“It Is Important That America Hear Ukraine,” President Zelenskyy Say As He Seeks U.S Help In Ending The War Against Russia

“It Is Important That America Hear Ukraine,” President Zelenskyy Say As He Seeks U.S Help In Ending The War Against Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and Congress of the United States simultaneously with a letter. But the situation now requires action, swift and effective action. “It is important that America hear Ukraine. We understand that much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the war in Iran. But the war here in Europe must also be...

Trump Prioritize Protecting Nigerian Christians Targeted By ISIS

Trump Prioritize Protecting Nigerian Christians Targeted By ISIS

U.S Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reveals President Trump ordered the Pentagon to prioritize protecting Nigerian Christians targeted by ISIS — and says the mission quietly led to the killing of ISIS’ second-in-command in Nigeria. Hegseth says U.S. intelligence gathered during the operation helped lead to the deaths of “hundreds” of ISIS fighters tied to attacks on Christians and threats against the U.S. homeland. “There’s a lot of things we do that the media pays attention to, and a lot of things that the president empowers the Department to do on behalf of the American people, that he deserves great...

UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘An Unstoppable Force’ And Warns About Russia

UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘An Unstoppable Force’ And Warns About Russia

Artificial intelligence is “an unstoppable force” that is being weaponized in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, the U.K. cyberspying chief warned Wednesday. Anne Keast-Butler, director of the communications intelligence agency GCHQ, said that Britain and its allies are in “a space between peace and war” as Russia increases its “daily hybrid activity” against the West — even as Russian combat deaths in Ukraine approach 500,000. She said that the West risks losing the conflict in cyberspace against Russia and other adversaries, unless citizens, companies and governments treat cybersecurity with much greater urgency. “I’ve spent three decades working...

Trump Will Send Americans Exposed To Ebola While Abroad To A New Facility In Kenya

Trump Will Send Americans Exposed To Ebola While Abroad To A New Facility In Kenya

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United States, an administration official said Wednesday. The quarantine and treatment center being set up by the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services will be designed for Ebola patients who need to get out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and receive care quickly, said the official, who insisted on anonymity to share the Republican administration’s plans. The person said the plan would help patients avoid an hourslong...

Penpa Tsering Sworn In For A Second Term To Lead Tibet’s Government-In-Exile

Penpa Tsering Sworn In For A Second Term To Lead Tibet’s Government-In-Exile

Penpa Tsering was sworn in Wednesday for a second consecutive term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile following his reelection earlier this year. Tsering, 58, has led the exile government based in Dharamshala, India, since 2021. He secured another five-year term in elections held in February among Tibetans living in India and overseas. Tsering was first elected to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in 1996 and served as speaker from 2008 until he rose to the top executive post. Formed in 1959, Tibet’s government-in-exile, now called the Central Tibetan Administration, has executive, judicial and legislative branches. Tsering said Wednesday that the Central...

Matthew Perry’s Assistant Gets More Than 3 Years In Prison For Central Role In His Ketamine Death

Matthew Perry’s Assistant Gets More Than 3 Years In Prison For Central Role In His Ketamine Death

Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the “Friends” actor’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with a fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison, bringing an end to the legal saga surrounding the death of one of the biggest TV stars of his generation. “You were privy to his struggle with addiction,” said Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, who handed down the sentence to the 60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa in federal court in Los Angeles. “Your conduct was reckless, not just on the day of his death...

ICC Trial For Ex-Philippine President Duterte To Start In November

ICC Trial For Ex-Philippine President Duterte To Start In November

Judges at the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday that the trial of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity will start on Nov. 30. According to prosecutors, the ex-leader is responsible for dozens of murders, allegedly overseeing deadly anti-drug crackdowns, first as mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao and later as president. “The expediency of the trial is of the upmost importance,” presiding Judge Joanna Korner said, rejecting requests from the registry of the court to delay the start date over concerns about a lack of translators. Duterte, who served as president from 2016 to...