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What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
A WIRED journalist observed a private role-playing “war game” held in a Times Square office tower, in which a former US cybersecurity official, Joshua Corman, walked dozens of insurance executives through a simulated Chinese cyberattack on American water utilities set in July 2027. The exercise matters because it dramatises a scenario that security experts increasingly…
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Oil Jumps Over 6% To 2-Week High After Trump Says Deal With Iran ‘Over’
Oil prices surged more than 6% on Wednesday, reaching a two-week high, after US President Donald Trump declared that the memorandum of understanding to end the conflict with Iran was “over” and said he no longer wished to engage with Tehran. The comments revived fears of disruption to Middle East oil supplies, particularly through the…
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The CCP’s new ‘unity’ law turns China’s repression into a global threat
In an opinion piece for Fox News, the author argues that a new Chinese law, the “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” — which took effect on 1 July 2026 — represents an intensification of the Chinese Communist Party’s repression of ethnic and religious minorities, and warns that its implications extend beyond China’s borders.…
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ROBERT MAGINNIS: Trump’s Ankara remarks reveal a grand strategy hiding in plain sight
In an opinion piece for Fox News, former Pentagon strategist Robert Maginnis argues that remarks made by President Donald Trump alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on the eve of a NATO summit in Ankara, reveal a coherent American “grand strategy” rather than the freewheeling exchange most commentators perceived. Maginnis contends that such strategies rarely…
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Malaysia-U.K. Rom-Com ‘Finding Mojo’ Unveils Release Dates, Min Lim Details Double Vision’s Global Ambitions: ‘This Is Southeast Asia’s Moment’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The Malaysia-U.K. romantic comedy “Finding Mojo” has confirmed its release schedule, opening nationwide in Malaysia on 23 July, with a Singapore release on 31 July and an Indonesian launch in the works. The film is the first feature from Sympatico, a production label launched by Double Vision with British producer Richard Johns, and it marks…
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Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran and return of sanctions on Tehran – business live
Oil prices rose after fresh US military strikes on Iran and the reimposition of sanctions on Tehran, heightening concerns over supply from the strategically important Gulf region. The renewed tensions rattled global markets, with almost all major Asian stock exchanges falling and Samsung Electronics shares sliding for a second consecutive day. Alongside the geopolitical developments,…
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The Girls review – poignant coming-of-age romance is an understated gem of Sri Lankan cinema
Sumitra Peries’ 1978 film about teenage sisters and thwarted romance is laden with passions that can’t be spoken aloudHere is a gem of South Asian cinema from 1978, by the Sri Lankan director and editor Sumitra Peries. With its lucid monochrome cinematography and calm, natural, unselfconscious performances, there is a freshness and warmth to this…
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Wild conspiracy theory China’s missile test caused massive Telstra outage in Australia
Australian One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has publicly questioned whether a recent Chinese missile test could be linked to a nationwide Telstra outage that left millions of customers unable to make calls, use mobile data or make electronic payments on Wednesday. His remarks matter because they inject a national-security suspicion into what the telecommunications company…
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Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running
Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the open-world action-adventure Crimson Desert, is developing a Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, with CEO Heo Jin-Young confirming in a recent corporate briefing that it has reached a stage where “basic gameplay is possible”. The update matters because it moves the prospect of a Switch 2…
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Lexie Hull and Sophie Cunningham team up on a California beach for some ‘much needed r&r’
OutKick, a Fox News sports outlet, published a light-hearted lifestyle piece about Indiana Fever players Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull spending a day off together at Manhattan Beach in California on Monday. The pair, who jokingly refer to themselves as the team’s “mermaids”, used the break for some rest and relaxation ahead of the Fever’s…