US Army Green Berets fast-rope out of a Hungarian Mi-17 helicopter during Exercise Trojan Footprint, April 28, 2022. US Army/Sgt. Hannah Hawkins More than 3,300 special operators from 30 countries took part in Trojan Footprint 22 in May. The exercise was twice as big as it was last year, sending a message about NATO’s resolve…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Joe Biden. Pool via REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque; REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic President Joe Biden is visiting Saudi Arabia, ostensibly to stabilize oil markets and improve regional security. Biden’s proposed re-engagement is just code for giving Riyadh more security commitments and US resources. Yameen Huq is a cybersecurity professional and strategic…
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), places a rose on an LDP candidate’s name, to indicate a victory in the upper house election, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Toru Hanai / Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Liberal Democratic Party and…
A new trove of leaked documents has shed an unfavorable light on the early days of Uber. Dubbed the Uber Files, the leak consists of approximately 124,000 internal company documents, including more than 83,000 emails and text messages exchanged between former CEO Travis Kalanick and other executives, that date to a period between 2013 and…
More than 124,000 confidential documents related to Uber were leaked to The Guardian, and on Sunday, the media outlet — along with more than 180 journalists at 40 other publications — began publishing a series of reports that detail how the tech reportedly giant tricked cops, exploited drivers, lobbied governments, and said a lot of…
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File Durbin on Sunday said Clarence Thomas being impeached from the Supreme Court wasn’t “realistic.” He said there was “a clear conflict of interest” regarding Jan. 6…
Yasin Ozturk/Getty Images Twitter has hired one of the world’s top corporate law firms to sue Elon Musk, Bloomberg reports. The social media company plans to file a lawsuit against Musk early this week, sources told the outlet. The Tesla CEO moved to terminate the $44 billion Twitter deal on Friday. Twitter has hired Wachtell,…
A SafeVote official ballot drop box for mail-in ballots is seen outside a polling site at the Milwaukee Public Library’s Washington Park location in Milwaukee, Wis., on October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday barred the use of most ballot drop boxes. In a 4-3 vote, the court ruled that…
Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick Reuters/Staff Leaked documents reveal Uber’s co-founder dismissed concerns over drivers safety in violent protests against the ride-sharing app. It was part of a strategy to keep “controversy burning,” a former exec said, according to the Guardian. The exec said it was an effort to “weaponize drivers” to pressure…
Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of The Online Grocery Report from Business Insider Intelligence.Purchase this report.Business Insider Intelligence offers even more consumer coverage with Payments & Commerce Pro. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing payments and commerce news and analysis to your inbox. Online grocery is growing rapidly from its small base. Its market…