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Analysts warned that the Kremlin may be looking to expand its use of hybrid warfare as its battlefield efforts in Ukraine stall.

A new investigation from the BBC is accusing Instagram of running paid ads in India promoting child sexual abuse material. BBC senior correspondent Divya Arya explains how Instagram’s AI-powered review process frequently fails to flag content suggesting illegal and abusive activity, and how the platform’s profit-driven algorithms boost accounts paying to advertise this content. Instagram’s parent company Meta has denied culpability, “saying that it’s absolutely unfair to say that they prioritize revenue over user safety and that they underinvest in safety mechanisms.” In response to Arya’s findings, the Indian government is now demanding that Meta immediately remove all such ads and child exploitation materials, and submit a detailed explanation on how such advertisements were allowed on its platforms. “This illegal content should not be on the internet, and somebody needs to be held accountable for it,” says Arya.

ScheerPost Staff The latest NATO summit was presented as a demonstration of Western unity. Instead, according to economist Jeffrey Sachs, it revealed something far more dangerous: an alliance increasingly consumed by militarism, detached from strategic thinking, and drifting toward a direct confrontation between nuclear powers. While leaders celebrated record defense spending, reaffirmed support for expanding […]

Crude stockpiles across much of the West are near historically low levels, having been drawn down over the course of the war.

The two sides remain far apart on the negotiating table: Iran wants to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz; Washington wants Tehran to give up its missile and proxy efforts.

Aaron Kirshenbaum Last week, millions of people around the world were subjected to record-breaking heatwaves. At least 25 deaths in the U.S. from this heat dome were reported. The French government also counted over 2,000 excess deaths during the June heatwaves. At the same time, this past weekend, a devastating super typhoon hit the Northern […]

Amid growing political pushback against data center development, more evidence is emerging of their impact on local economies.

Jeffrey D. Sachs  China Daily On Saturday, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. The occasion deserves reflection — not only on what the US has become, but on the founding principles it has so often forgotten. Three of those principles, set out by the founders themselves, would, if […]

In past agreements, there appeared to be a tacit understanding between Hezbollah and Israel that conflict would eventually resume.