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“Identity verification is the foundation of virtually all security systems, digital and physical, and AI is making it easier than ever to undermine this process,” Mike Sexton, a Senior Policy Advisor for AI & Digital Technology at national think tank Third Way, tells The Cipher Brief. “AI makes it easier for attackers to simulate real voices or hack and steal …

A Russian general has launched a blistering attack on Vladimir Putin, saying the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is an unmitigated disaster. Leonid Ivashov is a well-known military figure and public official who served as the former President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems. The retired colonel general has been an outspoken critic of Putin’s war in Ukraine, accusing the Russian …

Russia has threatened to unleash its deadly nuclear torpedo on the UK, as tensions between London and Moscow continue to rise. The UK has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine‘s military since the beginning of Vladimir Putin‘s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It has provided Kyiv’s army with an array of weapons to help Ukraine’s troops repel Russia‘s vicious and …

But what makes this ship truly groundbreaking is that it will be powered by a thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) with a thermal output of 200 megawatts – matching the power level of the S6W pressurised water reactor used in the US Navy’s most advanced Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarines. Unlike traditional nuclear reactors that rely on uranium and require massive …

When Third Reich imagery is prominent in the social media of the country’s leader, you would think somebody would notice By Nadezhda Romanenko, political analyst Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent tour of several units fighting in the Donbass featured a flurry of Nazi and Nazi-adjacent symbolism, worn on the flags and shoulder patches of Ukrainian servicemen. None of it, of course, …

Since the start of the year, Tunisia has repatriated around 10,000 irregular migrants, the majority coming from sub-Saharan African countries, the country’s foreign minister has said. The North African nation is facing growing pressure from the European Union to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean. According to Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti, the repatriations were carried out through …

A driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Oleron island off its Atlantic coast on Wednesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, and at least nine people were injured before he was arrested, according to local officials. The 35-year-old suspect shouted “Allahu akbar” [Arabic for God is Greatest] when arrested by police, the local prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, told Sud Ouest …

The US president’s decision undermines international security, Rafael Grossi has said US President Donald Trump’s decision to resume nuclear weapon testing is indicative of a deepening global crisis and weakens the international system of security and peace, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has said. Speaking to France’s LCI TV channel on Tuesday, Grossi …

At least 11 people died and dozens more were injured after a blaze erupted in a building housing a retirement home. The fire erupted yesterday evening, November 4, at the retirement facility in the town of Tuzla, Bosnia, breaking out on the seventh floor shortly after 8:45pm local time (7:45pm GMT). Horrifying footage shows plumes of smoke filling the night …

Digital trading in Hong Kong has taken a step forward with the launch of the city’s first Luxembourg-registered tokenised money market fund by US asset manager Franklin Templeton, marking a major development under the Fintech 2030 plan unveiled this week to establish the city as a leading fintech hub. The Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund, which invests in US …