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Why Trump’s ex-advisor John Bolton is pleading guilty in classified documents case | World News

Why Trump’s ex-advisor John Bolton is pleading guilty in classified documents case | World News

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John Bolton, US President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, on Thursday reportedly agreed to plead guilty over mishandling classified information under a deal with the Department of Justice that could allow him to avoid prison term. Details of the felony charge and penalties According to a CNN report, Bolton intends to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents. The former NSA would also face a fine of $2.25 million. Prison sentence for illegal retention is capped between 0 and 60 months, but the deal would allow Bolton to avoid jail term. Origins of the 18-count indictment The development comes after a criminal case was filed against Bolton in October last year with 18 counts of either retaining or disseminating classified information, including notes he made in his diary when he was part of the government which officials alleged that he shared with his family members, AP reported. DOJ indictments face accusations of bias Bolton’s case was filed after the Trump administration’s prosecutors secured indictments against former FBI …

General Manoj Naravane’s The Curious and the Classified reveals the humorous side of military life | Books and Literature News

General Manoj Naravane’s The Curious and the Classified reveals the humorous side of military life | Books and Literature News

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It does not begin with battle. It begins with banter. With a question tossed across a mess table, with a ritual poured into two bottles and three glasses, with a rank briefly forgotten and a story quietly shared. The Curious and the Classified resists the expected entry point into the Indian armed forces. There are no marching boots at the threshold, no medals clinking for attention. Instead, General Manoj Naravane ushers us in through the side door—through wit, whimsy, and the warm, worn corridors of memory. What unfolds is not a manual of military might, but a mosaic of military mind. Naravane writes as a soldier-scholar, but more importantly, as a custodian of culture. The book gathers myths, mischief, and meaning with a collector’s care. A backronym becomes a breadcrumb; a regimental legend becomes a lantern. In these pages, the Indian armed forces are not merely an institution of discipline—they are revealed as an ecosystem of emotion, an inheritance of habits, a theatre where the absurd and the sacred sit side by side without apology. …

India classified ‘high risk’ for doping, AIU imposes stricter Category A rules

India classified ‘high risk’ for doping, AIU imposes stricter Category A rules

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Indian athletics has come under increased global scrutiny after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) placed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in the highest-risk ‘Category A’ bracket for doping. The classification, announced on April 20, 2026, follows a consistent rise in anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in the country. India recorded 48 cases in 2022 and 63 in 2023, before topping the global list with 71 violations in 2024. The trend has continued in 2025, with 30 cases already reported. Under the new classification, Indian athletes will face stricter anti-doping measures, including mandatory out-of-competition testing for national-level competitors. The move places India among a select group of nations under the most rigorous monitoring framework of World Athletics. AIU Chair David Howman was direct in his assessment of the situation. “The doping situation in India has been high-risk for a long time, and the quality of the domestic anti-doping programme is not proportionate to that risk,” he said. “While the AFI has pushed for reforms, not enough has changed.” Increased oversight and push for structural reforms The …

Under-fire Postecoglou insists someone leaking classified information out to harm team’s prospects

Under-fire Postecoglou insists someone leaking classified information out to harm team’s prospects

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Football has seemingly entered the world of high espionage with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur alleging they have a mole in their midst leaking out dressing-room secrets. Manager Ange Postecoglou is on record claiming that a mole inside the club has been putting classified information out in the public domain, and British media has reported that the club has compiled a dossier of evidence regarding at least 10 separate such incidents over the past two seasons, with information about tactics and injury status of players filtering out. In a piece titled ‘Spurlock Holmes’, The Sun reported that the latest instance occurred before last week’s 1-1 draw at home in the UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg against Eintracht Frankfurt. It was reported online that winger Wilson Odobert would miss the game with a hamstring issue. The French player was subsequently named on the bench but wasn’t used in Thursday’s fixture. Story continues below this ad “We’ve got a leak inside the club. We’ve got an idea where it’s coming from and we will deal with …

