Pentagon Conducts First Military Drill In Venezuela Since Maduro Overthrow

UK Plans To Jail Tech CEOs Who Refuse To Spy On Every Phone Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, New measures would compel client-side inspection of every photo, video and message on devices, escalating the digital ID lockdown already plotted for British smartphones in coordination with major technology firms. Privacy advocates warn the "child safety" framing masks a broader drive to turn personal phones into mandatory surveillance endpoints, with criminal penalties aimed at any executive who resists. Reclaim The Net, an organization dedicated to countering online censorship and digital surveillance, flagged the draft...

Futures Drop, Yields And Oil Jump Ahead Of Iran's UN Address As Trump-Xi Summit Looms US equity futures are down modestly, but at session lows, as oil reverses earlier losses (crude was on pace for a sixth straight day of declines, its longest losing run in a year) sending Brent back over $100 and pushing 10Y yields back to 4.99%. As of 8:30am, S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower with Nasdaq 100 futures sliding 0.3%, and also at session lows after hitting a record on Tuesday. In premarket trading, memory and semis...

US To Let Russian Oil Tanker Deliver Fuel To Cuba: Report A week after Russian tankers loaded with fuel for Cuba were diverted due to a months-long US oil blockade, the US Coast Guard is permitting a Russian vessel carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of crude oil to reach Cuba, the NY Times reports, citing an official briefed on the matter. The tanker - Anatoly Kolodkin - owned by the Russian state-controlled shipping company Sovcomflot under U.S. sanctions since 2024 - left Primorsk, Russia on march 9, and is now expected to dock at...