German official killed, another injured during firearms inspection
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German official killed, another injured during firearms inspection

A local government employee was shot dead and another seriously injured during a routine firearms inspection in southern Germany on Thursday, police said. The two employees of the Neumarkt district administration had been carrying out an inspection of a gun owner in the town of Berngau in Bavaria when the man opened fire, hitting both officials. The gunman then barricaded himself inside a resident...

Florida Land Acquisition: Disney secretly bought 27,443 acres; deal reshaped Walt Disney World
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Florida Land Acquisition: Disney secretly bought 27,443 acres; deal reshaped Walt Disney World

Walt Disney initiated a secret land acquisition strategy in Florida to develop Walt Disney World. The effort involved purchasing over 27,000 acres through front companies to maintain anonymity. This acquisition began in 1964 and was publicly revealed in 1965. While Disney did not survive to see the completion, his vision ultimately changed entertainment in America. The project included creating th...

Royal Navy sailor accused of spying for Russia appears in court

Royal Navy sailor accused of spying for Russia appears in court

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Intelligence specialist Teddy Young, 24, alleged to have drafted message in Russian containing classified informationA junior Royal Navy intelligence specialist from Bedfordshire accused of trying to pass military secrets to Russia appeared in court on Thursday.Teddy Young, 24, was accused of abusing his high-level security clearance to access secret defence and intelligence data after being deplo...

UK navy sailor charged with spying for Russia

UK navy sailor charged with spying for Russia

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A UK Royal Navy sailor appeared in a London court on Thursday to face charges of spying for Russia. Teddy Young, 24, has been charged with two offences under the National Security Act, including preparing to disclose protected information between November 2024 and May 2025, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. During the same period, Young allegedly obtained, copied, recorded or retained pro...

UK navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for Russia

UK navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for Russia

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A UK Royal Navy sailor appeared in a London court on Thursday to face charges of spying for Russia. Teddy Young, 24, has been charged with two offences under the National Security Act, including preparing to disclose protected information between November 2024 and May 2025, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. During the same period, Young allegedly obtained, copied, recorded or retained pro...

Royal Navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for Russia

Royal Navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for Russia

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A Royal Navy sailor appeared in a London court on Thursday to face charges of spying for Russia. Teddy Young, 24, has been charged with two offences under the National Security Act, including preparing to disclose protected information between November 2024 and May 2025, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. During the same period, Young allegedly obtained, copied, recorded or retained protec...

Top bosses at Goldman Sachs to share bonus pot worth up to $500m

Top bosses at Goldman Sachs to share bonus pot worth up to $500m

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Eye-watering sum, to be split between 20 bankers, is one of the biggest payouts in the bank’s historyTop bosses at Goldman Sachs are in line to share a bonus pot worth up to $500m (£378m) this year, marking one of the biggest payouts in the Wall Street bank’s history.The eye-watering sum will be shared between 20 bankers, with its chief executive, David Solomon, due to take about $100m (£75.6m) of...

Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away

Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away

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Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a mysterious flash of energy was released into the universe.Astronomers have now detected that flash, a burst of radio waves which travelled for more than 10bn years before reaching Earth – what they believe to be the most distant fast r...

Royal Navy sailor appears in court charged with spying for Russia

Royal Navy sailor appears in court charged with spying for Russia

The Guardian •

Intelligence specialist Teddy Young, 24, accused of drafting message in Russian containing classified informationA junior Royal Navy intelligence specialist from Bedfordshire accused of trying to pass military secrets to Russia appeared in court on Thursday.Teddy Young, 24, was accused of abusing his high-level security clearance to access secret defence and intelligence data after being deployed ...

Trump made ‘clear’ that media ban was due to critical coverage, court told

Trump made ‘clear’ that media ban was due to critical coverage, court told

The Guardian •

Lawyer for CNN, MS Now and Politico says Trump admitted he banned networks from White House over their coverageDonald Trump continues to be the strongest witness for the media companies arguing that they were unfairly barred from the White House at his direction, a lawyer representing CNN, MS Now and Politico told a federal judge on Thursday afternoon.The media coalition was in court asking the ju...

Trump made ‘clear’ that media ban was due to critical coverage, lawyer tells judge

Trump made ‘clear’ that media ban was due to critical coverage, lawyer tells judge

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Lawyer for CNN, MS Now and Politico says Trump admitted he banned networks from White House over their coverageDonald Trump continues to be the strongest witness for the media companies arguing that they were unfairly barred from the White House at his direction, a lawyer representing CNN, MS Now and Politico told a federal judge on Thursday afternoon.The media coalition was in court asking the ju...

China’s BYD considering lithium battery plant in Argentina, foreign minister says

China’s BYD considering lithium battery plant in Argentina, foreign minister says

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BYD is studying whether to manufacture lithium batteries in Argentina, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Thursday after meeting Stella Li, the Chinese electric vehicle maker’s executive vice-president. According to Quirno, the company was looking at “investment opportunities in Argentina linked to the lithium value chain, particularly in the production of batteries and energy storage systems”....

Aaron Sorkin, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White: The director and cast behind the Facebook sequel

Aaron Sorkin, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White: The director and cast behind the Facebook sequel

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Fifteen years after "The Social Network", Aaron Sorkin is taking on Facebook again. His new film, "The Social Reckoning", looks at what the platform has become and the role it plays in division, extremism and misinformation in America, themes that have fuelled his long-running public feud with Mark Zuckerberg. It tells the true story of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, played by Oscar-nomina...

Trump says US will not attack Iran before November midterms

Trump says US will not attack Iran before November midterms

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US President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the US would “not be attacking Iran” before November’s midterm elections, citing what he said were “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic. The president’s comments on Thursday amounted to an unusual blending of national security issues and domestic politics. His decision to lay off on new strikes comes despite Iran escalating a...

Trump says US will not attack Iran before November’s midterm elections

Trump says US will not attack Iran before November’s midterm elections

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US President Donald Trump said the US would not attack Iran ahead of November’s midterm elections, citing what he said were “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic. “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Thursday. The president’s comments amounted to an unusual blen...

Starbucks reportedly exploring Chipotle takeover

Starbucks reportedly exploring Chipotle takeover

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Move would reunite chief executive Brian Niccol with chain he led before joining coffee company two years agoStarbucks has explored a takeover of Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, in a move that ⁠would reunite chief executive Brian Niccol with the burrito chain he led before joining the coffee giant two years ago.The potential deal comes as restaurant chains wrestle...

US bill proposes raising H-1B violation fines to $250,000 and 10-year ban

US bill proposes raising H-1B violation fines to $250,000 and 10-year ban

Times of India •

A proposed bill aims to raise penalties against employers violating H-1B visa rules significantly. Introduced by Beth Van Duyne, the legislation is under consideration in the House. Proposed fines would increase from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars for serious violations. In addition, the legislation would extend bans on employers from three years to ten years.