Voices, The Peoples News
March 23, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Photographer reveals ‘most compelling pictures yet’ of ‘Loch Ness Monster’ – having kept them secret for five years after fearing public ridicule
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Deep-Sea Ghost Shark filmed alive for first time; pointy-nosed blue chimaera: The pointy-nosed blue chimaera, or ghost shark, was filmed alive for the first time ever off the coasts of Hawaii and California. The deep-sea fish was previously known only from specimens caught in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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# Borders / Immigration / Migrants
Mexico fears discrimination, strained US relations under new Texas immigration law: “Mexico is deeply concerned that S.B. 4 will be applied in a discriminatory manner and fears that its enforcement will lead to improper harassment, detention, removal, and criminalization of Mexican citizens and individuals of Latino appearance,” the document said.
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Feds apprehended record number of criminal noncitizens in fiscal 2023: In fiscal 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers apprehended nearly 50,000 criminal noncitizens; Customs and Immigration Enforcement and Removal Operation (ERO) agents made 170,590 administrative arrests; and Homeland Security Investigations agents made over 33,000 criminal arrests nationwide.
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Biden DHS pressed for answers on 386,000 immigrants flown directly into US cities: DHS provided figures to the Washington Examiner on Friday that revealed 386,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans had arrived in the U.S. under this parole process as a result of using the CBP One app to request initial admission through February 2024. The Biden Administration has admitted to flying as many as 320,000 illegal immigrants on secret flights into the U.S., in an effort to decrease the number of illegal immigrant encounters at the Southern Border.
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# Corporations / Industry
Chrysler parent Stellantis laying off 400 salaried U.S. workers due to ‘unprecedented uncertainties’: The parent company of Chrysler says the move, effective March 31, will affect 2% of its U.S. engineering, technology and software divisions, or roughly 400 workers. Stellantis says the layoffs are aimed at keeping the company focused as the auto industry faces “heightened competitive pressures” globally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/22/stellantis-jeep-ram-dodge-salaried-worker-layoffs/1a78f3ba-e868-11ee-9eba-1558f848ec25_story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3iL0LLrJ$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised People: The FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for pemivibart (Pemgarda)opens in a new tab or window as COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis in immunocompromised individuals who are unlikely to mount a sufficient immune response following vaccination, the agency announced on Friday.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump tax: Donald gets first cut of RNC cash with new fundraising agreement: Under Trump’s joint financing agreement, donations are directed to the Trump campaign or the Save America PAC, which helps pay for Trump’s legal bills, before the RNC gets a cut of the money.
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Treasury’s Yellen says funding bill allows lending of $21 billion to IMF trust: Yellen stressed that this funding would position the United States as the principal supporter of the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT).
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# Education / Schools
Senate committee approves using taxpayer dollars for private school tuition: The Louisiana Senate Education Committee has approved legislation that will one day allow every family to apply for state dollars to pay for private school tuition or other education-related expenses.
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Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities: A major Israeli news site says Israel’s foreign affairs and diaspora affairs ministries are behind the operation. According to the plan, the inter-ministerial task force will carry out “naming and shaming” by “publicizing the names of those generating antisemitism on campuses — both students and faculty and impacting the employment of those identified as the perpetrators of antisemitism.”
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Washington University Students Vote to Divest From Boeing Amid Gaza Genocide: Reviving a legacy of campus war resistance, the adopted resolution demands the university demilitarize and democratize. The resolution directs the university to sever its close ties with the company manufacturing the very bombs that are falling on Palestinians in Rafah, Nuseirat and Gaza City. One of the clauses notes Boeing is also a top 10 polluter of air, water and land, and poses chronic risks to human health.
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# Employment / Labor
Florida Blocks Passage of Statewide Heat Standards for Outdoor Workers: Florida legislators dealt a blow to outdoor workers this month by passing a law that bans local governments from implementing heat standards. Starting July 1, it will be illegal for local governments to pass health and safety measures for outdoor workers in extreme heat. The decision comes after Florida experienced its hottest summer on record.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Fracking Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine: Mounting evidence links petrochemicals to the rapidly rising prevalence of a slew of chronic and deadly conditions, a report in the New England Journal of Medicine warned earlier this month. It’s well known that fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate change. A dirty secret is that they’re also the source of toxic chemicals linked to rising rates of chronic and deadly diseases.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18032024/fossil-fuels-toxic-chemicals-deadly-diseases/?utm_source=InsideClimate*News&utm_campaign=a609a0fcba-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_03_23_01_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-a609a0fcba-327817917__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3icfv5oc$
To Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a Young Activist Spends 36 Hours Inside it: Two seniors also locked themselves to a derelict car to block workers. The actions marked the end of an escalated week of pipeline opposition, including nine arrests.
