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THE HAGUE, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – US, European and Ukrainian police have arrested a ringleader of a notorious hacker gang operating from Ukraine which used ransomware to fleece hundreds of millions of euros from their victims, Europol said Tuesday. Law enforcement officers swarmed 30 properties in western and central Ukraine including in Kyiv and Cherkasy on the Dnipro River, as well as Vinnytsa and Rivne last Tuesday, the Hague-based Europol said. “In an unprecedented […]
Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January 1, the government said Tuesday, slamming the devices as recreational products addicting children. The block on single-use vapes is aimed at reversing a “disturbing” increase in vaping among young people, Health Minister Mark Butler said. Australia first revealed the import ban in May but had not given a start date until now. Vaping had been sold to governments as a tool to help long-term smokers quit, […]
SHANGHAI, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Hundreds of athletes as young as seven are undergoing military training in Shanghai designed to instill discipline and “good fighting ability”, the Chinese city said. The athletes will “deeply study” the Chinese military’s “sense of standards and combat spirit”, Shanghai’s sports bureau said. Chinese football teams have previously undergone similar training, which is largely performative and part of a wider campaign to promote Communist Party values. President Xi Jinping […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Hurricane force winds and snowfall have left 10 people dead and 23 people injured in Ukraine, piling pressure on emergency services and an energy grid already burdened by Russia’s invasion. The storm has lashed swathes of the south of the country as well as the Crimean peninsula that was annexed by the Kremlin and regions in southern Russia. “Ten people died in Ukraine due to bad weather. Twenty […]
Joel Embiid delivered his sixth NBA career triple double on Monday with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead Philadelphia’s 138-94 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers. The 29-year-old Cameroonian 7-footer (2.13m), last season’s NBA Most Valuable Player, notched his first triple double of the campaign on the same night the 76ers made 22 3-pointers, one shy of the club record in a single game. Embiid made 9-of-15 from the floor, including 2-of-3 […]
By Pitcha DANGPRASITH Indian rescue teams crept forward Tuesday in a painstaking dig by hand through rock and rubble towards 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days. Soldiers and skilled miners are using a so-called “rat-hole” mining technique to clear the final stretch, digging through some two metres (six feet) of rubble to leave only an estimated seven metres (23 feet) to go. Rajput Rai, a drilling expert, […]
Chinese-founded fast fashion giant Shein has confidentially applied to go public in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, calling the move potentially one of the biggest IPOs in years. The offering could come next year, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter and adding that Chinese media had also reported on the filing. Banks Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have been tasked with underwriting the offering, according to […]
LONDON, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – UK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs. The variant of the H1N2 virus was confirmed in an individual who had been tested by their doctor after experiencing respiratory symptoms. It has not previously been detected in humans in the country, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. “This […]
By Nicolas REVISE PRINCETON, United States, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Many Gazans were hostile to Hamas ahead of the group’s brutal October 7 attack on Israel, with some describing its rule as a second occupation, according to rare polling data analyzed by a US-Palestinian researcher. The findings are striking against a backdrop of protests and counter-protests triggered by the attack, with the relationship between Hamas and ordinary Gazans often the subject of heated debate. […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Bicol Region, Aurora, Quezon, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – In an age where forces from AI to Donald Trump have left Americans doubting the truth, US dictionary Merriam-Webster says that 2023’s most looked-up word was “authentic.” The venerable publisher, whose dictionary is especially popular online, said the trend was driven by people reading and talking about artificial intelligence, celebrity culture, identity and social media. “Authentic” beat out other contenders such as “deepfake,” “rizz” (young-people speak for charisma) and […]
BEIJING, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) – Chinese tech giant and TikTok owner ByteDance is slashing hundreds of jobs in its gaming unit, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Monday. The move marks a retreat from the competitive video gaming sector. Nuverse, a video game publisher that is a subsidiary of Beijing-based ByteDance, is currently conducting a round of layoffs that will affect “several hundred people”, said the source. “We regularly review our […]
