LONDON: Facebook said on Thursday (Sep 24) it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia’s intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election. The company said the accounts, which it suspended for using fake identities and […]
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 22, 2020. WASHINGTON: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government today, after President Donald Trump refused to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican senator who died in 2018, after McCain’s widow threw her support behind Joe Biden in the election. In a particularly aggressive tweet the Republican leader once again criticised John McCain who was one of […]
China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced. Mr Xi outlined the steps when speaking via videolink to the UN General Assembly in New York. The announcement is being seen as a significant step in the fight against […]
HONG KONG: Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested today for taking part in a protest at the height of the city’s pro-democracy unrest last year, but he vowed to continue resisting China’s crackdown on dissent. The arrest of the territory’s most high-profile dissident is the latest in a […]
STOCKHOLM: Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra one million crowns (US$110,000 or RM465,249), the head of the foundation which oversees the awards said today. Prize money will increase to 10 million crowns this year, daily Dagens Industri reported. “The decision has been made due […]
BANGKOK: Thailand began legal action today against Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first such move against major internet firms. The digital ministry filed legal complaints with cybercrime police after the two social media companies missed 15-day deadlines to comply fully with court-issued takedown […]
BEIJING: China has barred entry to two “anti-China” Australian scholars, the Global Times newspaper said today, citing unnamed sources, amid heightened tension between Beijing and Canberra. The paper, published by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper, identified the two as Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske. It added […]
ABUJA: At least 28 people were killed yesterday when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and started a blaze, a road safety agency official said. Bisi Kazeem, spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), said nine children were involved in the accident, which happened […]
TOKYO: Japan and South Korea must cooperate to counter any threat from North Korea, Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, told South Korea’s president today, calling for the uneasy neighbours to repair their frayed ties. Relations between the two US allies have deteriorated sharply over the past year over war-time […]