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Shuttered Hong Kong news outlet's editors charged with sedition
AFP, Published on 30/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Two senior editors of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News were charged with "conspiracy to publish seditious" material on Thursday, authorities said, following a raid that drew international condemnation over China's crackdown on press freedom in the city.
Philippines starts to reopen schools after 20-month Covid closure
Reuters, Published on 15/11/2021
» MANILA: Thousands of children in the Philippines returned to school on Monday for the first time in nearly two years, kicking off a pilot scheme to resume face-to-face learning after the pandemic disrupted the education of 27 million students.
US court convicts Chinese intelligence agent of economic espionage
AFP, Published on 06/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - A Chinese intelligence officer was convicted in US federal court Friday of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms, the Justice Department said.
'Unintentional gift': US steps into China's bitcoin breach
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» ROCKDALE (UNITED STATES) - The long sheds at North America's largest bitcoin mine look endless in the Texas sun, packed with the type of machines that have helped the United States to become the new global hub for the digital currency.
Disabled people can now use Android phones with face gestures
AFP, Published on 24/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Using a raised eyebrow or smile, people with speech or physical disabilities can now operate their Android-powered smartphones hands-free, Google said Thursday.
Invisibility cloak and quantum physics tipped for Nobel Prize
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Quantum physics, invisibility cloaks and a cutting-edge Italian theorist are all tipped to win Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, a year after it went to pioneering research on black holes.
Digital dissent: Hong Kongers race to archive democracy movement
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong activists are working in the shadows to preserve digital backups of their democracy movement as the physical symbols of their resistance, including an opposition newspaper and a museum, are purged from the city's streets.
Deserted Afghan universities open as Taliban impose new rules
AFP, Published on 07/09/2021
» KABUL: Universities in Kabul were almost empty on the first day of the Afghan school year on Monday, as professors and students wrestled with the Taliban's restrictive new rules for the classroom.
The Pentagon mistakes behind the rout of the Afghan army
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - The collapse of the Afghan army that allowed Taliban fighters to take control of Kabul cast a stark light on errors committed over 20 years by the Pentagon as it spent billions of dollars in Afghanistan.
Chinese hackers compromised SE Asia telecom companies, researchers say
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/08/2021
» Chinese state-backed hacking groups compromised at least five global telecommunications companies and stole phone records and location data, according to cybersecurity researchers.