a new national security law. It signals a hardening government stance against jailed political activists. His comments Tuesday came after local

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Pakistani security forces kill 4 militants in operations in northwest bordering Afghanistan

DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says the country’s security forces have killed four insurgents in an overnight raid on a militant hideout in the northwest near the border with Afghanistan. In a statement, it said Tuesday the operation was conducted in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Though

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China hands down terms of life to 8 years for sports officials convicted of taking bribes

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging crackdown on sports corruption. Chinese courts on Tuesday handed down sentences of between eight years and life in prison to officials in the Communist Party controlled sports programs, accusing them of taking

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Inicio de juicio y pago de multa en caso por fraude: lo más destacado de la salvaje jornada judicial de Donald Trump

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Donald Trump recibió este lunes un salvavidas de los tribunales y una fecha para el primer juicio penal contra un expresidente en la historia de EE.UU., un par de sentencias que golpearon el torbellino legal que constantemente lo rodea. Las dos sentencias de este lunes, que se produjeron con aproximadamente

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La administración de Biden acusa y sanciona a hackers chinos acusados ​​de realizar una amplia campaña de espionaje contra objetivos estadounidenses

Belén Liotti (CNN) — La administración Biden anunció este lunes una acusación penal y sanciones contra varios hackers chinos por presuntamente realizar ataques masivos contra empresas y funcionarios gubernamentales estadounidenses en nombre del servicio de inteligencia civil de China. Siete hombres chinos fueron procesados ​​en un tribunal federal estadounidense en el Distrito Este de Nueva

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National monument on California-Oregon border will remain intact after surviving legal challenge

ASHLAND, Oregon (AP) — The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will not lose any of its acreage after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to its expansion. Logging interests and several counties in Oregon had asked the high court to strike down

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National monument on California-Oregon border will remain intact after surviving legal challenge

ASHLAND, Oregon (AP) — The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will not lose any of its acreage after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to its expansion. Logging interests and several counties in Oregon had asked the high court to strike down

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