The four southernmost islands of the chain also are claimed by Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.

Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.

The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.

Inflation cooled a bit last month, according to a new report from the Labor Department. And, ICE plans to equip its officers with electric shock gloves.

It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.

Primary results this month in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin paint a muddled picture of just how far to the left Democratic voters want their candidates to be come this fall's midterm elections.

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.

In online focus groups, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters said they wouldn't automatically think negatively of a politician who identifies with socialism.

Primary results reveal divide among Democratic Party, new inflation report could give the Fed more time to bring inflation under control, rescues teams race to find survivors of Colombia earthquake.

An amber extreme heat warning is in place for parts of England until midnight.

Top grades and students going to university are on the up, but technical subjects are also becoming more popular.

Phillip Ormerod was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died, police have confirmed.

Symptoms after looking at the sun without eclipse glasses can include blurred vision

The mayor of Qusra says Israeli troops have been telling families to leave their houses, using some as barracks.

Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru gave their victims the drug GBL to render them unconscious.

Ofwat has given provisional approval for 13 water companies to charge customers more to pay for investments.

Mangione faces two federal stalking crimes that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

Voters will choose between 34 candidates - the most to stand in any British parliamentary election.

The dating app's boss says the move is in response to a successful trial and a change in what users want.

Pair of reworked production-based engines carry the Hydromax into the record books

Contractors could surveil and disrupt foreign criminal networks, provided they follow strict rules and put up $1M

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Custom tools harvested whatever over-permissioned guest accounts would surrender

Gemini gets to juggle crews, forecasts, and maintenance while AWS keeps its seat

CRM provider confirms customer database was copied and probably downloaded in readable form

Bot training switch is on by default, because apparently asking first wasn't going to work

Operating system indigestion pops up over chicken sandwich ad

Developer spotted hostname and credential string lurking in autocomplete

CEO says buyers are moving fast and shuffling budgets to replace old boxen

Pricing hasn't changed, and now you can get captain's chairs for the R1S.

Rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history

Let's shield the astronauts instead of the spacecraft.

The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.

Boy's unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner.

“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.

The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.

“It’s the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature.”

Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."

With Truth API, Trump is "selling priority access to news he himself generates."