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Russia Signs Military Cooperation Deal With Afghanistan’s Taliban Government automated-news
Russia Signs Military Cooperation Deal With Afghanistan’s Taliban Government

Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have signed a military agreement, in a move that signals deepening cooperation between the sides, experts said. The deal was signed on May 27 by Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, and the Taliban’s defense minister, Mohammad Yaqub, on t

30 May 2026 🔒
Damn the torpedoes — More ships are quietly slipping through the Strait of Hormuz as helicopters scare off Iran’s fast-attack boats automated-news
Damn the torpedoes — More ships are quietly slipping through the Strait of Hormuz as helicopters scare off Iran’s fast-attack boats

To sail through the strait without being detected by Iran, many ships are turning off their Automatic Identification Systems.

30 May 2026 🔒
Russian spies are more aggressively trying to steal Western technology as sanctions add to mounting problems for Putin’s wartime economy automated-news
Russian spies are more aggressively trying to steal Western technology as sanctions add to mounting problems for Putin’s wartime economy

Russia also needs sanctioned computer technology and software updates for machine tools.

30 May 2026 🔒
Colombia accuses Ecuador of “deliberate interference” in presidential election amid tariff spat automated-news
Colombia accuses Ecuador of “deliberate interference” in presidential election amid tariff spat

Colombia accuses Ecuador of “deliberate interference” in presidential election amid tariff spat

30 May 2026 🔒
Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance automated-news
Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance

Schmidt, who served as CEO from 2001 to 2011, has some thoughts on the China-style “996” work ethic.

30 May 2026 🔒
Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’ automated-news
Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’

Multimillionaire baby boomer Julia Stewart grew IHOP’s business and got back at her former employer after being denied the top role.

30 May 2026 🔒
Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area automated-news
Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area

Médicins Sans Frontières says that never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration.

30 May 2026 🔒
Hong Kong to target flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief automated-news
Hong Kong to target flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief

Hong Kong authorities will crack down on flavoured tobacco substances in the next phase of their enhanced smoking control measures, with the health minister describing such products as a “poisoned chalice” designed to hook younger people. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau warned on Saturday that fla

30 May 2026 🔒
Ukraine drones strike Russian oil facility, as Kyiv and Moscow trade blows automated-news
Ukraine drones strike Russian oil facility, as Kyiv and Moscow trade blows

Strikes have seen 13,000 residents without power in Zaporizhzhia as Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks.

30 May 2026 🔒
Designing The Perfect Final Season For Everyone’s Favorite ‘Hacks’ automated-news
Designing The Perfect Final Season For Everyone’s Favorite ‘Hacks’

After four award-winning seasons, ‘Hacks’ fifth season is both a well-designed conclusion and a satisfying end that this beloved comedy very much deserved.

30 May 2026 🔒
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