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Drone kills two in Kherson minibus strike, as Russia claims front-line progress
May 2, 2026 - World 
Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Chinese pressure to exclude Taiwanese activists shuts down rights summit
May 2, 2026 - World 
New York-based group Access Now canceled the RightsCon summit in Zambia.
Hezbollah's Fibre-optic Drones Pose New Challenge For Israel
May 2, 2026 - World 
Hezbollah's cheap fibre-optic drones are creating new challenges for Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, forcing the military to adapt its tactics...
US Military Reaches Deals With 7 Companies To Use Their AI On Classified Systems
May 2, 2026 - World 
Notably absent from the list is AI company Anthropic, after its public dispute and legal fight with the Trump administration over the ethics and safety of AI usage in war.
Trump says US navy like ‘pirates’ while seizing a ship in Iranian blockade
May 2, 2026 - World 
US president says ‘we took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business’Donald Trump has said the US navy acted “like pirates” as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian ports.“We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” said Trump at a rally in Florida on Friday. Continue reading...