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Filipino lawyers move to raise legacy of Pablo Manlapit, forgotten leader of Hawaii labor movement
Decades before Filipino American agricultural workers organized a historic strike in California, Pablo Manlapit was organizing Filipino laborers in Hawaii.Manlapit, who migrated to Honolulu in 1910 to work on sugar plantations, saw the exploitation of other Philippine-born workers — known as “sakadas.” A decade later and at great risk to his
Russian spies are going after Western technology – they care less about being caught
Russian intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defence secrets, as sanctions squeeze the country's wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials have told The Associated Press.Moscow's agents are reportedly establishing shell companies, recruiting intermediaries, and d
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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner marry in London ahead of lavish destination wedding
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner have married during an intimate ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London.The pop star, 30, and actor, 36, are reportedly set to host a more lavish three-day wedding ceremony in Sicily from this Thursday, June 4.The newlyweds were seen departing the registry office flanked by friends and family throwing confett
Google worker charged with using confidential data to make $1.2 million in bets on Polymarket
US prosecutors have brought insider trading charges against a Google software engineer this week, alleging he used confidential company information to pocket more than $1.2 million from prediction market platform Polymarket with bets on search trends.In a complaint unsealed in New York, authorities identified the employee as 36-year-old Miche
Iran-US war latest: Trump and Tehran exchange fresh strikes as Israel captures strategic castle
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it targeted an air base used in a US attack on a telecoms tower on Sirik Island.The statement comes after the US said it conducted "self-defence strikes" on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend in response to "aggressive" actions from Tehran.US Central Command said i
French Open umpire forced to step in after heated clash between Frances Tiafoe and Jaime Faria
The umpire had to intervene in a late-night row between Frances Tiafoe and Jaime Faria as tempers boiled over at the French Open on Saturday.Tiafoe had fought back from two sets down to force a decider against his Portuguese opponent when things became heated during a dispute over a line call.Faria was annoyed that 19th seed Tiafoe had circle
Zelensky claims Ukraine has evidence Russia is forcing country’s stolen children to fight
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of abducting Ukrainian children and training them to fight against their own country. In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on 31 May, the Ukrainian president claimed that children taken to Russia were being taught to hate their native country. “They taught these children to hate their native country
Trump now says US left Iran’s military ‘alone’ after weeks of boasting that he destroyed its forces
Donald Trump has now said that Iran’s military was largely untouched by U.S. strikes over the past three months, contradicting countless statements he has made and continues to make about the scale of the U.S.’s successes in the ongoing war.The president spoke in an interview that aired Saturday with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News