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BS pays $11m to hackers
JBS, one of the world’s biggest meat processors, has paid bitcoin worth $11 million in ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralyzing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia.
10 June 2021
New era of robot war may be underway unnoticed
In March 2020, as Covid-19 locked down the world, what may have been the first autonomous drone attacks in history were taking place on a largely unwatched battlefield in Libya.
10 June 2021
Despite pandemic, Asia’s illegal drug trade thriving
Experts tracking the illicit drug trade in Asia have, for some time, likened it to a tsunami - and it is not stopping.
10 June 2021
UK, US to sign new ‘Atlantic Charter’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden was expected to agree a new version of the “Atlantic Charter” aimed at leading the world’s pandemic recovery and bolstering ties.
10 June 2021
At least 11 killed in Mumbai
At least 11 people, including eight children, were killed yesterday when heavy monsoon rains caused a residential building to collapse in a Mumbai slum, Indian authorities said.
10 June 2021
Numbers on rise after 2 decades
The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said yesterday.
10 June 2021
Global plastics production falls
Global plastics production declined in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, only the third time since World War II that output has fallen, an industry body said yesterday.
10 June 2021
Russia calls Navalny US ‘agent’
Russia yesterday suggested that Washington was quick to condemn the designation of Alexei Navalny’s groups as extremist because the jailed Kremlin critic was in fact working for the United States.
10 June 2021
Facebook to allow remote work
Facebook on Wednesday said it will give employees the option of sticking with remote work for the long term, even offering to help some interested in moving to other countries.
10 June 2021
Biden's vaccine pledge ups pressure on rich countries to give more
The United States on Thursday raised the pressure on other Group of Seven leaders to share their vaccine hoards to bring an end to the pandemic by pledging to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to the world's poorest countries.
10 June 2021
French man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping Macron
A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
10 June 2021
Nigeria's Buhari tells youth to 'behave' if they want jobs
President Muhammadu Buhari told young Nigerians on Thursday that they must "behave" in order to attract jobs and investment.
10 June 2021
Man who slapped France’s Macron faces up to three years in jail in court hearing
A 28-year-old medieval history enthusiast who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron risks up to three years in jail when he appears in court for the first time on Thursday, having told investigators he acted “without thinking.”
10 June 2021
Pfizer to provide US with 500 million Covid-19 vaccines to donate to world
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.DE) said on Thursday they have agreed to supply the U.S. government with 500 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to donate to poorer countries over the next two years.
10 June 2021
Australian aboriginal mother to take her son’s ‘death in custody’ case to UN
Leetona Dungay, and a team of high-profile lawyers, will take a claim over her son’s death in custody to the United Nations, reports the BBC.
10 June 2021
China passes law to counter foreign sanctions
China passed a law on Thursday to counter foreign sanctions, as it strives to diffuse U.S. and EU pressure over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
10 June 2021
Drug kingpin El Chapo's wife to plead guilty to U.S. charges
The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Emma Coronel Aispuro, is expected to plead guilty on Thursday in federal court in Washington, where she has been accused of helping her husband run the Sinaloa cartel of smugglers, court records show.
10 June 2021
Child labour swells for first time in two decades: UN
The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said Thursday.
10 June 2021
Allies hope to bond, look beyond virus at G-7 summit in UK
There will be roundtable meetings, one-on-one chats and a group photo against a picturesque backdrop. When leaders of some of the world’s richest nations meet Friday at the English seaside for a three-day Group of Seven summit, much of the choreography will be familiar.
10 June 2021
Biden brings a Brexit warning for Britain: Don’t imperil North Ireland peace
U.S. President Joe Biden brings a grave Brexit warning to his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Prevent a row with the European Union from imperiling the delicate peace in Northern Ireland.
10 June 2021