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Brussels is moving to block European Union funding going to clean energy projects that use Chinese solar panel equipment over the potential cybersecurity risks it poses to Europe’s power grid. The EU decision calls for a gradual replacement of Chinese-made solar power inverters  — a computer-driven “brain” used in solar power generation — from EU-funded projects. European Commission spokesperson Siobhan McGarry said the EU has decided to take “concrete action right now” against potential critical infrastructure risks coming from solar panel equipment built by Chinese giant Huawei. Europe’s efforts to rely more and more on “green” renewable sources of energy — such as…

A survey of likely Republican runoff voters in Texas shows a narrow margin between Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn, with a small share of voters still undecided as the May contest approaches. The poll was conducted by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs from April 28 through May 1 among 1,200 likely voters via text message and an online survey, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.83 percent. According to the findings, Paxton receives 48 percent support compared to Cornyn’s 45 percent, while 7 percent of respondents remain undecided. The three-point…

Tehran remains about a year from building a nuclear bomb if it wishes to do so, with its enriched uranium stockpile still out of reach, the news agency says US-Israeli strikes on Iran have failed to push back the timeline for Tehran potentially acquiring a nuclear weapon, Reuters reported on Monday, citing intelligence sources. Tehran could still reportedly produce a bomb in roughly a year – the same estimate as after last June’s attacks on its key nuclear facilities.While US officials have insisted that their key objective in the war has been to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, the timeline for…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared that his hope for the United States of America right now is for it “to continue to be the place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything.” While filling in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a press briefing, a reporter with CBN News asked Rubio what his “hope for America at a time such as this” was. Rubio highlighted how in the U.S. people are “not limited by the circumstances” of how they were born, or by the color of their skin or by their ethnicity, adding that everyone can “overcome…

Kiev is recruiting heavily in the Latin American country to offset troop shortages Colombian citizens who travel to Ukraine to fight as mercenaries are “dying for nothing,” President Gustavo Petro has said.The Colombian leader took aim at Kiev’s use of foreign fighters in a post on X on Tuesday. He was reacting to a Ukrainian media report praising what it described as 7,000 Colombians involved in the conflict with Russia.“There are 7,000 Colombian men, trained for combat, fighting in a foreign war and dying for nothing in Ukraine,” Petro wrote, adding that Colombia does not intend to “export death.”Kiev has…

President Donald Trump hinted that a “Final Agreement” regarding an end to the conflict between Iran and the United States may be around the corner, and paused what is called “Project Freedom,” an effort to help ships through the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared that while “the Blockade” on the Strait of Hormuz would “remain in full force,” Project Freedom was being “paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized.” “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we…

The White House is reportedly weighing oversight of new artificial intelligence models before release, in a reversal of its hands-off stance The White House is weighing the possibility of reviewing new artificial intelligence models before official release, marking a potential shift from its current hands-off approach, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing sources.According to the outlet, the administration of US President Donald Trump is mulling the creation of an AI working group that brings together officials and tech executives to explore oversight options, including a possible formal review process.Sources say the push aims to avoid political fallout from…

Socialist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, May 7, Brazilian government sources claimed to several outlets on Monday. The unidentified government sources claimed to various outlets — including Brazil’s UOL, O Globo, and Globonews, as well as Reuters, and the BBC — that Lula will travel to the United States on Wednesday meet with Trump at the White House on Thursday morning. At press time, there is no official public confirmation on Lula’s reported travel from either the White House or the Planalto presidential palace. According to O Globo, the reported…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) responded to reporting on efforts to get Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) to leave the Democratic Party by saying that Fetterman should stay a Democrat since that is the party people elected him as a member of “and continue with his service to Pennsylvania, and, hopefully, get back to what he was elected to do and reflect the will of the people.” Host Jake Tapper asked, “Before you go, I do want to ask you one political question, POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin is reporting that there is a quiet but…

Technology is enabling traffickers to identify, recruit, and control victims at scale, making exploitation harder to detect, a UK study warns Artificial intelligence is helping criminals expand their entrapment of modern-day slaves across the UK, with traffickers increasingly using digital tools to identify and exploit victims, a new report has found.Criminal networks in the UK are seeking to enslave people through coercion, deception, or force, including forced labor, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking, the study, commissioned by the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, has found. AI is enabling traffickers to “identify, recruit and control victims at scale,” making exploitation more widespread…