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2024-05-16: News Headlines

Joe Lauria, Cathy Vogan, Consortium News. (2024-05-16). Whistleblower McBride Sentenced To Five Years, Eight Months. popularresistance.org A federal judge in Canberra, the Australian capital, has sentenced military whistleblower David McBride to nearly six years in prison for leaking classified material to the media that revealed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. | Supreme Court Justice David Massop ruled on Tuesday morning local time that "only a prison sentence is appropriate," and handed down 68 months — 5 years and 8 months. | Consortium News' Cathy Vogan, who is inside the courtroom, reported that McBride "will go to jail until 2030. He is led out of the court by three policemen. A woman takes his dog."

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2024-05-16). US Army Officer Resigns Over 'Unqualified' Support For Israel. popularresistance.org An Army officer working at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has resigned in protest of the US's "unqualified" support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. | Maj. Harrison Mann posted his resignation letter on LinkedIn and said it was initially distributed within the DIA on April 16. In the letter, he said the DIA does not only "inform policy" but "facilitates, and at times, directly executes policy," referring to US support for Israel. | "The policy that has never been far from my mind for the past six months is the nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel, which has e…

Aidan Jonah, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-05-16). Source Reveals US Secret Services Enabled Jorge Glas Kidnapping. popularresistance.org A well-placed individual speaking on the condition of anonymity has informed The Canada Files that US secret services embedded in Ecuador — through spying on Mexico's embassy — ensured President Daniel Noboa knew of Mexico's plan to get former Vice President Jorge Glas to Mexico after granting him political assembly, enabling Noboa to order the illegal raid on Mexico's embassy and kidnap Glas. | The kidnapping of Glas, who has faced political persecution through Ecuador's judiciary since 2017, sparked international outrage as a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention and Mexico's sovereignty. Mexic…

MEE staff (2024-05-16). Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by US intelligence on Gaza views. middleeasteye.net Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by US intelligence on Gaza views | Professor says he was subjected to two hour interrogation and questioned about his ties to Muslim groups | | Ilan Pappe is a historian and University of Exeter academic known for his work on the Nakba (MEE) | Pro…

GABIK (2024-05-16). Six suspects killed in gun battle with KZN police. sanews.gov.za Six suspects killed in gun battle with KZN police | Six suspects were shot and fatally wounded and five firearms were recovered during two separate shootouts with KwaZulu-Natal police on Thursday. | KZN police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said four men, who were suspected to be behind a string of cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies in the province, were shot and fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Camperdown, in the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the early hours of Thursday. | "A team comprising police officers from various units, including the Hawks, gathered intelligence regarding the wher…

UMMID (2024-05-16). After over 7 months, SC finds NewsClick founder's arrest illegal, void. ummid.com In a judgement pronounced Wednesday May 15, 2024 the Supreme Court of India ordered immediate release of NewsClick Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha from jail.

greenleft.org.au (2024-05-16). Whistleblower David McBride sentenced, war criminals remain free. greenleft.org.au

UMMID (2024-05-16). Google gives Gemini Nano a big intelligence boost. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference 2024, Google announced empowering Gemini Nano with a significant intelligence upgrade which will now detect suspicious calls and help the Android users avoid them.

UMMID (2024-05-16). Firebase Genkit, Lightweight Gemini and more: Launches at Google I/O 2024. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference Tuesday May 14, 2024, Google parent Alphabet released several updates across the Gemini family of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, including the new 1.5 Flash which is a lightweight AI model for speed and efficiency and Firebase Genkit, an open source framework.

newarab (2024-05-16). Greece arrests suspected criminal gang leader wanted by Turkey. newarab.com Greek police have arrested a Turkish national, the suspected leader of a criminal group wanted by Ankara for a range of crimes including manslaughter, Greek police and intelligence sources said on Wednesday. | Police acted on an international warrant and arrested the 29-year old man on Friday last week following an initial tipoff by the Turkish intelligence service. | The man was named…

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2024-05-15: News Headlines

Kit Klarenberg (2024-05-15). Leaked Docs Reveal British Intelligence's Secret Exploitation of Palestinian Refugees. mintpressnews.com A network of British intelligence operatives and cutouts, including firms like InCoStrat and ARK, have been actively involved in psychological warfare campaigns targeting both Palestinians and Syrians, reports Kit Klarenberg.

Amir Tibon (2024-05-15). Israeli officials caution that Egypt may pull out of hostage deal mediation efforts as crisis intensifies. haaretz.com The crisis between Israel and Egypt is deepening amid Cairo's refusal to allow humanitarian aid through the Rafah crossing, and Israeli officials are also concerned about the potential for downgraded cooperation in defense and intelligence…

Michael Hauser Tov (2024-05-15). Defense officials cry conflict of interest over justice's refusal to halt probe into October 7 failings. haaretz.com Supreme Court Justice Gila Canfy Steinitz's husband – former minister Yuval Steinitz – could benefit from the state comptroller's investigation, critics argue…

albawaba (2024-05-15). Google makes the biggest change to its search engine in 25 years, AI Overviews. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — During its annual I\O event, Google has doubled-down on its vision of Artificial Intelligence redefining internet search, announcing the bringing of "AI Overviews," which makes an AI-generated synopsis to appear at the top of users' search results, marking the biggest change in Google's iconic search engine in 25 years.Formerly dubbed as the Search Generative Experience (SGE), the revamped search engine will put Google Gemini AI model to work, providing brief summaries of the material gathered from the internet together with links to the original web sources on top of the typical search results.#…

Kevin Gosztola (2024-05-15). Judge Jails Australia War Crimes Whistleblower In 'Shameful' Attack On Press Freedom. thedissenter.org The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. 

People's Dispatch (2024-05-15). NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha to be released on bail after arrest ruled illegal. liberationnews.org The Indian Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of author and journalist Prabir Purkayastha on Wednesday, May 15 terming his arrest by the Delhi Police in October last year illegal.

WSWS (2024-05-15). Australian whistleblower sent to prison for exposing Afghan war crimes. wsws.org David McBride is the first person prosecuted over the documented war crimes, including extrajudicial killings—not for perpetrating them but for exposing them.

Editor (2024-05-15). The CIA overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah and the struggle against neo-colonialism in West Africa today. mronline.org One day after his inauguration, Bassirou Diomaye Faye—Senegal's new self-proclaimed "left Pan-Africanist" president—announced that the new government will conduct an audit of the country's oil, gas and mining sectors.

UMMID (2024-05-15). Firebase Genkit, Lightweight Gemini and more: Launches at Google I/O 2024. ummid.com At the Google I/O developer conference Tuesday May 14, 2024, Google parent Alphabet released several updates across the Gemini family of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, including the new 1.5 Flash which is a lightweight AI model for speed and efficiency and Firebase Genkit, an open source framework.

ecns.cn (2024-05-15). China voices serious concern over spying charges against Chinese citizens in UK. ecns.cn China on Tuesday voiced serious concern over the arrest and prosecution of the Chinese citizens and strongly urge the UK to earnestly protect the lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the UK.

Reuters (2024-05-15). Google supercharges AI search in competition with OpenAI, allows users to chat about anything from smartphone camera. scmp.com Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday showed how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, including a beefed-up Gemini chatbot.

greenleft.org.au (2024-05-15). Whistleblower David McBride sentenced, war criminals remain free. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2024-05-15). Innovation, investment urged to win global AI race. ecns.cn Chinese technology companies, which have better access to data resources and industrial application scenarios, should step up investment in improving computing power and algorithms and accumulate more high-quality training data to gain an edge in the global artificial intelligence race.

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