WASHINGTON: Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year. In recent months, election workers, judges, and politicians…

Louise Butcher hopes that when she becomes the first woman to run the London Marathon topless on Sunday, having had a double mastectomy in 2022, the thousands of supporters lining the course see a powerful image of strength.The 50-year-old breast cancer survivor runs topless to help erase the stigma around the disease – and there are few bigger platforms, she said, than one of the world’s biggest road races.”I thought, how can we normalise it,…

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WASHINGTON: The United States and the United Kingdom announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone program on Thursday (Apr 18) in response to its weekend attack against Israel. Washington is targeting “16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production, including engine types that power Iran’s Shahed variant UAVs, which were…

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NEW YORK : U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses to sometimes bypass utilities, executives said at an energy conference this week. Layers of regulations, citing and permitting processes, and frequent legal fights brought…

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