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Workers in the US capital removed President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, the venue announced, after a federal judge ruled that its renaming was unlawful.In a legal filing, the center’s Executive Director Matt Floca said it had “removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds” containing Trump’s name.Around noon Washington time, the sign on the building’s exterior was still covered by a white tarp put up as work was being conducted to remove Trump’s name.Earlier, loud noise echoed from beneath the cover, as morning joggers stopped briefly in front of the venue to watch the work.The effort came after a judge rejected a last-minute bid by the center’s board to halt the removal of Trump’s name, marking a setback for the president’s broader push since returning to the White House to place his name and image in official spaces — an abrupt break with American political tradition. A person holds up a U.S. national flag as workers prepare scaffolding ahead of removing the lettering referencing U.S. President Donald Trump from the facade…
Anthropic said Friday it has suspended access to two powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with a US national security order.Just three days after publicly launching Fable 5, the company said in a blog post that it received a government directive banning all foreign nationals, even ones who work at Anthropic, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security concerns.”The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance,” it said.The company said it received the letter at 5:21 pm (2121 GMT) Friday.Axios reported that the letter came from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.The US Commerce officials did not immediately respond to a request from AFP.The firm said that the letter did not state what specifically concerned the government. However, the firm’s “understanding is that the government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking'” the Fable 5 model such that it could aid hacking.Fable 5, released Tuesday, is a locked-down version of Mythos 5, a cutting-edge AI model that Anthropic has held back from the public amid concerns that it had unprecedented abilities to identify software vulnerabilites — or holes in code that hackers could exploitMythos 5 — the unrestricted model — has only been released to select companies.The European Union, which gained access to Mythos earlier in June after weeks of talks, said the latest development further underlined “Europe’s need for technological sovereignty”.”We take note of Anthropic’s statement and are assessing,” said Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, which this month unveiled measures to slash the 27-nation bloc’s dependence on America and Asia for key technologies, including AI.Anthropic said it had reviewed the “jailbreaking” method at the center of the speculation and the hacking opportunities it exposed, but it does not believe Fable 5 gives hackers capabilities that are not already available through other public models.The firm said that none of its security testers had found a “universal jailbreak,” or a way to bypass it’s safeguards against helping hackers.”We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people,” the company said.”If this standard was applied across the industry, we believe it would essentially halt all new model deployments for all frontier model providers.”Anthropic has been locked in a legal standoff with the Trump administration for refusing to allow its technology to potentially be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, leading the Pentagon to cut contracts with the company. Related Story Source link
The French and Canadian leaders stressed on Friday the need for closer ties between Ottawa and Europe to offset global turbulence sparked by US President Donald Trump.French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met ahead of a G7 summit next week in Evian, on the shores of Lake Geneva.”Today more than ever, we share the same reading of the world.”We are seeing that the international order is fragmented, that it is marked by the return of power politics, by the challenge to common rules, by economic coercion, by interference, by information warfare,” Macron said, referring especially to the tariff war launched by Trump.”Deep down, we believe in the rule of law, in the international order, in science, in climate change and what it implies in terms of respecting our democratic values and protecting them, and in protecting our children as well,” he said, citing issues on which Trump frequently fuels controversy.”In the face of this, our two countries share the same conviction — democracies must be clear-eyed, strong and able to act together”.Carney added in English: “Working together, Canada, France and Europe are poised to be a powerful force for good in the century ahead”.Since his return to power, Trump has multiplied hostile statements against Canada, as well as commercial and economic attacks, again referring to Canada as the “51st state” of the US on June 1 on his Truth Social network. Related Story Source link
US President Donald Trump will take part in a G7 working session with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in France on Tuesday, but no bilateral meeting between the two is scheduled, a senior administration official said.”On Tuesday morning, President Trump will participate in a working session with G7 leaders and President Zelensky of Ukraine,” the official told reporters Saturday on the customary condition of anonymity.The G7 summit will take place in Evian on June 15-17, and Trump is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings on its sidelines with French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and India, the official said.Trump is also scheduled to dine at the Versailles palace west of Paris with Macron on Wednesday evening, after the summit wraps up.The dinner is a way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence in a “landmark of Franco-American friendship where the treaty establishing the independence of the US was signed in 1783,” according to Macron’s office.Trump has shifted his attention away from efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February, igniting another conflict that has been under a fragile ceasefire since April.”Obviously, President Zelensky is gonna be at the session that we’re doing. They very well may meet with each other on the sidelines,” the official said, stressing that a formal bilateral meeting was not currently on Trump’s G7 agenda.The official said the 79-year-old billionaire Republican was the “only” world leader capable of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, but did not elaborate.The status of US-Iran talks aimed at ending the Middle East war will be a dominant concern at the G7 summit.One topic of discussion among attendees could be the participation of France and Britain in mine-clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the senior administration official.The waterway off Iran, a critical trade route for oil and fertilizer, has been largely closed to shipping due to the war.The US official sought to downplay tensions between Trump and his allies regarding the US commitment to Nato — an alliance whose leaders will be well-represented in France.”When we have private conversations with the governments of our Nato allies… it’s a very easy conversation. It’s not at all as its kind of hysterically presented in the press,” the official said.”We are very happy with the some of the burden-shifting that’s going on, and we need to see more of it.”Another US official praised France for placing trade imbalances on the summit agenda — a central theme for Trump, who has launched a global protectionist offensive centered on aggressive import tariffs on friends and foes alike.According to the White House, the US president intends to discuss artificial intelligence, immigration, innovation, and energy with his partners. The G7 comprises Germany, Canada, the US, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.Trump has advocated for including Russia and thereby restoring the former G8 format. Related Story Source link
