Japan’s greatest strategic vulnerability may not be missiles or warships. It may be who builds Asia’s power plants. As China expands its military reach across the Indo-Pacific, it is also quietly extending its influence through civil nuclear exports. Every reactor Beijing or Moscow builds creates a relationship that can last for generations, binding countries through...Read More
One Company Chosen From Each of Seven Financial Sectors, With Additional Picks Likely Second Round Expected to Include Low Teens in Total Financial Sector Bolsters Defenses Against Cyber Threats Attention on Whether KB Kookmin Bank Succeeds in Its Second Attempt Financial regulators are set to ease network separation regulations for the use of artificial intelligence...Read More
BASRA — Dozens of engineering, petroleum and science graduates began an open-ended sit-in outside Basra Oil Company headquarters on Sunday demanding contracts with state oil companies, and said security personnel used sticks and batons to break up part of the gathering. Video reviewed by 964media showed security forces confronting demonstrators. They want direct contracts with...Read More
Kenya Power is in the spotlight after the public procurement watchdog found irregularities in a Sh1.86 billion tender for enlisting 2,810 private security guards. The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) nullified the entire tender after it identified several flaws in the procurement process, such as conflicting rules on the number of guards, splitting zones...Read More
Security company Viking Security has reported an increase this year in the number of cases in which minors openly sell or use drugs in shopping centres and entertainment venues in Estonia. This concerns not only cannabis but also harder narcotic substances, ERR News reports. Case in Tartu Sander Nurgamaa, head of Viking Security’s video surveillance...Read More
A United States federal judge has ruled in favor of the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic in its dispute with the Pentagon over its labeling as a “supply chain risk.” California district judge Rita Lin concluded that the label constituted an attempt by the government to make an example of Anthropic after the company refused...Read More
Bishop has pleaded guilty to her role in the offending and will be sentenced in October. According to the summary of facts, on a Saturday evening in January 2025, the first victim went through the self-checkout without paying for several items, including a plastic-wrapped telegraph cucumber. On the way to his car, he was stopped...Read More
Private guards will monitor town centres amid local authority criticism Peter Harris (right) celebrate during the 2026 Essex County Council election Author: Charlotte BarberPublished 13 hours ago Essex County Council is planning to employ private security guards to patrol town and city centres in response to worries about community safety linked to gatherings of asylum...Read More
Essex County Council said the “operatives” would be introduced in town and city centres in Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford to deter anti-social behaviour and reassure residents. But the personnel will have no more power than other members of the public to take any action against crime, and law enforcement will still need to be led...Read More
Essex County Council’s leader has announced the plan in response to public concerns about asylum seekers being transported daily from the Home Office’s Wethersfield accommodation centre to Braintree, Colchester, and Chelmsford. The centre currently houses around 800 men but is set to increase to 1,245, with the potential to rise to 1,700, according to the...Read More
