The state’s attorney general has accused the former US Coronavirus czar of showing a “lack of candor” before Congress Former US Coronavirus czar Dr. Anthony Fauci is facing a state investigation after declining to answer questions during a US Senate hearing on the origins of Covid-19 and the government’s handling of the pandemic. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the probe after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times on Wednesday. “Fauci’s lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable. My office is launching an investigation into Dr. Fauci. It’s past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID,” Uthmeier wrote on X. Senator Rand Paul, who led the hearing, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis argued that Fauci had no legal basis to invoke the Fifth Amendment because former President Joe Biden had granted him a blanket p...
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The eSafety Commissioner’s announcement comes a day after Russia charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism Australia has taken legal action against Telegram over alleged failures to tackle terrorism-related content. Just the day before, Russia launched its own case against the messaging platform and its founder, Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov. The Australian eSafety commissioner announced on Thursday that it had started civil proceedings in federal court for Telegram’s “alleged failure to detect and remove pro-terror material from the platform including videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings,” despite complaints from users. The regulator said videos of the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and the 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting remained accessible on the platform for around three months before being taken down. The regulator is seeking penalties of up to A$...
The world’s biggest sport now reflects a global system Washington can no longer fully control Based on its historical evolution, huge popularity, and massive budget, it’s fair to say that the game globally known as football – the one in which two teams of 11 players must maneuver a ball into the opposing team’s goal without using their hands – remains the world’s top sport. But despite its universal name and rules, familiar to almost the entire world population, this game has failed to catch on in the US, where even the term ‘football’ means a different kind of game. As for what the rest of the world calls football, in the US it is known as ‘soccer’ – an old British slang abbreviation of ‘Association football’. These linguistic details became highly important when, in order to maintain the pace of expansion and develop new m...
Almost as many believe that the Israeli prime minister is “guilty of war crimes in Gaza,” the poll found Some 49% of Americans think that the US should arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, according to a recent poll. After three years of war in the Middle East, Israel’s once-solid support in the US has cratered. Asked whether the US should enforce an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest, 49% of respondents answered “yes” in an Economist/YouGov poll published on Tuesday, while 27% said “no” and 23% were unsure. The ICC issued the warrant in 2024, accusing him of using “starvation as a method of warfare,” crimes against humanity, and intentionally directing attacks against Gaza’s civilian population. However, the ICC lacks any means of enforcing the warrant, as neither Israel nor the US recognize...
Sam Altman’s company claims that its most powerful model can execute complex hacking operations on its own A cutting-edge AI model developed by OpenAI has managed to escape the confines of a lab test and break into a company’s database without any human instruction. It’s a nightmare scenario – or is that just what OpenAI wants you to believe? Read more Russia and China seek to define global AI principles On July 16, OpenAI carried out an internal benchmark test on GPT‑5.6 Sol and another pre-release model that the company claims is “even more capable.” The models had their guardrails disabled and were put to work solving a series of cybersecurity tests known as ExploitGym. Developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, Germany’s Max Planck Institute, and AI companies including Google, Anthropi...
Pavel Graudyn has claimed Moscow’s first individual men’s saber world title since 2015 Russian fencer Pavel Graudyn has won gold at the World Championships in Hong Kong, securing the country’s first medal since its athletes returned to competition under the national flag and anthem. The 19-year-old defeated South Korea’s Do Gyeong-dong 15:7 in the men’s individual saber final on Monday, having earlier knocked out top-seeded French favorite Sebastien Patrice. The victory marked Russia’s first world title in the discipline since 2015. The International Fencing Federation lifted all restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes in June, allowing them to compete with national symbols at the championships, which run from July 22 to July 30. Russian fencers had previously been allowed to participate only under neutral status after being excluded from international events following the ...