SpaceX launched 29 new satellites for its Starlink constellation into low Earth orbit as part of its global network expansion.In a statement, the company announced that a Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying satellites for the “Group 10-54” mission.SpaceX successfully deployed the satellites into orbit as planned, while the rocket continued its successful operational record. The “B1080” booster returned safely to its designated landing pad in the Atlantic Ocean after completing its 27th flight.This launch marks the 68th Falcon 9 mission since the beginning of 2026, reflecting SpaceX’s accelerated launch pace this year.The Starlink system continues to expand its global network, currently comprising more than 10,600 active satellites, and providing internet services to users around the world, including in-flight connectivity and direct mobile phone connectivity from some telecommunications providers. Source link
An Indian pollution regulator has alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components factory for Apple’s iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms and warned of a forced shutdown unless Tata gives a satisfactory explanation. India’s Tata Electronics is central to Apple’s push to diversify iPhone production beyond China and is the second-biggest supplier to Apple in South Asia after Taiwan’s Foxconn.The Tata plant under investigation is in Hosur in southern Tamil Nadu state and makes back panels and other components for iPhones. Farmland owners near the plant had complained for months to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board that wastewater from the factory was contaminating their land and open wells. The complaints led to five state inspections between December 2025 and May 2026, according to details from a previously unreported regulatory notice dated May 25 and reviewed by Reuters. The inspections found that Tata discharged wastewater into a rainwater harvesting pond inside its facility and that the pond overflowed to contaminate “groundwater in the open wells located in the adjacent agricultural lands”, the pollution board’s warning notice to Tata said. Tata had not taken any corrective actions on instructions issued by the pollution board in a previous letter dated December 23, 2025, it said in the three-page notice. Tata Electronics told Reuters in a statement it had commissioned an independent analysis through an accredited laboratory and that the study determined the company was “in full compliance with all regulatory norms”. Tata said it was “committed to responsible business practices and protection of the environment and local communities”, and that it had responded to pollution authorities, although giving no further details. The pollution board in its May notice asked Tata to explain why power to the unit should not be cut and the unit closed for its alleged breach of the rules. Apple, which has strict rules on how its suppliers handle wastewater, and the Tamil Nadu government did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters. Companies have often faced disciplinary action from pollution authorities in India. In 2024, Mercedes-Benz improved wastewater and air pollution management at its only car factory in India after officials detected lapses in compliance with environmental law. India’s environment ministry told parliament in February that 4.4% of 544,364 industries were found non-compliant with environmental standards in the last five years, and 3,600 were shut down by pollution control departments. The Tata notice adds to a series of issues that have dogged Apple’s India supply chain. A fire at Tata’s Hosur plant in September 2024 halted iPhone component production briefly, while a fire in September 2023 at former supplier Pegatron’s iPhone plant shut production for days. In 2024, a Reuters investigation found that major Apple supplier Foxconn systematically excluded married women from iPhone assembly jobs at one of its plants in India, although the company said at the time that it complied with all laws. India is projected to make 26% of all iPhones globally in 2026, from just 6% four years ago, according to research firm Counterpoint. Source link
Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Ishaq Dar and head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of Switzerland, Ignazio Cassis discussed, over the phone on Saturday, the latest developments regarding the understandings reached between the United States and Iran.In a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that the Pakistani and Swiss sides welcomed the encouraging progress toward reaching an understanding between Washington and Tehran.Both ministers expressed hope that the ongoing efforts would soon contribute to peace and stability in the region.On Thursday, US President, Donald Trump had announced that US Vice President, JD Vance will attend the signing ceremony of the US-Iran deal, adding that the ceremony is expected to take place in Europe early this week. Related Story Source link
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories in a phone call today with Vice President of the State of Palestine, Hussein Al Sheikh.The call addressed efforts to implement the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, including ensuring full and sustainable access for humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, deploying an international stabilization force to monitor the ceasefire and secure humanitarian access, and enabling the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to carry out its duties from within the Strip until the Palestinian Authority resumes its full responsibilities.The two sides also discussed the dangerous developments in the West Bank, where the Egyptian Foreign Minister condemned the escalating pace of settlement activity and the continued Israeli violations in East Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, warning of the repercussions of these actions on the prospects for achieving peace and stability in the region. Source link
Four people were killed and 16 others injured in a series of weather-related incidents caused by heavy rains in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, regional authorities said on Saturday.The Provincial Disaster Management Authority said strong winds damaged a number of homes in different areas, resulting in deaths and injuries among residents. The severe weather also led to livestock losses, the authority said.Local authorities and emergency agencies continue to carry out relief operations in the affected areas, while a comprehensive assessment is underway to determine the extent of the damage and losses.The authority urged residents to exercise caution during adverse weather conditions and avoid buildings at risk of collapse.Such incidents are common in Pakistan during the monsoon season, when severe weather fluctuations often result in casualties and property damage. Source link