Shane Harris

1 month ago | lakemagazine.life | Shane Harris

Another spring planting season is here. Warm temperatures and sunny days again signal it’s time to plant the annual vegetable garden. Raising luscious, fresh, homegrown vegetables is a favorite pastime and a traditional way of life for many people. But for others, having a vegetable garden or home orchard is not a priority or even a possibility. But the pending question remains: Do I have a garden or not? Gardening is a top national hobby, but the reasons for doing so do vary. Why have a garden?

Sep 21, 2024 | spokesman.com | Shane Harris

Precisely how Israel managed to pack explosives into thousands of pagers and put them in the hands of Hezbollah remains mysterious, but this much is clear: The intelligence operation will be remembered as one of the most audacious in modern history. Israel has turned personal communications equipment into weapons before, notably in 1996 when it killed Hamas’ chief bombmaker with explosives hidden inside a cellphone.

Aug 14, 2024 | postguam.com | Shane Harris |Ellen Nakashima |Josh Dawsey

As recently as last month, U.S. intelligence officials warned that Iran aimed to stoke societal discord and undermine former president Donald Trump’s bid to regain the White House, a reprise of its online interference four years ago. Now the 2024 effort appears to have begun, with suspected hacking attempts targeting the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns. But intelligence officials and disinformation experts remain unsure of Iran’s precise plans.

Aug 2, 2024 | postguam.com | Shane Harris |Yasmeen Abutaleb |Mary Ilyushina |Souad Mekhennet

In the largest prisoner exchange since the height of the Cold War, officials of the United States, Russia, Germany and other countries met on an airfield in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday and swapped at least 24 people - capping months of painstaking diplomacy involving negotiations at the highest levels of nine governments.

Aug 2, 2024 | stripes.com | Shane Harris |Yasmeen Abutaleb |Souad Mekhennet

This combination photo shows, clockwise from top left, Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza; corporate security executive and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan; Lilia Chanysheva, former coordinator of regional offices of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny; co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov; Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich; and former head of Open Russia movement Andrei Pivovarov.