
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill early Wednesday morning aimed at reducing prison sentences for coup plotters , including former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro , who was sentenced to 27 years in prison last September. ... read full post
Revealing what Israel used the AI-powered software for, Michael Steinberger notes, “Its software was used by the Israeli military in several raids in Gaza” and goes on to write that, “The company’s technology was deployed by the Israelis during military operations in Lebanon in 2024 that decimated Hezbollah’s top leadership” adding that, “It was also used in Operation Grim Beeper, in which hundreds of Hezbollah fighters were injured and maimed when their pagers and walkie-talkies exploded (the Israelis had booby trapped the devices)”. ... read full post
I think I've got this already, I've had an awful cough for a week now that is getting worse. Of course, no-one anywhere is wearing a mask and people are coughing all over each other.
Mexico City. The investigation that led to the arrest warrant being issued against Raúl Rocha Cantú, a businessman from Monterrey and co-owner of the Miss Universe franchise, involved members of the Attorney General's Office (FGR), the National Guard, and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). Intelligence and surveillance reports detail that the criminal group not only trafficked fuel and weapons from the United States and Guatemala to Mexico, but also "produced" 1,500 AR-15 magazines per week, which were sold to criminal groups, including La Unión Tepito, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel ( CJNG ), and members of the Gulf Cartel, such as Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera, who was arrested in August of this year. ... read full post
A Colombian fisherman vanished after US forces bombed a boat in the Caribbean. Now his family is pursuing legal action that could implicate a Canadian arms manufacturer whose targeting cameras guided the strike. ... read full post
At least 79 civilians, including 43 children, were killed in South Kordofan after a series of RSF drone strikes targeted a kindergarten, nearby homes, and a hospital in the town of Kalogi. The attack, one of the deadliest outside Darfur since the war began, triggered a mass flight of residents from South Kordofan and the Nuba Mountains, where further strikes on shelters and displacement sites have been reported. ... read full post

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