58 Indian athletes get classified at Para Athletics Grand Prix in Delhi

58 Indian athletes get classified at Para Athletics Grand Prix in Delhi

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The Indian contingent concluded the 2025 World Para Athletics Grand Prix with a rich haul of 134 medals. For some, the Grand Prix was a platform to showcase their talent, for other, making it to the starting line was a victory in itself. A total of 58 Indian para athletes including 32 physically impaired, 17 visually impaired and 9 intellectually disabled athletes benefitted from the grand prix and got classified. Normally, a para athlete travels at their own cost to get classified and be eligible to compete. Classification is a system that groups together athletes with similar level of physical disability to ensure fair competition. The hosts had fielded a strong 142 competitors for the three-day global event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. “The GP was a golden chance for our new para athletes,” said India’s para chief coach Amarjeet Singh to The Bridge. “When we travel for international tournaments, we have less classification slots. Also, there are some disabilities, with which, we face lot of difficulty moving around. Our grass route …

Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid

Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid

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A near-Earth object recently classified as an asteroid has been identified as Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, which was launched into space in 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The object was mistakenly listed as a new near-Earth asteroid by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center (MPC) on January 2, before the classification was withdrawn within hours. The error, made by an amateur astronomer in Turkey using publicly available data, underscores growing concerns over the tracking of space debris and its impact on astronomical observations. Identification Error and Retraction According to astronomy.com, the object was initially recorded in the MPC’s database under the designation 2018 CN41. The classification was based on historical tracking data, but after a review, the discovery was rescinded just 17 hours later. The astronomer who reported the object recognised the mistake upon further analysis. The Tesla Roadster was launched on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy’s maiden flight. Positioned in the driver’s seat was a mannequin named “Starman,” dressed in a prototype spacesuit. The car …

Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

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Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million or roughly Rs. 7,100 crore) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace service to the social network, the US tech giant’s first ever penalty for EU antitrust violations. In a groundbreaking decision, the European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.    “Meta tied its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and imposed unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers,” EU antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, said. “It did so to benefit its own service Facebook Marketplace.”  The move adds to a spate of bad news for Meta. A US judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the company can continue to trial on Wednesday, while Donald Trump was elected US president again. His victory helped propel the social networking app Bluesky, which competes with Meta’s Threads, to the top of …

Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request | World News

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The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses.But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon refused to categorically block witness statements from being disclosed, saying there was no basis for such a “sweeping” and “blanket” restriction on their inclusion in pretrial motions. The 24-page order centers on a dispute between special counsel Jack Smith’s team and lawyers for Trump over how much information about witnesses and their statements could be made public ahead of trial. The disagreement, which had been pending for weeks, was one of many that had piled up before Cannon and had slowed the pace of the case against Trump — one of four prosecutions he is confronting. The case remains without a firm trial date, though both sides have said they could be ready this summer. Cannon, who earlier faced blistering criticism over her decision to grant Trump’s request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search …

Uproar over Biden classified documents carries echoes of Clinton email case | World News

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The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden has triggered instant flashbacks to history-shaping events of 2016. That’s when FBI Director James Comey castigated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her email practices despite recommending against charges. U.S. President Joe Biden (Reuters)(REUTERS) In this year’s already heated election season, the Justice Department cleared Democrat Biden, too, of criminal wrongdoing but painted a politically damaging picture of his handling of classified information. Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage walks with HT! Participate Now Both announcements were derided by Democrats for their potential to unduly shape public perception in an election year — and for the inclusion of what they saw as gratuitous swipes at their candidates. In particular, Hur’s detailed discussion of apparent memory lapses by Biden revived a long-running debate within legal circles about how much derogatory information is appropriate to place in the public realm about individuals like Biden and Clinton who are investigated but not charged. “I think what we saw was a special …

Classified UFO briefing leaves some House lawmakers hopeful, others frustrated

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The US government’s knowledge of UFOs, or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) as they are officially called, remains shrouded in mystery, as House lawmakers learned in a classified briefing on Friday. L-R, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). House members on both sides of the aisle are calling for more transparency surrounding UAPs, saying that sightings could negatively impact national security. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)(Getty Images via AFP) The briefing, which was attended by House Oversight and Accountability Committee members and Thomas Monheim, inspector general of the intelligence community, was supposed to increase transparency on the UAP issue, but left some lawmakers dissatisfied and others hopeful. Amazon Sale season is here! Splurge and save now! Click here The briefing followed a public hearing in July, where three former Defense Department officials testified before the panel’s national security subcommittee that UAP sightings could threaten national security. The hearing also followed allegations from …