Top DoD Official Says Pentagon Planning to Intensify Operations in Latin America

'Could Resonate Globally': Korea Sparks Market Chaos With 'AI Tax' Threat Korean markets were under pressure overnight after politicians floated the idea of tapping AI profits.  Bloomberg reports that a top South Korean policymaker said the nation should pay citizens a 'dividend' using taxes on AI profits, with the obvious read through to Samsung and SK Hynix.  The comments in a Facebook post by presidential policy chief Kim Yong-beom fueled sharp swings in Korean stocks on Tuesday as investors struggled to parse the scope of the proposals. “Excess profits in the AI era...

At least 16 more people were killed and dozens of others wounded today as Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon, increasingly stretching the definition of a “ceasefire” which is meant to be in place between the two countries. The largest single incident in the south was in Siksikiyah, where strikes killed five people and wounded […]