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# Environment / Climate / Chemicals / Infrastructure / Global Nearly 2,000 Earthquakes Shake Canada’s Vancouver Island In One Day; Hint At Birth of New Ocean Crust: Almost 2,000 earthquakes rocked a spot off the coast of Canada in a single day earlier this month, which could be a sign that new oceanic crust is about to be birthed via a deep sea magmatic rupture. The quakes aren’t any threat to people. They’re relatively small
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# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Technology Dates printed on your food aren’t about expiration; What they really mean: That date does not signify when the product has expired, the Food and Drug Administration explains. The FDA only requires a “use by” date on infant formula — this is to ensure “the formula contains not less than the quantity of each nutrient as described on the label,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture explains.
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Study suggests millions at risk using high arsenic water for cooking: Research from academics at the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield found countries that do not adhere to the current World Health Organization (WHO) recommended limits on the levels of arsenic in water are putting around 32% of the global population, particularly those from low and middle-income countries, at risk of serious health issues.
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First Genetically Modified Strawberries to Hit Stores Soon: The first commercially available, genetically modified strawberries are expected to be launched within a few years. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. U.S. growers produced $2.2 billion in strawberries in 2020, mostly in California, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Don’t Eat The Forbidden Pink Berries (Because They’re Made Of Bacteria): What you’re looking at here are bacteria, and though these structures might be called “pink berries”, we can assure you that you they do not make a tasty snack. But while they definitely belong on the list of scientific oddities that you should not eat, pink berries are still a fascinating microbial phenomenon.
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CRISPRed Pigs: Precision Porcine Gene Editing Combats PRRS Virus Threat: Scientists are seeking FDA approval to bring the edited pigs to market.
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‘Dirty Dozen’ Guide Shows 95% of These Fruits and Veggies Tested Positive for Pesticides: This year, EWG scientists found that four out of five of the most frequently detected pesticides on the produce were fungicides that could have serious health impacts. This year, EWG looked at results from 47,510 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables. 2024’s Dirty Dozen list is similar to previous years, with strawberries, spinach, and a trio of hearty greens—kale, collard greens, and mustard greens—once again taking the top three spots.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2024/03/20/dirty-dozen-guide-shows-95-of-these-fruits-and-veggies-tested-positive-for-pesticides_partner/*:*:text=Drug*20Administration*20data.-,This*20year*2C*20EWG*20looked*20at*20results*20from*2047*2C510*20samples*20of,taking*20the*20top*20three*20spots__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3m1YTyZl$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Ukraine war: Russia’s Baltic neighbours to create massive border defences as Trump continues undermining Nato: Amid growing security concerns, the defence ministers in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia also agreed in January to set up a common Baltic defence zone on their borders with Russia and Belarus. This would consist of building physical defensive structures such as bunkers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-russias-baltic-neighbours-to-create-massive-border-defences-as-trump-continues-undermining-nato-225944*:*:text=Building*20shared*20defences,defensive*20structures*20such*20as*20bunkers__;I34lJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3qkQ1L_-$
Report: Houthis Made Political Deal with Russia and China for Safe Passage: For the second time this year, it is being reported that the Houthi militants in Yemen are promising safe passage for vessels associated with Russia and China while the group continues its daily assaults on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.
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Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Rafah next target, says Israel: Israeli defence minister Gallant says Rafah, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to escape violence, is Israeli army’s next target for ground assault.
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# Gov / Politics
Senate Bill 8, which is now law, favors tyranny over justice: The new law, which took effect on Thursday, gives only the governor – not an independent board – the power to hand-pick the State Public Defender to run Louisiana’s public-defense system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thelensnola.org/2024/03/23/senate-bill-8-which-is-now-law-favors-tyranny-over-justice/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3mJdhVqy$
A classified briefing on TikTok scared senators; But they’re in no rush to crack down on it: It’s not exactly clear what U.S. intelligence officials told senators about TikTok in a classified briefing, but whatever it was, it’s freaking out lawmakers. Senators of both parties who attended the meeting on Capitol Hill emerged convinced that TikTok’s Chinese parent company poses a serious threat to American national security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/21/tiktok-ban-senate-congress-democrats-republicans-gop/73055026007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3oJhnqWf$
Trump’s Truth Social Is Going Public: Donald Trump could make over $3 billion once the right-wing social network is publicly traded. Former President Donald Trump Wednesday said he would launch a new social media platform after being shut out of major sites like Facebook and Twitter, but the announcement itself was short on specifics and did little to explain what users might or might not expect.
