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CENTCOM reports new drone action in Hormuz; US-Iran war restarts within hours of interim deal?

✇Hindustan Times
13 June 2026 at 03:28
Fresh tension is building again around the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. Central Command said Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones at commercial ships transiting the waterway and that American forces shot all of them down. CENTCOM also said traffic through the strait continued without disruption and that the international trade corridor remained open.

Icelandair Found its ‘Really Bad Photographer’ and Gave Her $50,000

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By: Jeremy Gray
8 June 2026 at 19:24

A person with curly hair covers their face with both hands while sitting on a couch. On either side are inset images: a bright sun over a snowy landscape on the left and a blurry night view of the Statue of Liberty on the right.

Back in March, Icelandair launched an extremely unusual photo contest. Instead of seeking the most talented, best photographer, Icelandair wanted a "really bad" one. The airline wanted to show that Iceland is so beautiful that even a bad photographer could get good photos.

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  • California mayor charged with acting as China agent AFP
    A woman who served as mayor of a California city has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday. Eileen Wang, 58, the mayor of Arcadia, a city just north of Los Angeles with a population of about 50,000, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge, the department said in a statement. Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang. File photo: City of Arcadia – City Hall, via Facebook. Wang resigned from her post as mayor on Monday, acco
     
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California mayor charged with acting as China agent

✇Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By: AFP
12 May 2026 at 04:27

A woman who served as mayor of a California city has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday.

Eileen Wang, 58, the mayor of Arcadia, a city just north of Los Angeles with a population of about 50,000, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge, the department said in a statement.

Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang. File photo: City of Arcadia - City Hall, via Facebook.
Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang. File photo: City of Arcadia – City Hall, via Facebook.

Wang resigned from her post as mayor on Monday, according to the Arcadia City Council’s website.

Acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison in the United States.

The Justice Department said Wang and an accomplice, Yaoning Sun, promoted pro-Chinese propaganda through a website they operated called US News Center serving the local Chinese American community.

“Wang and Sun received and executed directives from (Chinese) government officials to post (pro-Chinese) content on the website,” it said.

Sun pleaded guilty in 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and is serving a four-year prison sentence.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing this week and meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

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