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US Justice Department accuses former Air Force officer Gerald Brown of training Chinese military pilots.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoA former United States Air Force officer and “elite fighter pilot” has been arrested and accused of betraying his country for illegally providing training to Chinese military pilots.The US Department of Justice said ex-Air Force Major Gerald Brown, once known by his pilot’s call sign “Runner”, was arrested on Wednesday in Indiana and charged with a criminal complaint for providing and conspiring to provide defence services to Chinese pilots without authorisation.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBrown, 65, a former F-35…

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says.Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email dated Feb. 20 that the U.S. Treasury Department had blocked the authorization of legal fees that the government of Venezuela is required to pay for Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores under its law and custom. The email was entered into the public court record on Wednesday.Maduro and his wife…

Washington — The Pentagon gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Give the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology or face a ban from all government contracts. At the center of the issue is a question of who controls how artificial intelligence models are used, the Pentagon or the company’s CEO.The Pentagon’s AI contracts The Pentagon awarded Anthropic a $200 million contract in July to develop AI capabilities that would advance U.S. national security. Anthropic’s rivals, including OpenAI, Google and xAI were also awarded $200 million contracts by the Pentagon last year. Anthropic is currently the only AI company to have its model deployed on the Pentagon’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Baltimore man faces first-degree murder and multiple armed robbery charges after authorities say he carried out a nine-day crime spree that left a convenience store clerk dead.Baltimore police said 52-year-old Brian Burrows was arrested in connection with a commercial armed robbery and the fatal shooting of Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki on Feb. 13.Court records show Burrows has been charged in three separate cases stemming from incidents on Feb. 6, Feb. 13 and Feb. 15. In total, he faces 21 charges, including one count of first-degree murder, three counts each of armed…

A Burnaby man who lost his entire family at last year’s Lapu Lapu Festival is calling on organizers to halt plans for this year’s event. Alejandro Samper’s father, Daniel, his mother, Glitza, and his sister, Glitza, were among the victims when an SUV plowed through the festival grounds.“This new Lapu Lapu Festival that’s happening this year, they need to stop that. Give us a break. Give us time to to heal, rather than going back at it to fill their pockets with money,” Samper told Global News.When Filipino BC announced on social media that it is holding the event over…

Sicarius, skippered by Mark McRae, battled gale-like conditions to dominate the Princess Royal Sailing Club’s most sought-after trophy of the season, the Dymes Cup, last Saturday. 

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday (Feb 26) overturned a lower court ruling against jailed activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s conviction and sentence for a fraud offence.Judges Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang, and Derek Pang said in the judgment that they allowed the appeal application from Lai, and another defendant in the case.”The Court of Appeal gave them leave to appeal against their conviction, allowed their appeals, quashed the convictions and set aside the sentences,” the judges wrote in a press summary of their judgement.Lai was sentenced in Dec 2022 to five years and nine months in…

The shooting of Franco, an activist, raised questions about political violence and corruption within Brazil’s government.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoBy Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 26 Feb 202626 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA panel on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled to convict five men accused of plotting the 2018 assassination of a human rights leader-turned politician Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes.The justices on the panel were unanimous in Wednesday’s decision, which marked the climax of a closely watched trial that raised questions about polarisation, corruption and race in Brazilian society.Recommended…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prominent figures from across the media, business and political landscapes showed up as guests to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.Notable attendees included Erika Kirk, the widowed wife of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, David Ellison, the media mogul and CEO of Paramount, and Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank media personality and businessman.Several of the more notable attendees were highlighted by Trump during his address.Kirk received a mention from the president as he condemned political violence of all kinds in his address.”We must all come together to reaffirm…

A major mining manufacturer just made a decisive move in Texas.Canaan Inc. spent $39.75M in stock to acquire Cipher Mining’s 49% stake in three operational Texas projects, instantly adding 4.4 EH/s to its mining fleet and securing 120 MW of power capacity.For a company long known as a hardware seller, this marks a clear pivot toward direct Bitcoin production. pic.twitter.com/DryJUo8ywz— Cipher Digital (@CipherInc) February 24, 2026 This is vertical integration in action. Canaan is no longer just selling ASICs. It is operating them. The deal also brings thousands of its own Avalon rigs back under its control, tightening its grip…