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Cyber Risk: Time to focus and take action!

Asia

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

Norway accuses China of carrying out cyberattack on parliament, as UK & US condemn broader ‘Chinese hacking’

The Norwegian government has claimed that Chinese hackers were responsible for a cyberattack on the country’s parliament in March this year, and called on Beijing to tackle and prevent such “malicious” activities. In a statement on Monday, Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said that an investigation into an attack on the national parliament’s email […]

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Famous Instagram influencer Influencer Sophia Cheung dies after falling down waterfall while taking selfie died after falling off waterfall while taking a selfie

Asia

July 18, 2021July 20, 2021

Influencer Sophia Cheung dies after falling down waterfall while taking selfie

The 32 years old Instagramer Sophia Cheung, native of Hong Kong, used to pose in front of cliffs and other high landscapes to take selfies and upload them to Instagram. During one of these risky excursions, died last Saturday while trying to take a selfie at the edge of a waterfall in Hong Kong’s Ha […]

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Aerial view of Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

Asia

July 17, 2021

First Case of COVID-19 Reportedly Detected in Olympic Village in Tokyo

TOKYO (Sputnik) – The first case of COVID-19 has been detected in the Olympic village in Tokyo, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Organizing Committee. The infected person is a member of one of the foreign delegations, there is no information about the citizenship and gender of the patient. Fears of coronavirus outbreak […]

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Asia

July 17, 2021

Several Million Barrels of Yemeni Oil Plundered by Saudi-Led Coalition Every Month

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Some “three to four million barrels” of Yemeni oil are plundered every month by the Saudi-led military coalition and its mercenaries, according to Yemen’s oil director. Executive Director of the Yemeni Oil Company Ammar al-Azra’i announced the grim news in an interview with Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television news network on Friday, saying, […]

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Asia

July 10, 2021

Toilet at South Korean University Turns Poop Into Energy & Virtual Currency

Cho Jae-weon, a professor of environmental engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea, has designed a device that produces energy from human faeces, and rewards those who use it. The device is a toilet that sends poop to an underground tank where it’s broken down by microorganisms into […]

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Workers in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Asia

July 8, 2021

Indonesia records more than 1,000 COVID deaths in the last 24 hours

Indonesia recorded a total of 1,040 COVID-19 fatalities over the past 24 hours, nearly double the number of two days ago, the government’s pandemic task force reported. This is the highest number of deaths in one day since the pandemic broke out in this Southeast Asian country in March 2020. In addition, the daily number […]

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Asia

July 5, 2021

Death Toll in Philippine Military Plane Crash Up to 50, Reports Say

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The death toll in a Philippine military plane crash that occurred on Sunday has gone up to 50, while 49 servicemen were injured, ABS CBN reports citing a spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said on Monday that authorities had found the bodies of the […]

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Asia

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021

20 Missing, Homes Swept Away in Japan Landslide after Heavy Rain

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A huge landslide swept away homes and left 20 people missing at a popular resort town in central Japan on Saturday after days of heavy rain, local officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating some buildings and burying others in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, with people running away as […]

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