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Chinese Hackers Spied On Cuban Embassy As Trump Ramped Up Blockade Threats In a story which hearkens back to bygone Cold War years, fresh reports say that Chinese hackers breached and spied on the American Embassy in Cuba at a moment President Trump threatened a US naval blockade, similar to what was in place just before the overthrow by US military intervention of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro According to the findings from the cyber firm Gambit Security, cited in a Bloomberg report, "The campaign began in January and compromised the emails of 68...

Taiwan Arms Deal Put On Ice Amid China Pressure, But Pentagon Cites Iran War Stockpile Concerns Did the Pentagon just back down amid pressure from China? It appears so. As we reported Thursday, China has been actively holding up a proposed visit by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's under-secretary of defense for policy. The move is a transparent effort to pressure President Trump over a looming $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan. Sources familiar with the talks told the Financial Times that Beijing signaled it "cannot approve a visit until Trump decides how he will proceed with the...

Ukrainian Drones Reportedly Hit Major Russian Fuel Export Hub Hours After Trump-Putin Diesel Deal Overnight reports say that Ukraine struck a major Russian petroleum-products export terminal. The news emerged just hours after President Trump announced a diesel supply deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian attack drones struck the NZNP Rostovsky oil export terminal in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, setting the facility ablaze just hours after the U.S. eased sanctions on Russian fuel exports. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) October 10, 2026 Russia's NZNP Rostovsky oil products export terminal, ablaze tonight in the city of Rostov-on-Don...