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AP — Entering a soccer match without a ticket will become a criminal offence under new laws that will take effect ahead of the English League Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. It was at the national stadium where thousands of ticketless people forced their way in for the European Championship final in July 2021 in violent and chaotic scenes. That led to a government review, which found that lives were endangered, sanctions on breaking into stadiums were weak and the practice of what the British call “tailgating” – walking closely behind ticket holders to…

In late 2024, federal cybersecurity evaluators delivered a troubling assessment of one of Microsoft’s major cloud computing products, yet granted it authorization despite serious security concerns. ProPublica reports that Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) reviewers found themselves unable to verify the security of Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High (GCC High) after years of incomplete documentation from the technology giant. According to an internal government report, Microsoft’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with “a lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture.” One team member described the authorization package as “a pile of shit.”…

Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles. The show of defiance singling out non-combatant civilian targets anywhere on the globe comes three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have eliminated a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries, AP reports. The outlet detailed: Iran’s top military spokesman warned Friday that “parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations” worldwide won’t be safe for Tehran’s enemies. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi made the threat as Iran continues to be…

Washington asked for permission to land warplanes on the island on March 4 and 8, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has told parliament Sri Lanka refused to provide ground access to two US fighter jets earlier this month, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has told parliament.Washington asked for permission to land the warplanes on the island on March 4 and 8, Dissanayake said on Friday.“They wanted to bring in two warplanes armed with eight anti-ship missiles from a base in Djibouti to the Mattala International Airport and we said no,” the Sri Lankan president told parliament.“We want to maintain our neutrality despite…

Iran’s Foreign Minister lectured the UK government for lending tacit support to Operation Epic Fury in a telephone call with London, he said, criticising the “negative and biased” British. The United States and Israel should stop launching strikes against Iran and issue guarantees that they won’t be resumed, and Britain should cease its cooperation with “Zionist… terrorist networks” by enabling operations in the Middle East, Tehran told London. The readout of a claimed call between Iran’s minister Abbas Araghchi and his opposite number in the United Kingdom the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Yvette Cooper said the pair “exchanged…

Chuck Norris, the iconic action movie star, who’s martial arts mastery launched his decades-spanning movie and TV career, has passed away his family revealed in an Instagram post on Friday. He was 86. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the Norris family statement said. “While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace.” “To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband,…

The White House on Friday published a long-awaited policy wishlist for artificial intelligence regulation that it hopes Congress will codify into law. The light-touch federal framework blends the Trump administration’s effort to create a national AI rulebook on issues like political bias within models and reducing barriers to innovation with protections for children and teens online. It urges Congress to overrule state AI laws that the administration says “impose undue burdens,” in favor of the “minimally burdensome” federal law that it’s recommending. The Trump administration has been trying to establish preemption over state AI laws using Congress and executive order…

The country’s football federation chief says the team will seek to play group matches in Mexico instead Iran intends to take part in this summer’s FIFA World Cup but only if the team’s matches are moved from the US to Mexico, the head of the country’s football federation has said. The announcement comes as the US and Israel continue their military campaign against Iran, now in its fourth week.The 2026 World Cup is set to take place across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Iran is scheduled to play New Zealand and Belgium in Los Angeles on June 15 and 21,…

The looming shock stems from the bloc’s “stubborn stupidity” by rejecting Russian energy, Kirill Dmitriev has said An oil and gas price surge is about to hit Europe, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned, calling the EU’s rejection of Russian energy, “stubborn stupidity.”The escalating conflict in the Middle East, triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran, has driven extreme volatility in global energy markets. Gas prices have spiked by roughly 70% since March 1, amid strikes on energy infrastructure in the Gulf. Oil prices have climbed above $110 per barrel due to disruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of…

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday made a public offer of energy stability for Taiwan if it would agree to “reunification,” or peacefully submitting to rule by the Chinese Communist Party. “We are willing to provide Taiwan compatriots with stable and reliable energy and resource security, so that they may live better lives,” said Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Chen Binhua. Chen argued that “peaceful reunification” would give Taiwan the benefit of a “strong motherland” to secure its energy supplies. “The removal of barriers between the two sides of the strait will ensure the smooth flow of resources,” he purred. “The…