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Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for ‘a while’, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed. After years of telling the public that the United States has about 900 troops in Syria, the Pentagon has revealed there are approximately 2,000 soldiers there… Read Details ⇢

Criminals are reaching out to victims, offering to help with a “problem” To fix the issue, they request AnyDesk access If they get it, they drop the DarkGate malware and steal sensitive data Cybercriminals are combining Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to try and install a dangerous piece of malware on… Read Details ⇢

Nicolas Sarkozy, at the Paris courthouse, February 14, 2024. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP On Wednesday, December 18, the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court of appeals, upheld the sentence to which former president Nicolas Sarkozy had been condemned – a three-year jail term, two of which would be suspended and one that… Read Details ⇢

The United Arab Emirates has promised the United States not to arm paramilitaries in Sudan’s brutal civil war, US lawmakers said Thursday. The assurance came as the US announced $200 million in new aid for Sudan, one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters where tens of thousands have died in… Read Details ⇢

Fewer people are watching the NBA than in previous years, including some of the sport’s top names. Ratings for NBA games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV are down 25% through Saturday, according to Sports Media Watch, and there are many ideas floating about why. Three-pointer propensity and lack… Read Details ⇢

The United States Congress has until Friday at midnight to pass a bill raising the country’s borrowing limit, also known as the debt ceiling, without which large sections of the government could stop operating. A bill that would have extended the deadline until March 14, prepared by both Democrats and… Read Details ⇢

The move follows rapid infrastructure expansion at Samsung SDS Samsung SDS appointed a new CEO in November AI data center demands are skyrocketing Samsung’s IT services division has announced plans to build an AI data center as the firm looks to capitalize on growing industry demand for AI compute. Samsung… Read Details ⇢

Republicans in the US Congress have come up with a new funding package to avert a holiday-season government shutdown, Donald Trump said Thursday, December 19, after an earlier cross-party deal was derailed by the president-elect. “SUCCESS in Washington! Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good… Read Details ⇢

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband and dozens of strangers, said she hoped her ordeal would help make the world a better place for “women and men alike” as her former spouse was jailed for 20 years. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to… Read Details ⇢