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Election Workers Are Bracing for Another Barrage of Trump Threats: From frivolous records requests to outright harassment, democracy’s administrators are facing “death by a thousand cuts,” says one voting rights advocate: “The problem is that, in aggregate, it really starts to tear at the fabric of our election system.”
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Granger Steps Down From Appropriations as Gallagher Resigns From House: Serving in the House seems to be losing its appeal, at least for some Republicans. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin, announced Friday that he will resign before the end of his term, further reducing the GOP’s already slim majority in the lower chamber.
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Martyrs to the MAGA cause: Trump follows Hitler’s steps with glorification of Jan. 6: Making martyrs out of red hat rioters is a well laid out plan. He is an instinctive autocrat and he’s got a few people around him who do understand the power of fascist imagery. Contrary to popular belief, much of the most outrageous rhetoric Trump spews at his rallies isn’t off the cuff, it’s scripted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2024/03/22/martyrs-to-the-maga-cause-follows-hitlers-steps-with-glorification-of-jan-6/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3kY7szSd$
It happened again: These 20 House members, mostly Republican, voted against millions in funding for their own districts: 20 House members, mostly Republican, voted against federal funding for their districts. It shows the limits of the “earmark” process, which aims to incentivize lawmakers to vote for bills. “When I cast a vote on a bill, it has to be reflective of my core principles,” said one Republican.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-happened-again-these-20-house-members-mostly-republican-voted-against-millions-in-funding-for-their-own-districts/ar-BB1knjPc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3leKIAuP$
House GOP ‘Imploding’ as Gallagher Resigns and Greene Moves to Oust Speaker: “House Republicans had a bad day,” said one reporter, listing challenges and changes to leadership as a government shutdown looms.
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Former US Diplomat Says ‘Collaboration’ in Gaza Genocide Could Make Biden ‘Target of Prosecution’: “It is evident that making Gaza uninhabitable is a feature, not a bug in this operation,” wrote former State Department adviser Barnett Rubin.
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Budget Proposal Shows GOP ‘Is the Party of Cutting Social Security and Medicare’: “Trump has tried to walk back his support for Social Security and Medicare cuts,” said the head of Social Security Works. “This budget is one of many reasons why no one should believe him.”
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# Medical / General News
GP’s told to ‘cut back’ on prescribing common medicines – the 35 conditions affected: The money-saving policy, first introduced in 2018, was drawn up to limit NHS spending on drugs for which there is “limited” evidence they worked. This includes probiotics, headlice treatment and drugs for conditions that clear up on their own with some “self-care”, such as sore throats, conjunctivitis and mild cystitis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/health/10868087/medicines-not-free-nhs-gp-cur-back-prescribing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3hU2MBhY$
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for clinicians on how and when to prescribe opioids for pain. Released Thursday, this revamps the agency’s 2016 recommendations which some doctors and patients have criticized for promoting a culture of austerity around opioids.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/03/1133908157/new-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-give-doctors-more-leeway-to-treat-pain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3jjIBcRG$
Paralyzed stomachs, gallbladder removal and more: Lawsuits pile up against makers of diabetes, weight loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy. A series of hefty lawsuits are barreling ahead throughout the United States from a wide array of people who claim Novo Nordisk and Eli Lily, makers of diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and others, failed to warn them about potentially dangerous side effects and risks
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/03/21/lawsuits-ozempic-wegovy-weight-loss-drugs-diabetes-harmful/72947158007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3tlBDP5o$
Nvidia Announces AI-Powered “Agents” to Replace Nurses in Hospitals: Because we live in a dystopian healthcare hell, AI chip manufacturer Nvidia has announced a partnership with an AI venture called Hippocratic AI to replace nurses with freaky AI “agents.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://futurism.com/neoscope/nvidia-ai-nurses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3vGWIfJX$
New CDC Data Reveals ‘National Embarrassment’ of For-Profit Healthcare: “Our leaders must act to kick insurance companies to the curb and enact Medicare for All now,” said one advocate. The United States is the only developed nation in the world without guaranteed universal healthcare. “We must keep making the point that profit-driven healthcare is not only worse for patients—it’s a national embarrassment,” Kemp added.
