Effective September 29, the US Commerce Department has banned American sales of, and software update downloads for, Kaspersky Lab's globally popular cybersecurity/anti-virus software ... "because Russia." The order "will prohibit Kaspersky Lab and all of its...
Drone Manufacturer Makes Bank on Ukraine War
While big name firms like Lockheed and Raytheon knock down the most money and get the most attention for supporting US military adventurism, new wars buoy smaller companies, especially those which find themselves on the leading edge of the latest killing technologies....
Biden Administration Defends Social Media Censorship Operation
On Thursday, government lawyers went to court to defend federal meddling in content moderation decisions on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. On July 4, Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, ordered the...
Syria: Iran’s Kanaani Blames Foreign Intervention for Islamic State Escalation
Per Syrian state media, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned a Friday Islamic State attack on a Syrian military bus (other sources claim the target consisted of two trucks), which resulted in the deaths of at least 20 government soldiers....
French Delegations to Visit Taiwan
French state media reports that the country's parliament is set to send two delegations on visits to Taiwan this month. The trips look a lot like a "balancing act" response to remarks by president Emmanuel Macron, who returned from a friendly visit with Chinese...
Russia, Ukraine free POWs in Orthodox Easter Swap
Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin announced Sunday that he marked Orthodox Easter Sunday by ordering more than 100 Ukrainian POWs freed, according to Reuters. Per the Associated Press, Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak confirms the Easter prisoner...