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(USA) 56% of Americans support more regulation of major technology companies (Pew Research Center)

EMILY A. VOGELS writes for Pew Research Center: Growing shares of Americans think major technology companies should face more government regulation, and a majority...

(India) For most of India’s Hindus, religious and national identities are closely linked (Pew Research Center)

MANOLO CORICHI GOMEZ AND JONATHAN EVANS writes for Pew Research Center: At least since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral victories in 2014, the term “Hindu...

(Belarus) Minsk Retaliates Against European Sanctions by Ridding Country of ‘Agents of Western Influence’ (Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe writes for Jamestown Foundation: In Belarus, the government’s assault on media outlets and other entities with Western funding continues. Just on July...

(Ukraine) President Zelenskyy Reshuffles Government, Drops Powerful Interior Minister (Jamestown Foundation)

Oleg Varfolomeyev writes for Jamestown Foundation: Two years after taking office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to reshuffle his government again. Unlike in...

(China/Central Asia) Beijing Expanding Size and Role of Its ‘Private’ Military Companies in Central Asia (Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe writes for Jamestown Foundation: For the last several years, China has made use of its own private military companies (PMC) to guard...

(USA/Ukraine) Counselor Chollet’s Trip to Ukraine (US Department of State)

Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, and...

(Cybersecurity) Kelihos botmaster Peter Levashov gets time served (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: A US federal judge sentenced Russian hacker Peter Levashov to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised...

(Cybersecurity) LPE flaw in Linux kernel allows attackers to get root privileges on most distros (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: Experts discovered a Local Privilege Escalation, tracked as CVE-2021-33909, that could allow attackers to get root access on most...

(USA/Cuba) The US embargo on Cuba has failed (Al Jazeera)

Christopher Rhodes writes for Al Jazeera: For nearly 60 years, the United States has enforced an embargo against Cuba, severely restricting the flow of...

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