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In his office on one of the upper floors of the headquarters of the Paris Olympic organizing committee, Franz Regul has no doubts about what is about to happen.“We will be attacked,” said Regul, who leads the team responsible for defending against cyber threats against this year's Summer Games in Paris.Companies and governments around the world now have teams like Regul's operating in spartan rooms equipped with banks of servers and screens with indicator lights that warn of incoming hacker attacks. In the Paris operations center there is even a red light to warn staff of the most serious danger.So far, Mr. Regul said, there have been no serious disruptions. But as the months between the Olympics shrink to weeks and then days and hours, he knows the number of hacking attempts and...

Israeli settlers shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, as tensions continued to rise in the Israeli-occupied territory.The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health identified the two men as Abdelrahman Bani Fadel, 30, and Mohammad Bani Jama, 21. The circumstances of their deaths near the city of Aqraba remained unclear.The Israeli army said the two men were killed during a "violent exchange" between Israeli settlers and Palestinians following reports that a Palestinian had attacked an Israeli shepherd. An initial investigation indicated that the shots "did not come" from Israeli soldiers, the military said.The two Palestinians appeared to have been shot by Israeli settlers at the scene, said an Israeli security offici...

A Chinese company targeted by members of Congress over potential ties to the Chinese government makes blockbuster drugs for the American market that have been hailed as advances in the treatment of cancers, obesity and debilitating illnesses like cystic fibrosis.WuXi AppTec is one of several companies that lawmakers have identified as potential threats to the security of individual Americans’ genetic information and U.S. intellectual property. A Senate committee approved a bill in March that aides say is intended to push U.S. companies away from doing business with them.But lawmakers discussing the bill in the Senate and the House have said almost nothing in hearings about the vast scope of work that WuXi does for the U.S. biotech and pharmaceutical industries — and patients. A New York Ti...

The spokesperson said the US House will vote on foreign aidSpeaker Mike Johnson said this week he plans to push forward a long-stalled national security spending package to help Israel, Ukraine and other U.S. allies, along with a bill to appease conservatives opposed to the support from Kiev.Johnson, a Republican, has agonized for weeks over whether and how to push through crucial aid for Ukraine despite stiff resistance from the far-right faction of his conference. His announcement was the first concrete indication that he had chosen a path to follow.This path appears complex. Johnson has said he will put together a legislative package that more or less mirrors the $95 billion relief bill passed by the Senate two months ago, albeit in pieces. Lawmakers would vote separately on aid to I...

Signs of unrest at Tesla multiplied Monday after the electric car company told employees it would lay off more than 10% of its workforce to cut costs and two senior executives resigned.The job cuts, which amount to around 14,000 people, come as the company faces growing competition and declining sales. The management changes and layoffs are a reminder of the unpredictability of Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a critical time for the company.Musk has not outlined a plan to reverse declining auto sales, and appears focused on long-term initiatives like a self-driving taxi, rather than new models that would help Tesla compete with cars introduced by established automakers and upstarts. rivals from China.“As we prepare the company for the next phase of growth, it is extremely important to examine ever...

Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic Monday morning in cities across the country, part of a global effort to disrupt economies and pressure world leaders to push for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.In California, protesters chained themselves to barrels and blocked lanes on northbound I-880 in Oakland, while another group of protesters carrying banners disrupted southbound traffic. On the Golden Gate Bridge, protesters blocked traffic in both directions, with some carrying a banner reading “Stop the World for Gaza.”The outages didn't just impact motorists. In Chicago, protesters on I-190 blocked traffic entering O'Hare International Airport, and passengers who had already arrived began walking on foot with their luggage to catch their flight. The airport announced on Day X t...

Dr. David Egilman, a physician and expert witness who, over a 35-year period, testified in nearly 600 corporate wrongdoing trials, winning billions of dollars in awards for victims and their survivors, died April 2 at his home in New York. Foxborough, Massachusetts. He was 71 years old.The cause was cardiac arrest, his son Alex said.Many medical experts have a sideline in court, offering their informed opinions on the witness stand and helping to validate or undermine plaintiffs' claims. But few make it a career-long passion like Dr. Egilman has. He taught at Brown University and ran a private practice, but spent most of his time consulting and testifying in as many as 15 cases a year.He did more than just give opinions from the gallery. A tenacious researcher, he dug up incrimina...

Hundreds of survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing have filed a lawsuit against Britain's government intelligence agency MI5, their lawyers said.Three main firms - Hudgell Solicitors, Slater & Gordon and Broudie Jackson Canter - said in a statement on Sunday that they represented more than 250 victims of the attack and the families of those killed, and lodged a collective complaint with the Investigative Powers Tribunal. , an independent judicial body that examines complaints against British intelligence.“As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are neither able to provide further details, nor comment further, at this stage,” the group's statement read.The lawsuit comes a year after an independent public inquiry found that MI5, the national security service, failed to act on...

Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex in Westfield, NJ, with a scoreboard outside proudly welcoming visitors from the "Home of the Blue Devils".But for Dorota Mani it didn't go as usual.In October, some 10th grade girls at Westfield High School - including Ms Mani's 14-year-old daughter, Francesca - alerted administrators that boys in their class had used artificial intelligence software to fabricate sexually explicit images of them and were by circulating false images. Images. Five months later, the Manis and other families say, the district has done little to publicly address the manipulated images or update school policies to thwart the exploitation of artificial intelligence.“It appears that the Westf...

Moments after Israel and its allies shot down a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones this weekend, many began to wonder what the latest exchange between Israel and Iran would mean for the war in the Gaza Strip.The Iranian attack was retaliation for what was believed to be an Israeli attack this month on an embassy building in Damascus that killed seven Iranian officials, including three senior commanders of the Iranian military. But it came against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, where Israel is fighting Hamas, a militant group financed and armed by Iran.Israeli military analysts were divided over whether a more direct confrontation with Iran could alter the war in Gaza, now in its sixth month. The next focus of that war could hinge on Israel's decision to pursue Hamas in the sout...