US warns about foreign efforts to influence US voters
US officials say Russia is working to amplify doubts about the integrity of US elections while China is interested in swaying the political outlook in Beijing’s favor. That concern aligns with an unclassified intelligence tip obtained by The Associated Press that says China is likely trying to influence select races to “hinder candidates perceived as particularly adversarial with Beijing.” Officials say they have not identified any credible threats to election infrastructure, but the intelligence warning comes amid the height of a midterm campaign in which a growing number of candidates and voters openly express a lack of confidence in the nation’s democratic processes.
Kim Kardashian fined $1 million by SEC for crypto promotion
The long list of celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies just got shorter. Kim Kardashian will be banned from doing so for three years, and will pay a $1 million fine, to settle federal charges that she recommended cryptographic security to her 330 million Instagram followers without making it clear that she paid to do it. The reality TV star must also forfeit the $250,000 she was paid for the Instagram post about Ethereum Max tokens, plus interest. That’s according to a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement announced Monday. Kardashian is the latest celebrity to be caught up in regulations that require full disclosure by people who get paid to promote financial products.
Biden says Puerto Rico will get “every dollar promised” for recovery
President Joe Biden traveled to Puerto Rico on Monday, pledging $60 million in hurricane relief funds and “full assistance” from the federal government to help the storm-ravaged territory rebuild more quickly than in the past . “We’re going to make sure you get every dollar promised,” Biden said. Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, visited Ponce, a city on Puerto Rico’s southern coast that was hit by Hurricane Fiona two weeks earlier, five years after Hurricane Maria decimated the island. The Bidens will also survey storm damage this week in Fort Myers, Fla., from Hurricane Ian.
CDC ends country-by-country COVID travel advisories
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer maintain a list of COVID-19 travel advisories for foreign countries, the agency said Monday, another sign of the gradual shift toward pre-pandemic normalcy. although about 1,400 people worldwide die each. virus day Instead, the agency would issue travel health advisories only for “a variant related to COVID-19” or another situation that would change travel recommendations for a particular country, as it does for other diseases like smallpox. monkey, polio and yellow fever. Fewer countries are testing or reporting cases of COVID-19, limiting the agency’s ability to accurately assess travelers’ risk level.
The Supreme Court takes up the challenge to the shield of social media platforms
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether social media platforms can be sued despite a law that shields companies from legal liability for what users post on their sites. The case, brought by the family of a woman killed in a terrorist attack, argues that YouTube’s algorithm recommends videos that incite violence. The case, Gonzalez v. Google, no. 21-1333, refers to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law meant to fuel what was then a strange and nascent thing called the Internet. Legal experts said the court’s decision to explore whether the immunity granted by the law has limits could be of great significance.
Indonesia says officers suspected of wrongdoing will face charges
Indonesia announced on Monday that it would set up a commission to investigate the deaths of at least 125 people at a soccer stadium over the weekend, adding that it hoped to identify police officers suspected of having a role in the tragedy in few days As public anger mounted, Mahfud MD, chief security minister, said officers suspected of committing acts of unlawful violence while on duty at the stadium would face criminal charges. The disaster, which occurred in Malang on Saturday, has sparked widespread accusations that police actions contributed to turning the minor riot into one of the deadliest stadium disasters in history.
Ukraine regains more territory that Russia is trying to absorb
Ukrainian forces have made further gains in their counteroffensive on a broad front. Troops advanced on Monday into the same areas that Russia is trying to absorb. Their advances defied Russia’s push to bring in new troops and its threats to defend the annexed areas by all means, including nuclear weapons. Ukrainian forces penetrated Moscow’s defenses in the strategic southern Kherson region, one of four areas annexed by Russia. Ukraine’s advances have become so evident that even the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted the gains. He cited Ukraine’s numerically superior tank units. Also on Monday, Russia released the head of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems
The US will soon deliver four more advanced missile systems to Ukraine, under a new $625 million aid package expected to be announced on Tuesday. That’s according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of the package ahead of the announcement. The decision marks the first time the United States has sent more high-mobility artillery rocket systems to Ukraine since late July, and will bring the total number delivered so far to 20. The systems have become a tool key to Ukraine’s ability to strike bridges that Russia has used to supply its troops, allowing Ukrainian forces to make incursions into Russian-controlled regions.
By cable sources
