Albanian Authorities Target Alleged Cocaine Kingpin’s Network
Albanian prosecutors announce arrest warrant for Dritan Gjika and seizure of roughly 150 million euros in assets, in action against a suspected international cocaine trafficking…
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‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising…
Sanctioned Pro-Kremlin Influencer Says She Will Continue with her “Mission”
Alexandra Jost, known online as “Sasha Meets Russia,” responded to being sanctioned by the EU, by saying the designation showed she was “on the right…
Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist (18 Jun 2026)
Today’s links AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist: If ‘risk + AI = risk – AI’, then ‘AI = 0’. Hey look at this: Delights…
Kazakh, Czech Police Dismantle Alleged Personal Data Trafficking Channel
Kazakh and Czech police have dismantled an international channel used to illegally sell the personal data belonging to citizens from Kazakhstan and neighboring former Soviet…
Humans Will Never Colonize Mars — And Musk Knows It
The first trillion-dollar man has always had posthuman plans for the Red Planet.
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Former Nigerian Oil Minister Cleared of All Bribery Charges in UK Court
A London jury clears the former Nigerian oil minister of all bribery charges, collapsing a 13-year UK investigation into claims she traded lucrative state contracts…
From tokenism to trust – what inclusive research looks like
We caught up with Shoba Dawson to get some practical insight into embedding inclusivity in research…
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Interpol Warns Cybercrime Is Surging Across Asia and South Pacific
Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 percent of all recorded crime in more than half of the Asia and South Pacific countries surveyed by…
Solomon Islands Suspends Police Chief Who Dumped Drug Evidence into the Sea
The immediate suspension of Ian Vaevaso follows an investigative report revealing he destroyed confiscated methamphetamine before becoming top cop.