The US campaign to inflict economic pain on Iran is squeezing the Iranian people, but is unlikely to move their leaders to end the war, analysts argued. The threat of sanctions triggered panic buying for food and fuel this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, sparking small labor demonstrations across ...
UEFA prepares criminal complaint against FIFA’s InfantinoUEFA prepares criminal complaint against FIFA’s Infantino
European soccer’s governing body is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino for alleged “criminal mismanagement,” following the spectacular collapse of his effort to sell private stakes in the World Cup. In Thursday’s court filings, UEFA attorneys accused Infantino and a “small circle” of devising the now-scrapped vehicle ...
Shein plots post-IPO comeback through dealmakingShein plots post-IPO comeback through dealmaking
As Shein prepares to go public in Hong Kong for $27 billion — roughly a fourth of its valuation four years ago — the Chinese fast-fashion giant is plotting an ambitious comeback through stepped-up dealmaking. Shein is pursuing what is internally described as a plan to become the “Amazon Web ...
Hackers use SpaceX’s Cursor AI agent in cyber break-insHackers use SpaceX’s Cursor AI agent in cyber break-ins
Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s Cursor AI agent to breach a Belgian chemical company and six other firms in recent months, in the latest instance of cybercriminals circumventing AI firms’ safety guardrails. The hackers recruited the agent for hundreds of attacks by telling it the exercises were part of a simulation, ...
Trump’s trade war hands Democrats a campaign-trail giftTrump’s trade war hands Democrats a campaign-trail gift
The News FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is handing a political gift to Democrats in this pivotal battleground state. Democratic candidates across Michigan are unifying against Trump’s 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods, hitching Republicans to a trade battle against a trusted neighbor ...
The AI ‘Ghosts’ Contaminating Academic PublishingThe AI ‘Ghosts’ Contaminating Academic Publishing
“Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen have appeared as volcano experts, astronauts, thriller protagonists, podcast hosts, and academic co-authors across hundreds of independently produced AI-generated documents, never having lived,” a new preprint research paper from Samsung and the University of Warsaw said. The paper identified a number of names that co-authored ...
‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival
Ahead of playing Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields, artists explain why female-first festivals are due for a resurgence When I first saw the poster for Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in June, I assumed it was AI. Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Bikini Kill and Garbage, all arranged ...
We surveyed 6,000 Americans. Here is the winning message for Democrats | Dustin GuastellaWe surveyed 6,000 Americans. Here is the winning message for Democrats | Dustin Guastella
It’s about ‘kitchen-table populism’: focusing on Americans’ day-to-day economic struggles This year’s Democratic primaries look and sound a lot more populist than usual. Brian Poindexter, a union iron worker running on a “workers first” message, won a House primary outside Cleveland. Sherrod Brown is mounting a Senate comeback in Ohio ...
‘I fight pain and fear with art’: how Yayoi Kusama blazed a trail for neurodivergent artists‘I fight pain and fear with art’: how Yayoi Kusama blazed a trail for neurodivergent artists
The pioneering Japanese artist talked openly about how her mental health and neurodivergence informed her creativity, paving the way for the likes of Turner prize winner Nnena Kalu Yayoi Kusama – who has died at the age of 97 – was 10 when she first started experiencing vivid hallucinations consisting ...
Group launches sports ad blitz to persuade CBCGroup launches sports ad blitz to persuade CBC
The Scoop The Senate’s bipartisan college sports bill is getting more air support as it faces resistance from the Congressional Black Caucus. Saving College Sports, a group founded by wealthy businessman and Texas Tech University Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell, is launching a seven-figure ad buy supporting the legislation, ...