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Russian army sends wolves to the front to help counter threat from Ukraine drones | World | News

Russian army sends wolves to the front to help counter threat from Ukraine drones | World | News

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Vladimir Putin’s army is turning to wild animals in a desperate bid to try and counter the threat from Ukrainian drones. Army chiefs are pondering using wolves to help detect the approach of the deadly UAVS. Troops say the animals have a good sense of smell, are sociable and active, and can warn of danger in advance. Russian commanders have decided to run an experiment to see if wolves can make a difference. Two tamed wolves have been dispatched to Ukraine to serve with a unit that is fighting there. A Russian news agency reported: “The predators can hear the approach of drones and warn of danger in advance. “They will help Russian soldiers carry out combat missions in the [war] zone.” The two females were rescued from the Siberian region of Khakassia and raised by wolf-tamer Aleksandr Konchakov. In a video, he can be seen feeding ice cream to one of the wolves, called Vysota. He said: “The puppies were simply brought to me by hunters without a mother. “They have excellent intuition and …

Using Real-Time Threat Detection To Stop Kubernetes Attacks

Using Real-Time Threat Detection To Stop Kubernetes Attacks

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Over the last year 89% of organizations experienced at least one container or Kubernetes security incident, making security a high priority for DevOps and security teams. Despite many DevOps teams’ opinions of Kubernetes not being secure, it commands 92% of the container market. Gartner predicts that 95% of enterprises will be running containerized applications in production by 2029, a significant jump from less than 50% last year.  While misconfigurations are responsible for 40% of incidents and 26% reported their organizations failed audits, the underlying weaknesses of Kubernetes security haven’t yet been fully addressed. One of the most urgent issues is deciphering the massive number of alerts produced and finding the ones that reflect a credible threat. Kubernetes attacks are growing Attackers are finding Kubernetes environments to be an easy target due to the growing number of misconfigurations and vulnerabilities enterprises using them are not resolving quickly – if at all. Red Hat’s latest state of Kubernetes security …

These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding.

These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding.

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new video loaded: These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding. transcript Back transcript These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding. The New York Times spoke to several election volunteers for Venezuela’s opposition party who found that Edmundo Gonzáles defeated Nicolás Maduro in July. They fled the country after facing death threats from Maduro’s supporters. Anthony is in hiding in this Colombian city on the border with Venezuela. He says he was targeted by paramilitary groups called “colectivos,” key enforcers for Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, after volunteering as an election observer for the opposition party. He fled here to Cúcuta, along with these other election workers, who all describe receiving similar threats. We agreed not to show their faces or use their full names for their safety and that of their families they left behind. All of their stories offer firsthand evidence of a post-election crackdown that has largely happened out of the public eye. These vote tallies that they and other observers collected were made public, showing …

Kamala Harris and the Threat of a Woman’s Laugh

Kamala Harris and the Threat of a Woman’s Laugh

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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump doesn’t really laugh. He smirks; he bares his teeth silently. Sometimes he folds his arms or shakes his head to register humor, as he did during a 2019 rally in Florida, when he asked the assembled crowd what to do about migrants crossing the border and a spectator shouted in response, “Shoot them!” But he hardly ever laughs out loud. Mary Trump, his niece, has said that Fred Trump, the former president’s father, drilled into his son that “laughing is to make yourself vulnerable, it’s to let down your guard in some way, it’s to lose a little bit of control. And that can’t happen.” Clearly, for Trump, laughter is loaded. Caught short by the disorienting speed with which Vice President Kamala Harris has become the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee for president, Trump has struggled to come up with attack lines against her. But his comments during a rally on Saturday suggested one specific target: Harris’s …

