Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks
Ransomware gangs have been stealing confidential documents from schools and dumping them online
2023-07-05 15:50
Stock market today: Asia sinks after survey shows China activity weakening
Asian stock markets are lower after a survey showed Chinese industrial activity weakening
2023-07-05 12:19
IAEA chief visits Fukushima before radioactive water is released
The United Nations nuclear chief is visiting Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant after the agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan to release treated radioactive water into the sea
2023-07-05 11:48
IAEA chief will visit Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant before radioactive water is released
The U.N. nuclear chief is to visit Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday after the agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan to release treated radioactive water into the sea
2023-07-05 09:25
UK mortgage rates spike to highest level since Truss tax plan spooked markets
Homeowners and renters in the U.K. are facing further grim news as mortgage rates hit levels not seen since unfunded tax cuts announced by the government last fall spooked investors
2023-07-05 01:16
UAE announces plans to invest $54B in energy and triple renewable sources
The United Arab Emirates plans to triple its supply of renewable energy and invest up to $54 billion over the next seven years to meet its growing energy demands
2023-07-05 00:28
Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads
Facebook has lost a legal challenge at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising
2023-07-05 00:25
French court upholds freezing of assets of Lebanon's embattled central bank chief
A French court has upheld the freezing of assets of Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor rejecting his appeal to have them released
2023-07-04 23:47
The Taliban are outlawing women's beauty salons in Afghanistan
A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons
2023-07-04 23:24
First Brexit, now Orxit? Politicians on Scotland's Orkney Islands vote to explore more autonomy
Officials on the Orkney Islands have voted to explore ways of seeking more autonomy or even independence from neglectful U.K. governments
2023-07-04 19:56
Greek foreign minister says Athens is ready for talks with Turkey to resolve sea borders dispute
Greece’s newly-appointed foreign minister says his country is ready to start talks with Turkey to resolve a long-standing dispute over maritime borders that has repeatedly brought the two neighbors to the brink of armed conflict
2023-07-04 19:47
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg tell Kosovo and Serbia to normalize ties for EU hopes
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg have said that normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia would serve not only regional peace and stability but also their prospects of further integration into the European Union
2023-07-04 19:29