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2 ex-Chinese military personnel arrested in South Korea for alleged espionage– www.washingtontimes.com
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SEOUL, South Korea — Two former Chinese military service members were arrested in South Korea for alleged espionage, accused of acts including intercepting communications between fighter jets and ground control and collecting information on movements of U.S. armaments, police said Tuesday.
Police said that one of the suspects, a Chinese national in his 60s, set up an interception device consisting of a software-defined radio receiver, an antenna and a laptop at a hotel near an air base jointly used by South Korean and U.S. air forces in southern South Korea.
Police said the man is accused of intercepting communications between fighter jets flown by South Korean and U.S. pilots and air traffic controllers at the base several times since 2024.
Police said he previously served in the Chinese military but refused to disclose further details about his identity. The police statement said the man was arrested Monday for violating laws on aiding the enemy and protecting communication secrets.
Police said they were conducting a forensic examination of his laptop to find if he relayed any of the intercepted communications to Chinese authorities.
Houthi attack kills six in first death in Red Sea since Iran war began– www.cnbc.com
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The US Coast Guard seized advanced weapons and lethal aid from Iran, destined for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in the Red Sea on Jan. 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday, on February 15, 2024 in Tampa, Florida, United States. The boarding team discovered over 200 packages that contained medium-range ballistic missile components, explosives, unmanned underwater/surface vehicle (UUV/USV) components, military-grade communication and network equipment, anti-tank guided missile launcher assemblies, and other military components. (Photo by CENTCOM / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year.
Within hours, U.S. forces said they had fired missiles at a container ship that allegedly attempted to breach Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman.
The twin incidents illustrate how the war, stretched into its sixth month, is inflicting a widening toll on two of the world’s most critical shipping lanes, even as diplomats signal progress towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Anthropic to watermark AI-generated content – Computerworld– www.computerworld.com
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Anthropic will begin labeling AI-generated content created by Claude, Claude Code, and the company’s API, as well as Claude models via third-party services, according to The Register.
Text generated by future Claude models will be given an invisible watermark. According to Anthropic, the watermark is embedded directly into the generated text without affecting its meaning or readability. For files, Anthropic will instead use signed metadata in accordance with the C2PA standard.
The effort is part of the company’s plan to comply with the EU’s AI Regulation and transparency requirements regarding AI-generated material. However, the labeling will be implemented globally for all users.
US says it fired missiles to disable ship breaking Iran blockade– www.bbc.co.uk
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The US military says one of its helicopters has fired missiles to disable “the steering gear” of a cargo ship attempting to violate the US blockade of Iranian ports.
In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) says its MH-60 aircraft on Tuesday fired two hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged M/V Vela Nova vessel, as it attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman.
Centcom said it acted after “the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings from American forces”. The vessel “is no longer transiting to Iran”, it added.
Iran has not commented. The US has been enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, following failed attempts to end the war it and Israel started on 28 February.
Tehran retaliated by launching attacks on Israel and US-allied states across the Gulf. It has also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz – a key oil shipping waterway.
A fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas used to transit the strait before the war and prices have fluctuated wildly since then.
Mediators have so far failed to bring the sides to an agreement on reopening the strait – and, since the latest ceasefire collapsed in June, both the US and Iran have exchanged fire intermittently.
Opposition to local data centers rises sharply, survey finds– phys.org
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As protesters rally against data center construction in dozens of states and New York and Texas pause the issuance of permits for large data centers, a new nationally representative survey finds that Americans’ opposition to data centers in their communities has risen sharply since last spring.
Chinese police launch nationwide crackdown on new forms of organized crime – chinadailyasia.com
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For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface– abcnews.com
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LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage depicts himself as an outsider taking on the establishment, but now the tables have turned.
The leader of anti-immigration party Reform UK is running in an election as the incumbent favorite, and his main opponent is a man dressed as a garbage can.
