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The U.S. warned that Russia may put a nuclear weapon in house
U.S. intelligence businesses have advised their closest European allies that if Russia goes to launch a nuclear weapon into orbit, it is going to most likely accomplish that this yr. But, they warned, it would as a substitute launch a innocent “dummy” warhead to depart the West guessing about its capabilities.
The evaluation got here amid a U.S. intelligence scramble: Officials have been conducting a sequence of rushed, labeled briefings for his or her NATO and Asian allies, as particulars started to leak out. But U.S. intelligence businesses are divided, and officers have low confidence of their evaluation of whether or not Russia is able to launch such an area weapon.
The penalties of such a weapon are clearer. It may disrupt communications by destroying the business and army satellites which have reshaped international communications capabilities.
Response: President Vladimir Putin mentioned that Moscow was “categorically towards” putting nuclear weapons in house. The Russian protection minister mentioned the warning was manufactured to get Congress to authorize extra help for Ukraine.
Pakistan’s army is in disaster
Pakistanis as soon as considered the army because the iron hand controlling politics within the nation. Recent elections shattered that fantasy of its omnipotence when voters backed candidates aligned with the jailed former chief, Imran Khan, regardless of a army crackdown on his party.
Their fervor — and their accusations that the army then rigged the outcomes to disclaim the candidates a majority — have created one of many army institution’s greatest crises but.
“We’ve seen the army turning into more and more remoted from its common assist base, like veterans and Pakistan’s elite, who had been additionally arrested and pressured within the crackdown main as much as the polls,” Christina Goldbaum, our Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief, advised us.
Young folks refused to be intimidated by the army, and social media outpaced censorship. But Christina mentioned the temper is uneasy: The army has doubled down and moved to consolidate its management because the election. “Most folks I’m speaking to don’t consider that these elections alone are sufficient to basically change the ability dynamic between civilian leaders and army leaders in Pakistan,” she mentioned.
China lags behind the U.S. in A.I. improvement
China is racing to construct generative A.I. programs. But its firms lag behind the U.S. by not less than a yr — and are relying virtually solely on underlying programs from the U.S., in keeping with greater than a dozen tech trade insiders and main engineers.
The jockeying for A.I. primacy may make for a brand new section within the tense technological competitors between the U.S. and China.
Thousands of pages of court docket paperwork have been written in regards to the troubled state of the jail at Rikers Island, in New York City. Thousands of pages of fiction have, too: The jail has grow to be a literary incubator for detainees and corrections officers.
Lives lived: Ameen Sayani, a pioneering and beloved Indian D.J., was on the air for greater than 42 years. He died at 91.
Niue’s struggle for .nu
In the Nineties, the South Pacific island of Niue could have made an enormous mistake. It gave an American businessman the rights to the web suffix .nu, in alternate for entry to the World Wide Web.
“Nu” means “new” in a number of Nordic languages, and hundreds of Scandinavians registered web sites with .nu, making it very helpful. Niue has been combating for many years to reclaim it, arguing that it’s a struggle for self-determination.
“We are victims of digital colonialism,” the island’s prime minister advised The Times. “This area, the .nu, acknowledges Niue as a sovereign nation. This is how vital it’s to our identification.”
Niue is looking for about $30 million in damages. A court docket ruling is anticipated quickly.
