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LONDON (AP) – A Greek national was set to appear in court Friday on charges that he helped the intelligence service of a foreign country, believed to be Iran, target a journalist working in London. The allegations against Ioannis Aidinidis, 46, relate to attempts to target a journalist for Iran International, a Persian-language media outlet that has traditionally been critical of the country´s Islamic government, London´s Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement. “We know this may cause concern for many people here in the UK, and particularly those working in Persian-language media,´´ Commander Helen Flanagan said. “We continue to…
A widely followed measure of business activity in the Chicago region roared back in May, surging to its highest level in more than four years and delivering one of the strongest monthly gains on record — a clear sign of accelerating momentum in American manufacturing. The Chicago Business Barometer, produced by MNI Indicators and ISM-Chicago, jumped 13.5 points to 62.7 in May, firmly returning to expansionary territory after slipping below the neutral 50 mark in April. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion compared with the prior month. The monthly gain was the joint second-largest since the index was established in…
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), who is a biological man living as a woman, is the subject of a new documentary in which he boasts “Soon, we win.” Delaware voters elected the state senator to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2024, and it was the first time a transgender person was elected to the U.S. Congress, Breitbart News reported at the time. A trailer for the documentary, called State of Firsts, shows McBride claiming Republicans were going to “try to ban me from the restroom,” adding, “It’s not just that they don’t want me in bathrooms. They don’t want…
Soccer authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affirmed on Wednesday that its national team and support staff will be able to abide by all public health protocols to participate in the FIFA World Cup scheduled to begin on June 11 and hosted by America, Canada, and Mexico. Both the United States and Canada have imposed restrictions on Congolese travelers, as well as visitors from neighboring countries such as South Sudan and Uganda, in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in rural DRC. Ebola is a viral disease that causes fever and extensive bleeding, often leading to death. The variant…
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iranian oil sales in a bid to choke off funding for Iran’s military apparatus. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the sanctions as part of Operation Economic Fury, the fiscal element of the Operation Epic Fury military action against Iran. “The Treasury Department will continue to increase pressure on Iranian oil sales to deprive the Iranian regime and its military of the financial resources it needs to threaten U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East,” Bessent said. “We will not allow the Iranian government to increase its oil revenue for…
U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D) supports implementing a background check requirement for all gun sales, thereby criminalizing the private gun sales Americans have enjoyed since 1791. Under the heading Public Safety & Justice on his campaign website, securing background checks for all guns is listed as one of Talarico’s “priorities,” should he be elected to the Senate. Another priority is the passage of a firearm storage law. Such laws typically set forth how guns must be stored–often locked in a safe or container, sometimes separate from ammunition–in order to protect “children in the home.” A third priority is to raise the…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman has said mass white-collar layoffs have not materialized, while Anthropic has warned of major disruption The heads of two leading artificial intelligence companies have offered sharply different forecasts on whether the technology will trigger mass job losses. The split comes as as Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants continue large-scale layoffs tied to AI restructuring.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday that AI is unlikely to trigger a global “jobs apocalypse,” admitting that he had been wrong about how quickly the technology would eliminate white-collar jobs.“I’m delighted to be wrong about this, I thought there would…
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna defended the $640,000 price tag of the luxury automaker’s first EV on Thursday, emphasizing the model’s innovation and strong customer demand. Despite the CEO’s positivity, the electric vehicle has been slammed by Ferrari fans and investors alike. CNBC reports that Ferrari Chief Executive Benedetto Vigna defended the 550,000-euro price tag, approximately 640,000 dollars, of the luxury automaker’s first fully electric vehicle on Thursday, emphasizing the model’s innovation and strong customer demand. The comments came during a round table discussion in Modena, Italy, as the company seeks to address concerns following a sharp market reaction to the vehicle’s…
A young woman is thought to have been gang-raped at a traditional German maypole festival in a Thuringia town, prompting a police manhunt for an alleged perpetrator. Police are searching for a 30-year-old Iraqi migrant on suspicion of having participated in the rape of a 22-year-old woman on the night of a traditional maypole festival in the small market town of Bad Klosterlausnitz in Thuringia on Tuesday. The woman was found partially clothed in the backlot of a kebab shop near the marketplace of the town the same night of its annual Maibaumfest party. Police initially suspected a group of four migrant males…
Rosie O’Donnell promoted a sick death wish against President Donald Trump Thursday to her 1.2 million followers on social media. “Hang in there. He’s going to fall asleep in one of those meetings and never wake up,” read a Threads post by another user, shared by O’Donnell, alongside the hashtag “2026.” The post featured several images depicting Trump, zoomed in and cropped in certain areas to imply the president suffers from poor health. Instagram/rosie By sharing a post expressing a death wish toward President Trump, O’Donnell joins fellow left-wingers who have voiced similar fantasies about the deaths of political…