Farage, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, triggered Thursday’s special election in the English seaside town of Clacton by quitting his seat in the House of Commons last month. Facing awkward questions about his finances, Farage said he would let voters judge him in a “people versus the establishment” contest.
But the other main parties called it a stunt and refused to take part, leaving Farage running against an assortment of independents, jokers and single-issue candidates led by Count Binface, a comic space alien with a trash can on his head. In that field, it’s Farage who looks like the mainstream politician.
Simon Usherwood, professor of politics and international studies at the Open University, said Farage’s appeal is built on his image as a straight-talking individualist, “the kind of bloke you can have a pint with down the pub.”
“It’s that very charismatic aspect of Farage that is both his strength and his weakness,” Usherwood said. “He has fallen into a trap of thinking that he is somehow immune from the kind of scrutiny that would undo other politicians.”
Former Thai MP arrested after shooting leaves an official dead, another person injured – scmp.com
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Federal judge declines to block Texas THC ban as legal challenge moves forward – cbs19.tv
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By STAFF This week’s report covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from August 1-7, 2026 This report contains…
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Myanmar rejects ASEAN call for Aung San Suu Kyi’s unconditional release – India Today
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Taliban Has Turned Afghanistan Into Information Prison, Says Reporters Without Borders – Afghanistan International
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Iran says Strait of Hormuz ‘not going to return’ to pre-war state – Latest news from Azerbaijan
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Huge 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Colombia and Ecuador with serious damage and people trapped in rubble– www.thesun.co.uk
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A HUGE 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked Colombia and Ecuador – leaving people trapped beneath rubble.
Officials said the quake caused significant damage and injuries in multiple cities – and was felt as far away as Venezuela and Panama.
The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar – located some 250 miles west of Bogota, the US Geological Survey reported, and struck at a depth of 66 miles.
Colombia’s Aviation Authority reported damage at the airports in Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura – with all flights grounded.
Taiwan prosecutors uncover Chinese intelligence link in alleged personal data leak case – ANI News
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Myanmar Junta, Allied Militias Staging ‘Fake’ Cyber Scam Crackdowns, Ethnic Group Says – bnionline.net
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In China, ‘Moles’ Are Leaking Official Secrets for Profit – WSJ
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Netizens issued penalties for fabricating, spreading flood-related rumors, China’s cybersecurity authority reveals – Global Times
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Scientists trained honeybees to recognise human faces, showing how tiny brains can distinguish faces by the arrangement of their features |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Honeybees can be trained with nothing more than the promise of a sugary reward; they learn to pick out a specific face and keep picking it out later, even when it appears from a slightly different angle or sits among faces they have never encountered before. It is a strange and slightly humbling discovery, not because bees have any use for recognising people, but because it forces a rethink of how much brainpower a task like this actually needs. Two separate studies, a decade apart, chipped away at this question from different angles, and together they tell a fuller story than either one does alone.
US-Backed Gaza Plan Rejected By Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Only Way Forward: Trump Board Head– www.ndtv.com
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The US-backed plan for Gaza rejected on Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains the “only way forward” to prevent a repeat of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, the head of President Donald Trump’s implementation board said.
“The option we are offering today is the only way forward that ensures this tragedy does not happen again,” Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 television.
He said that further talks were underway and, “I hope these discussions will lead to a positive outcome for everyone.”
Netanyahu earlier told his cabinet that he rejected the plan, under which Hamas would hand over weapons to a nascent Palestinian governing body and Israel would start a withdrawal from the war-ravaged territory.
Mladenov described the current stage of the agreement as a commitment involving the United States, Hamas and the Board of Peace — notably leaving out Israel.
Twin Falls shooting: Suspect among the dead at Idaho In-N-Out– www.latimes.com
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A shooting at a newly opened In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon left multiple people dead, authorities said.
Twin Falls Police Department Chief Matthew Hicks said the exact number of fatalities is not yet confirmed, but that the suspected shooter was dead at the scene. Local station KTVB reported three dead and two injured in the incident.
