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• Donald J. Trump 大統領は、現政権が弾圧や人権侵害を支援したと主張する複数の Cuba 政権幹部および団体に対し、的を絞った制裁を課す大統領令に署名した。 • White House は、この措置は Cuba の反体制派との連帯のメッセージを送るものであり、Latin America における独裁政権に圧力をかけるより広範な取り組みを補完するものだとしている。 • 一部の民主党員や少数の共和党員を含む Congress の批判派は、この動きは移民や地域安全保障に関する今後の交渉を前に U.S. のレバレッジを締め付けることで、裏目に出る可能性があると主張している。

大学の恒例行事に参加した学生たちは、水着姿の自身の画像が本人の同意なく全国紙に掲載されていると訴えている。 金曜日の夜明けとともに、何百人もの St Andrews University の学生たちが、試験に幸運をもたらすとされる学部生の伝統行事 May Dip のために、冷え込む North Sea へと飛び込む。しかし、ビーチにいるのは学生たちだけではない。近年、この風変わりな儀式は、ビキニ姿の学生の写真で利益を得ようとするエージェンシーやフリーランスの写真家たちの標的となっており、中には Fife の海岸沿いの遊歩道近く、East Sands の砂丘で一晩中キャンプをして待ち構える者もいる。 「It ruined my night」と、Scotsman の見開きに写真が掲載された学生の一人、Anna は語った。「今、あの May Dip のことを思い出すと、その写真のことばかり考えてしまいます。それだけなのです」。続きを読む...

• FBIは、COVID-19に関する研究を標的にしたサイバー攻撃に関与し、イタリアから引き渡された中国政府支援のハッカーを逮捕した。

Federal raids unfold in Twin Cities amid ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Minnesota officialsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFederal agents under the command of the Trump administration have descended on Minnesota’s Twin Cities again to primarily target alleged fraud at daycares after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s so-called “Operation Metro Surge” all but wound down earlier in the year.“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” the US justice department told the Guardian in a statement on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon Hezbollah launched several drones at Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, while Israel issued new displacement orders for south Lebanon and carried out airstrikes, as the fraying ceasefire failed to stop fighting between the two sides.Hezbollah claimed Tuesday’s attack injured several Israeli soldiers, but no confirmation was given from the Israeli military, apart from a statement saying interceptor missiles had been fired at incoming Hezbollah drones. Continue reading...

Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfareBritain is becoming a soft target for Russian and other state propaganda because the UK is not prepared to educate people on how to deal with information warfare, according to a former White House adviser and security expert.Fiona Hill told a parliamentary committee that she feared the UK had become “extraordinarily vulnerable” to online manipulation feeding into the electoral system because there was a lack of discussion about civil defence. Continue reading...

Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday morning.Blanche also said officials believe that the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where he checked in as a guest at the hotel where one of the capital’s glitziest annual events was being held, the Washington Hilton. Continue reading...