Thug’s threat to cops as he’s sent down

Thug’s threat to cops as he’s sent down

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Twin brothers who formed a ‘pack’ and ‘hunted’ down a rival gang member – shooting him in the leg – have been convicted of attempted murder. James Byrne, the gunman, and his twin Curtis Byrne, used electric bikes to track their target near a social club before firing six bullets at him. The incident followed another event in which a third defendant was hit by a car and a separate episode involving shots fired at a drug dealer on the street. One of the Byrne twins later leapt out of a bedroom window when police arrived at his mother’s home, reports the Liverpool Echo. Three men went on trial at Liverpool Crown Court, facing charges of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. The 22-year-old Byrne brothers were unanimously found guilty of these charges. Another man was acquitted of both counts and the lesser charge of wounding with intent. READ MORE: Cocaine-fuelled Thai boxer accused partner of having affair with his dad… he’s ‘disgusted with himself’ and wants to get …

Hajj heat deaths in Saudi Arabia stress climate threat for pilgrims

Hajj heat deaths in Saudi Arabia stress climate threat for pilgrims

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DUBAI — The effects of a deadly heat wave during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this month were made worse by the lack of accommodations and other services such as cooling centers for those who traveled there without proper permits, witnesses and media reports said. Temperatures in the holy city of Mecca topped 125 degrees Fahrenheit during the five-day pilgrimage that started June 14, according to the Saudi meteorological center. On Sunday, Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel told local media that 1,301 deaths had been reported and that 83 percent of those people were unregistered pilgrims. At least 600 were from Egypt, according to diplomats who spoke to Agence France-Presse and other news agencies. The Hajj is normally a source of prestige for the Saudi government. Saudi authorities said about 1.8 million pilgrims made the journey, which is one of the five central tenets of Islam. Every able-bodied Muslim is required to complete the Hajj once in their lifetime. Many of the rituals include spending extended periods of time outdoors and walking long distances. …

Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right? | France

Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right? | France

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France’s four main left-leaning and green parties, aiming to block the advance of the far right, have formed an alliance to run a single list of candidates in snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron for later this month. Who is in the New Popular Front (NFP), what is its platform, how well is it likely to perform – and, given the major policy disagreements between its members and the personal animosity among its leaders, will it survive? Why has the left united? Voting in French presidential and parliamentary elections takes place over two rounds. A candidate can win in the first round if they garner more than 50% of the total ballots cast, representing at least 25% of registered voters, but this is rare. In the majority of France’s 577 constituencies, the two leading candidates from the first round, plus any others who collected at least 12.5% of registered voters, go through to the second. Joining forces hugely increases the chances of leftist candidates advancing. The name of the alliance is a nod to …

‘A distressing reality’: our beautiful planet under threat – in pictures | Art and design

‘A distressing reality’: our beautiful planet under threat – in pictures | Art and design

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Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana: Human Disaster, 2023 Taken in Ampara, Sri Lanka, this photograph exposes a distressing reality: due to the reduction of natural habitats and the absence of efficient waste management, elephants are attracted to eat garbage dangerously close to human habitation. Plastic waste threatens their lives, yet currently there’s no effective solution. Waste accumulation near forests lures elephants, and many other animals, away from their natural habitats, jeopardising their safety. During Danthanarayana’s exploration, a small elephant was found, hurt by a homemade explosive Source link

North Korea sends more rubbish balloons to South after Kim sister’s threat | Conflict News

North Korea sends more rubbish balloons to South after Kim sister’s threat | Conflict News

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Kim Yo Jong had warned of a ‘crisis of confrontation’ if South Korea did not halt propaganda broadcasts. North Korea has floated hundreds more refuse-carrying balloons into South Korea after Kim Jong Un’s influential sister warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border. Pyongyang sent more than 300 waste-loaded balloons across the inter-Korean border overnight, South Korea’s military said on Monday, after Kim Yo Jong warned earlier that the loudspeaker broadcasts risked provoking a “crisis of confrontation”. “This is a prelude to a very dangerous situation,” Kim said in a statement carried by state media on Sunday. The latest balloons carried only scrap paper and plastic, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, unlike previous batches that carried unsanitary material such as manure, toilet paper and cigarette butts. Military officials said they did not detect any balloons floating in the air as of 8:30am. South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts hours earlier in response to the North sending more than 1,000 rubbish-carrying balloons in recent weeks. The broadcasts have in the past included international …