“It was a very chaotic scene,” Hicks said at a press conference Saturday evening. “We have literally hundreds of people that were in some way, shape or form in the area of this restaurant at the time that are being interviewed right now.”
As first responders arrived at the scene, officials closed roads around the restaurant, including the city’s famed Perrine Memorial Bridge over the Snake River. Nearby residents were ordered to shelter in place.
The FBI was on its way Saturday evening to assist local law enforcement with the investigation, Hicks said.
“We believe that the threat to the community is over,” he said. “We are working to ascertain his identity and the motivations.”
Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11– www.washingtontimes.com
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The Senate is set to take a test vote Monday on a stopgap appropriations bill that will keep the government open through Dec. 11.
The measure, released Sunday evening, has bipartisan support and is expected to earn more than the 60 votes needed to overcome any filibuster.
Current government funding does not expire until Sept. 30, but lawmakers are eager to act early to avoid a shutdown ahead of the midterm elections this fall.
The stopgap, known as a continuing resolution or CR, extends fiscal 2026 funding levels 10 weeks into fiscal 2027, with some adjustments for programs that require more flexibility.
Appropriators are hoping the new Dec. 11 deadline will provide enough extra time for them to negotiate and pass full-year appropriations bills for the remainder of the fiscal year.
FBI Expands Cooperation with China and Russia to Combat International Crime – Мілітарний
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Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco as fallout deepens over mass border breach– www.washingtonpost.com
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CEUTA, Spain — Tens of thousands of migrants were expelled from this tiny Spanish city on the coast of North Africa almost as quickly as they came, and calm returned to the beaches and sidewalks, after a mass breach of the border from Morocco. For Spain, however, the political fallout and intrigue only deepened Saturday.
Dates: July 1 – July 31, 2026 By STAFF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our Situation Reports are an attempt to capture the…
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Ceuta crisis: 1,000 child migrants stuck in Spanish enclave after mass border crossing– www.independent.co.uk
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Strange quantum experiment shows “negative time” is more than an illusion– www.sciencedaily.com
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As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.
We can imagine that his wife, Penelope, would have asked him about that particular time. Odysseus might have replied, “It was nothing. In fact, it was less than nothing. Negative five years I dwelt with Calypso. How else could I have arrived home after only ten years? If you don’t believe me, ask her.”
Quantum particles, it turns out, are just as wily as Odysseus, as we have shown in an experiment published in Physical Review Letters. Not only can their arrival time suggest that they dwelt with other particles for a negative amount of time, but if one asks those other particles, they will corroborate the story.
Campus free speech hits 20-year high under Trump administration– www.washingtontimes.com
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Colleges are purging restrictive speech codes under the Trump administration and removing “bias reporting” policies that solicited anonymous complaints about microaggressions, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression reports.
The Philadelphia-based free-speech group flagged a record-low 66 schools, or 13.2% of all institutions, with a “red light” rating for written policies stifling campus protests, speaking events and online discussions. That’s down 1.5 percentage points from last year, and reverses two consecutive years of increases under the Biden administration.
At the same time, FIRE’s 20th annual report awarded a “green light” to 76 schools — 15.4% of 493 institutions surveyed — for placing no limits on First Amendment rights. That’s up from 73 last year and marks the second consecutive year of green lights outnumbering reds.
“Pressure from many state legislatures, as well as the reelection of Donald Trump and subsequent federal investigations, lawsuits, and shifts in research funding, have prompted internal review at many schools,” FIRE senior program counsel Ryan Ansloan said in a statement. “We hope this will translate to taking the side of free speech when controversies arise.”
FIRE started rating university speech codes with green, yellow or red lights in 2006, when just 2.4% of schools earned a green light and 97.6% received a yellow or red light.
Trump’s despair over Iran revealed in memo seeking ‘creative and unconventional’ ways to punish the enemy: report– www.independent.co.uk
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