Washington, July 5 (IANS) A congressional hearing this week renewed scrutiny of the CIA’s Cold War-era MKULTRA programme, with lawmakers and expert witnesses alleging that the agency secretly used universities, hospitals, prisons and other institutions across the United States to conduct mind-control experiments on unwitting human subjects while concealing the full extent of the programme for decades.The House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal…
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Los Angeles, June 27 (IANS) Actor Michael Fassbender is set to return as Martian, the CIA field agent, who fell in love with a former target (played by Jodie Turner-Smith), in the upcoming season of the thriller series ‘The Agency’. In the new season his character will ensure her safety from harm even if it involves betraying his own country, reports ‘People’ magazine.The actor, 49, says he learned one thing about field agents before taking on the role in the series, Many of the CIA fiel…
Los Angeles, June 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Seth Rogen is set to direct his next movie again. The actor is returning to direction after 12 years. His last directorial was ‘The Interview’, and the actor feels the film “almost started a war”, reports ‘Female First UK’.The 44-year-old actor has made several TV projects since he helmed the 2014 motion picture, but he felt a “little gun-shy” about directing a film after the huge controversy caused by The Interview, in which he and James Fra…
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) A 26-year-old male gym operator was shot dead at close range by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Haryana’s Hansi town on Thursday, police said. The victim, Kapil, was conducting an outdoor warm-up session for trainees when the crime occurred.The attackers fled the scene immediately after firing at least 10 bullets at him.Kapil, who sustained gunshot wounds to the head and back, was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead.Police officials said the motive behind t…
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Democratic lawmakers have accused the US Justice Department of failing to protect some of America’s most sensitive government sites from the sale of mobile phone location data that could be exploited by China, Iran and other foreign adversaries using artificial intelligence tools.In a sharply worded letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Martin Heinrich and Representative Sara Jaco…
Los Angeles, May 15 (IANS) Hollywood actor John Krasinski, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’, has opened up on his fascination with his titular character and the universe of the story. In the film, John essays the role of Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst and the main character of the Ryanverse series of novels, films, video games, and a TV series.Sharing his experience of returning to the high-stakes world of Jack Ryan, he said, “It feels amazing. Honest…
Mexico City, May 6 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated the Cinco de Mayo holiday by declaring that no foreign power should dictate the country’s course and that political opponents seeking support from abroad are destined to fail. Commemorating the 164th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla on Tuesday (local time), when Mexican forces defeated a much larger invading French army, Sheinbaum stressed that nothing is more important than sovereignty, independence and the national int…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Using terrorism as an instrument of state policy has imposed high costs on Pakistan, which continues to struggle with a deep economic crisis and is currently on its 23rd bailout package from the International Monetary Fund, according to a recent report.More than a decade after the Abbottabad raid, in which Osama bin Laden was killed, the legacy of the operation continues to shape global perceptions of counter-terrorism efforts and raises lingering questions about how the …
Mexico City, April 29 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that the United States had pledged to respect Mexican law after it emerged that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents operated in the country without federal authorisation. At a press conference on Tuesday, Sheinbaum said Washington was responding to a diplomatic note seeking details about an April 19 incident in which two CIA agents were killed in an accident following an anti-drug operation that exposed their activiti…
Mexico City, April 25 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that the country’s sovereignty “is not negotiable,” rejecting any form of foreign interference, particularly from the United States. At her daily press conference on Friday (local time), Sheinbaum said that cooperation with other countries must strictly comply with Mexico’s constitution and national security law.She said Mexico’s relationship with the United States is based on coordination and cooperation, but stressed the…