Submit

Congressional committee asks telecoms to do more to prevent scams as losses surge

A congressional committee is pressing AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to strengthen protections against scams.

 

Takeaways from The Associated Press report on Myanmar’s crackdown on cyberscam centers

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park.

 

Myanmar declares a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park.

 

Key things to know about how Elon Musk has boosted hard-right figures in Europe

Elon Musk is a kingmaker on X. He has used his dominance of the platform he owns to boost the influence of hard-right politicians and activists across Europe, an Associated Press analysis of tens of thousands of posts has found.

 

Musk, a social media powerhouse, boosts fortunes of hard-right figures in Europe

Elon Musk is a kingmaker on X. He has used his dominance of the platform he owns to boost the influence of hard-right politicians and activists across Europe, an Associated Press analysis of tens of thousands of posts has found.

 

Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites

Chinese scientists have been developing strategies to counter Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, which they see as a threat.

 

US-backed Israeli company’s spyware used to target European journalists, Citizen Lab finds

New revelations that spyware made by a U.S-backed Israeli company was used against at least three European journalists have raised concerns about abuse of commercial spyware even in democratic countries.

 

A video of Ukrainian POWs killed by men identified as Russians raises questions on accountability

Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered being shot to death by men identified as Russian troops in the village of Piatykhatky last month.

 

A video shows men identified as Russian troops holding Ukrainian POWs. Then the killing begins

Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers being shot to death by soldiers with Russian uniform markings in the village of Piatykhatky on March 13.

 

Takeaways: Tesla has sued Chinese customers and journalists — and won almost every time

Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation and won just about every time.

 

Musk’s Tesla has silenced its critics in China — by suing its own customers

Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.

 

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, but few are getting in.

 

The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time

Oleksii Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers: We will bring your dead children home. The 38-year-old martial arts instructor leads a team of volunteers in Ukraine who collect both Ukrainian and Russian bodies.

 

‘You’ll die in this pit': Takeaways from secret recordings of Russian soldiers in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second winter, audio intercepts obtained and verified by The Associated Press, indicate that a growing number of Russian soldiers want out.

 

Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out

In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand. They describe 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded, and 500s to describe people who refuse to fight.

 

New data shows how many Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine

Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine, according to a new statistical analysis.

 

Antiwar officer from Putin’s elite security team defects

LONDON (AP) — On Oct. 14, a Russian engineer named Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and daughter.

 

‘He’s a war criminal’: Elite Putin security officer defects

LONDON (AP) — On Oct. 14, a Russian engineer named Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and daughter.

 

Takeaways from AP’s report on elite Russian defector

LONDON (AP) — In October, an officer in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s elite personal security service defected while on a business trip in Kazakhstan.

 

‘Never saw such hell': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One Russian soldier tells his mother that the young Ukrainians dead from his first firefight looked just like him.

 

‘We kill them all': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — How do people raised with a sense of right and wrong end up involved in terrible acts of violence against others?

 

Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws governing the treatment of civilians and conduct on the battlefield.

 

‘We will find you:' Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig.

 

“We will find you:" Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig.

 

The Hunted: These are the Ukrainians Russia wanted to find

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One was asked to be an informant for Russia. Another’s 16-year-old son was abducted as leverage. A third is still in Russian custody.

 

How Russian soldiers ran a ‘cleansing’ operation in Bucha

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The first man arrived at 7:27 a.m. Russian soldiers covered his head and marched him up the driveway toward a nondescript office building.

 

Takeaways from investigation of Russian general in Ukraine

ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The carnage left by Russian soldiers on the road to Kyiv wasn’t random. It was strategic brutality, perpetrated in areas that were under tight Russian control where military officers — including one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top generals accused of war crimes i

 

‘Kill everyone': Russian violence in Ukraine was strategic

ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Even by the standards of the important military officers who came and went in this tiny village, the man walking behind the Kamaz truck stood out.

 

‘They took my big love': Ukraine woman searches for answers

OZERA, Ukraine (AP) — Tetiana Boikiv peered from the doorway of the cellar at the Russian soldiers questioning her husband about his phone.

 

Ukraine pushes to try alleged war crimes as fighting rages

The appeal of Ukraine’s first war crimes conviction has been adjourned. The hearing for former Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin was postponed until July 29 due to his lawyer’s ill health.

 

Load More