Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will press charges against a man who groped her in public, in a brazen display that experts say underscores the country’s rampant misogyny.
The man was seen placing his hands on her body and attempting to kiss her as she spoke to supporters in Mexico City.
“A line must be drawn,” Sheinbaum said, because “what will happen to other Mexican women?”
The UN rates Mexico among the world’s most dangerous countries for women, which commentators link to an embedded culture of machismo, and Sheinbaum made ending violence against women a cornerstone of her presidential campaign.
She said harassment like she experienced is not a crime under federal law or in some states, which she vowed to change.
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The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that China was using LinkedIn and other social media platforms to recruit spies. The alert from the grouping — made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US — reflected concern that Beijing is using AI to flood recruitment sites with deceptive offers in order to tap into sensitive data and information.
It is part of long-running fears over Chinese espionage in the West more broadly: Britain delayed the approval of a new Chinese embassy complex over worries Beijing would use it for spying, while the FBI warns that Chinese intelligence efforts represent “a grave threat to the economic well-being” of the US.
Beijing called the accusations “entirely fabricated and … malicious slander.”
The Republican-led US House of Representatives symbolically rebuked President Donald Trump over his war against Iran, the latest sign of widening intra-party rifts over the conflict.
Trump has faced growing GOP pressure over a $1.8 billion government “anti-weaponization” program that critics have labelled a “slush fund,” as well as his nomination of a MAGA enforcer as the acting director of national intelligence, and his undermining of establishment lawmakers in primaries.
His approval rating in May dropped to its lowest level since the start of his second term and dragged down the party’s chances ahead of November’s midterm elections, where Republicans are forecast to lose their House majority while the Senate race looks neck-and-neck.
Israel and Lebanon agreed a ceasefire as the US sought to revive truce talks with Iran, though the effort was quickly put into doubt. Israeli hardliners and members of Hezbollah criticized the newly agreed deal, while Lebanon said Israel struck its territory soon after the agreement was put in place, after an April truce was repeatedly undermined.
The ceasefire is part of efforts by the Trump administration to inject momentum into negotiations with Iran: Washington wants to separate the Israel-Lebanon talks from those involving Tehran, but Iran insists they be linked.
Still, despite worries over the latest ceasefire, oil prices fell; two experts wrote in Foreign Policy that “de-escalation, rather than lasting peace, is still important.”
A California city appears to have voted to permanently ban the construction of data centers within its limits, underlining growing public opposition to the AI infrastructure buildout.
Exit polls suggest 86% of Monterey Park voters backed the prohibition, following a proposal to build a 247,000-square-foot installation.
Other legislatures have enacted pauses or bans, but this is believed to be the first move of its kind.
US voters are increasingly turning against data centers: One pollster found 71% opposed one being built near their homes, up from 42% nine months ago.
It is part of growing anti-AI sentiment, Gizmodo reported, with young people — those most affected by apparently AI-driven labor-market slowdowns — most strongly opposed.
