At 14, *Xiaomei, a high-performing student from a coastal province in China, decided to overdose on cough medication. She wanted to impress an older boy who told her it would help her relax. The tablets were usually only available with a doctor’s prescription, but she managed to buy them online. At first she found that […]
Continue Reading“[T]he GDPR has strangled small businesses and tech firms alike in a web of unnecessary regulation … Ten years after the Brexit referendum we should not still be following ridiculous EU privacy laws that hurt British businesses,” Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick said in a statement. The EU GDPR provides for a wider set […]
Continue ReadingCanada announced new tariffs of up to 50 percent on hundreds of American goods in retaliation for U.S. tariffs that took effect last week. Starting Sept. 8, Canada will double tariffs on American steel and aluminum to 50 percent and impose tariffs on around 700 other products.
Continue ReadingA tornado of rare intensity devastated the small village of Pomas in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock on Tuesday, with the mayor describing the aftermath as resembling “wartime”. At least 39 people were injured, including two severely.
Continue ReadingSweden’s armed forces have asked the government to expropriate a Russia-owned property near a naval base on security grounds. The military requested the seizure of the beach plot near Muskö base in Stockholm archipelago, citing “the threat from Russian drones and the ownership situation of the property”. Swedish reports say a businessman with links to […]
Continue ReadingGuterres and ICRC chief Mirjana Spoljaric underlined that targeting civilians in war is a violation of international humanitarian law, and said they fear that machines won’t be able to tell the difference between combatants and non-combatants. Both called for a ban on autonomous weapons which produce unpredictable results and anti-personnel weapons that deliberately target human […]
Continue ReadingThe officials were the targets of so-called “state-sponsored spearphishing,” the presentation said, a term for state-backed, targeted and bespoke campaigns to get specific people to click on dodgy links or open malicious attachments. Hackers used “social engineering techniques” to trick EU officials, crafting personalized messages that were more likely to get targets to take the […]
Continue ReadingSince launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has stepped up efforts to bring privately owned assets — including industrial and defense-related companies — under state control. Around 805 companies were transferred to the state between 2022 and 2026, according to Vadim Yakovenko, head of the Federal Agency for State Property […]
Continue ReadingMerz did not attribute the attack in his remarks Tuesday. “We are working intensively on that together with the security agencies, and we will present our findings and comment on them shortly,” he said. According to German outlet Bild, Merz told members of his Christian Democratic Union party in a private meeting Monday that the […]
Continue ReadingThe third stage of the Vuelta a España cycle race, which was taking place in the Aude area of south-western France, had to be cancelled when a hail storm forced the riders to take shelter about 15km from the finish line. The extreme weather has left about 2,800 homes across 10 villages without electricity, according […]
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