Ship owners and operators that recklessly damage subsea internet cables will face tougher penalties under new proposals to strengthen national security and deter Russia and other hostile states from sabotaging the UK’s critical national infrastructure. Subsea telecoms cables carry the data that underpins the economy, with £1.4 trillion in daily UK transactions reliant on the subsea cable industry. They enable everyday communications like calls, instant messaging and social […]

Officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit have arrested two people after raiding a country estate near Northampton, recovering around 12,000 doses of unlicensed weight loss medicines in the largest ever seizure of such products by the agency. During the operation, which was carried out last night (28 May 2026) with the support of Northamptonshire Police, two male suspects, both aged […]

Following talks at the G7 Digital Ministers in Paris today (Friday 29 May), the UK and G7 partners have for the first time agreed a common approach to shielding children and young people from harm online. G7 countries have agreed to a set of new shared principles to help tackle the growing risks children face […]

Cementing the digital infrastructure required to build enduring advantages and deter near-peer adversaries, the Department of War announced the award of the Microsoft Department of War Enterprise Software Agreement (ESA) II Core Enterprise Technology Agreement (CETA), to Dell Federal Systems, L.P., of Round Rock, Texas. This is a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) valued at […]

Washington, D.C. – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested two Minnesota residents on charges of health care fraud after stealing more than $21 million from American taxpayers. On May 21, HSI St. Paul reported the arrest of Shamso […]

A California man was sentenced yesterday to 65 months in prison for smuggling at least 1,700 reptiles into the United States from Mexico, Hong Kong, and elsewhere over a six-year period. Jose Manuel Perez, of Oxnard, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to one count of smuggling goods into the United States and one count of […]

TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb   A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the amazing treasures in the Basel Art Museum.   But what I hadn’t realized at the time was that the city was also the location for the creativity of hundreds of images of artistic graffiti along railway tracks or even on […]

NASSAU, Bahamas – Caribbean climatologist Dr. Cedric Van Meerbeeck is forecasting a quieter but potentially unpredictable Atlantic hurricane season this year, warning that even a below-average season could still bring devastating storms, dangerous flooding, drought, and extreme heat across the region. Dr. Cedric Van Meerbeeck Speaking at the 2026 Wet/Hurricane Season Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, May 28, CMC –  The governments of the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago signed an Air Services Agreement aimed at strengthening trade, tourism, and investment opportunities between the two Caribbean nations. The agreement was signed by Roberto Álvarez and Eli Zakour. The pact complements the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation […]