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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea on Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent test of South Korea’s new president who backs engagement with Pyongyang. The missile was launched from a site near the northwestern city of Kusong at around 5:30 am (2030 GMT Saturday) and flew about 700 kilometres (435 miles), according to the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The South and US are analysing more details about the […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Los Angeles 2024 made a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission on Friday (May 12) and now will wait and see if they hit a home run to win the right to host the Summer Games for the third time. The bid, however, was not without a few thorny issues, including concerns over President Donald Trump’s proposed travel restrictions on some nations, which could prevent Olympic athletes […]
POINCIANA, Florida (Reuters) — Firefighters battled a large brush fire in Poinciana, Florida on Friday afternoon (May 12). The fires have burned through about 10 acres of land (40468.6 sq. meters) and heavy winds are expected to spread the fire over a wider area. No injuries have been reported so far, but the fires have left hundreds of residents without power, local news reported. Firefighters along with the Florida Forestry Service were working to protect […]
by Laura BONILLA Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – “13 Reasons Why,” a hit Netflix show in which a teenager slits her wrists and leaves behind 13 tapes as clues to what made her do it, has alarmed US mental health experts who fear it glorifies suicide. While the show’s creators insist they are performing a public service, they tread a very fine line between casting light on the number two cause of death […]
CALI, Colombia (Reuters) — Residents of flood-ravaged areas of Colombia salvaged what belongings they could from their homes after the Magdalena River burst its banks, threatening families and cutting off communities. According to local media, the areas of Cali, Honda and Antioquia in inland Colombia were worst hit after a cold front moved itself across the region. In some areas, water levels were waist deep and some residents had to resort to travelling down streets […]
by Kate Bartlett Agence France-Presse HONGKONG, China (AFP) – A cybersecurity researcher appears to have discovered a “kill switch” that can prevent the spread of the WannaCry ransomware — for now — that has caused the cyberattacks wreaking havoc globally, they told AFP Saturday. The researcher, tweeting as @MalwareTechBlog, said the discovery was accidental, but that registering a domain name used by the malware stops it from spreading. “Essentially they relied on a domain not […]
FUJIAN PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — A Chinese railway worker narrowly saved a girl who was trying to kill herself by jumping in front of a moving train in southern China, state media reported on Saturday (May 13). State broadcaster CCTV released surveillance video which captured the moment on Wednesday (May 10) at Xianyou Railway Station in Fujian province. Both the girl and staff were not seriously injured, CCTV added.
by Kate BARTLETT Agence France-Press HONG KONG, China (AFP) – A cybersecurity researcher appears to have discovered a “kill switch” that can prevent the spread of the WannaCry ransomware — for now — that has caused the cyberattacks wreaking havoc globally, they told AFP Saturday. The researcher, tweeting as @MalwareTechBlog, said the discovery was accidental, but that registering a domain name used by the malware stops it from spreading. “Essentially they relied on a domain […]
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) – The first test flight of NASA’s Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at the earliest due to high costs, the United States space agency said Friday. The unmanned test flight had been scheduled for November 2018 but was pushed back after the White House asked for a feasibility study of the cost, safety and technical constraints. The […]
by Rob Lever / with Robin Millard in London Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks — which experts said affected dozens of countries — used a technique known as ransomware that locks users’ files unless they pay the attackers a designated sum in the virtual currency Bitcoin. Affected by […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – The European Union is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible United States ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the US, an EU source said Friday. The EU has not yet received a response from Washington to its request, the source said. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it was close to a decision to extend to Europe an existing ban imposed on eight countries, […]
BARI, Italy (AFP) – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Friday urged eurozone lenders to be “far more specific” in their commitment to a debt-relief package for Greece. The IMF has made a package easing Greece’s repayment burden a condition of its participation in a 86-billion-euro ($94-billion) bailout. But several eurozone governments are dragging their heels, insisting on more evidence of debt-plagued Greece delivering on reforms as a condition of green-lighting the third rescue […]
