Hong Kong's government has issued a strong rebuttal to a US newspaper's commentary titled "Hong Kong’s nightmare gets darker," which described new national security legislation as "repressive." The government stated the new regulation clarifies offenses and ensures fair trials.
The US reportedly used over 200 THAAD interceptors and 100 SM-3/SM-6 missiles against Iran, depleting its stockpiles, while Israel used fewer interceptors. This "lopsided dynamic" raises concerns about replacement costs and Iran's preserved capabilities.
A classified US intelligence analysis reveals China is exploiting the US-Israeli war with Iran to undermine US influence across diplomatic, informational, military, and economic fronts ahead of Trump-Xi talks.
According to the Washington Post, these findings have already been communicated to the US administration
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 5 The Washington Post says Congress must act to stop abuse of redistricting Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week. The GOP started it in Texas last summer. A back-and-forth ensued, with Democrats redrawing maps in California and Virginia while Republicans did so in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Simultaneously, a long-running constitutional dispute over the Voting Rights Act came to a head last week when the high court limited the consideration of race while designing districts in Louisiana v. Callais. The court’s ruling wasn’t about partisan gerrymandering, per se. It was about when states could be compelled to draw majority-minority districts under the VRA and the Constitution. In practice, those districts tend to be Democratic. The decision lifts...
Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.
The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for scrutinizing the Trump administration’s sweeping, choppy cuts and changes to federal agencies
El exdirector de ‘The Washington Post’ advierte del peligro de los líderes autoritarios y la dificultad de un consenso sobre los hechos
Los exdirectores de ‘The Washington Post’ y de ‘The Guardian’ dialogan en el Festival de EL PAÍS con Daniel Innerarity sobre privacidad, prensa y democracia
Over 600 Google employees have signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding the company refuse Pentagon requests to use its AI models for classified purposes. Many signers work at Google's DeepMind AI lab, including more than 20 principals, directors, and vice presidents. The letter references a report that Google and the Pentagon are discussing deploying Gemini AI in classified environments, following similar deals Microsoft already has and OpenAI's renegotiated February agreement with the Pentagon.
Ed Miliband has revealed he warned David Lammy that Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to Washington could "blow up", expressing concerns about Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein and his lobbying firm's Chinese and Russian business ties. Mandelson was sacked after nine months following disclosures about his relationship with the late financier and child sex offender. The Guardian revealed he failed initial security vetting, which was overruled by the Foreign Office, leading to the sacking of FCDO permanent secretary Oliver Robbins.
