https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-18/spanish-company-that-spied-on-assange-allegedly-informed-cia-about-meetings-held-by-latin-american-leaders.html
The owner of UC Global, which held a security contract at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, also kept intimate images of a diplomat in his safe for alleged blackmail attempt
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-privacy-chief-warns-against-using-facial-recognition-for-2024-olympics/
France’s security toolkit for Summer Olympics includes AI-powered cameras, but not facial recognition.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/air-force-general-predicted-war-china-leads-unprecedented-training-exe-rcna93030
“I don’t believe conflict is inevitable. I don’t believe it’s unavoidable,” Gen. Mike Minihan told NBC News. “But I also believe that ready now is what matters most.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-16/israel-using-ai-systems-to-plan-deadly-military-operations
Selecting targets for air strikes and executing raids can now be conducted with unprecedented speed, according to army officials.
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/us-deploys-destroyer-to-persian-gulf-as-it-readies-for-showdown-with-iran-russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/opinion/nato-summit-vilnius-europe.html
From its origins, the alliance was never primarily concerned with military power.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/15/ukraine-war-conscription-martial-law-men-gender-human-rights/
Human rights and humanitarian NGOs should pay attention to Kyiv’s sex-selective martial law.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/17/un-world-food-programme-haiti-hunger-crisis
The World Food Programme’s Haiti response is only 16% funded with more than half of the country’s population regularly hungry
https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany/
The decline of the Continent’s largest economy will send shudders across the EU’s already polarized political landscape.
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/14/saudi-arabia-us-investments-influence-liv-pga-golf/?
After LIV Golf bought the PGA Tour, a Senate report revealed Saudi Arabia’s extensive — and influential — investments in the U.S. economy.
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