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF: A group made up of 176 House Republicans released a new budget proposal on Wednesday that calls for raising the Social Security retirement age, restructuring Medicare, severely restricting reproductive freedom, and more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://keystonenewsroom.com/story/80-of-house-republicans-support-plan-to-cut-social-security-ban-abortion-and-restrict-ivf/*:*:text=President*20Biden*20called*20the*20RSC’s,endorses*20a*20national*20abortion*20ban.**B__;I34lJSUlJSUlJeKAnQ!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3lAQD2b-$
Scientists make disturbing discovery while studying West Nile virus: ‘A critical public health challenge’: The findings exemplified how studying environmental conditions can help better understand certain airborne viruses.
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Inside the Struggle to Protect and Defend IVF: A majority of Americans think IVF should be legal, but Republicans currently control the House, so Democrats have been unable to pass protections. Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers have been scrambling to message since the fall of Roe, which they endorsed, cleared the path for these very restrictions on reproductive rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2024/03/16/1238966404/how-ivf-is-complicating-republicans-abortion-messaging__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3lHmVtYY$
Study Shows Feasibility, Safety of Omitting Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer: “Surgical removal of axillary nodes can be safely omitted in about 80% of patients treated with primary systemic therapy.” Investigators intend to continue collecting outcomes data for the patients over a longer follow-up period.
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# Medical Science / Technology
Legislation could make ‘exoskeleton’ walking suits more accessible to veterans with spinal cord injuries: The STAND Act would mandate annual physicals for paralyzed veterans that would include assessments to receive the exoskeleton, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. “In my view, this bill is critical to codify what the VA already should be doing at annual medical assessments for veterans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ir.rewalk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/new-bill-facilitates-veteran-access-powered-exoskeletons__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3ouXFq0I$
# Military / DOD
The USAF Was Left Scrambling When Its Top-Secret Stealth Aircraft Crashed In a California Forest:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.warhistoryonline.com/msn-slideshow/the-us-air-force-went-to-extreme-measures-after-crashing-its-top-secret-stealth-aircraft-in-the-california-wilderness.html/amp__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3ggCLOdI$
# Military / Global
Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert death toll soars to 143: Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The FSB security service said “all four terrorists” had been arrested while heading to the Ukrainian border, and that they had contacts in Ukraine. It said they were being transferred to Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/europe/two-suspects-moscow-attack-detained-others-flee-after-car-chase-lawmaker-813821__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3o3yACgd$
Militants Attack Government Building at China’s Port of Gwadar: At about 1600 hours Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb near the Gwadar Port Authority building, a local police official told AP. Militants armed with guns and hand grenades attacked just after. Two security officers were killed, and all eight militants died in the exchange of fire.
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# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Thousands of pounds of meth smuggled across border in vegetable shipments: Mexican cartels for decades have devised creative ways to smuggle narcotics and other contraband across the southern U.S., including using produce, law enforcement officials say. This month, in one week, thousands of pounds of meth were seized hidden in shipments of peppers, tomatillos and carrots
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.offthepress.com/thousands-of-pounds-of-meth-smuggled-across-border-in-vegetable-shipments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3ur-YnRD$
The Cross-Border Collaboration That Led to Record-Breaking Meth Bust and Big Arrests in North Dakota: A Winnipeg, Canada, truck driver has been charged in a Manitoba court with attempting to smuggle large quantities of methamphetamine through the Boissevain, Canada, (Dunseith) port of entry at the Manitoba-North Dakota border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2024/02/truckload-of-meth-busted-at-border-crossing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3n556z0P$
# Technology
Cyber Attacks Shutting Down 1 in 4 Industrial Operations: According to the report, “Almost 70% of industrial organizations have experienced a cyberattack in the past year, and 1 out of 4 experienced a shutdown of operations as a result.” The report also noted that IT is the primary vector for attacks, with “72% of attacks targeting the OT originating there.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.manufacturing.net/cybersecurity/news/22890918/cyber-attacks-shutting-down-1-in-4-industrial-operations__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2hhejlSL6D9qfLY7Ncit-_Y8fgIh_eTADD47Zl7Gd83PwoT88IeJGSVhgMWc86GXVYvXupY-QUEuZZYCML7x2j2L3pJ2JdFz$
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