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193 nations urge action to protect oceans – with US protest
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press From Daily Democrat UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 193 U.N. member nations issued an urgent call for action Friday to reverse the decline in the health and productivity of the world’s oceans – with…
US suspects Russia planted fake news behind Qatar crisis
From The Siasat Daily Doha [Qatar]: According to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation, U.S. investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US’ closest Gulf…
Bitcoin is taking off after China’s biggest exchanges allow withdrawals
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider Bitcoin is back to its old ways after a few quiet sessions. The cryptocurrency trades up 4.1% at $2,407 a coin following news that China’s three largest bitcoin exchanges are allowing customers to withdraw…
New report helps shed light on who the Shadow Brokers might be
By Yoni Heisler From BGR Earlier this month, a piece of ransomeware known as WannaCry began spreading quickly across the globe and promptly commanded the world’s attention. Once WannaCry took hold of a machine, it encrypted all of a user’s…
Ransomware cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol
From BBC Friday’s cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. He told the BBC the act was “unprecedented in its scale” and warned more people could find themselves affected on Monday morning….
Early May weather pattern will be especially extreme in Northern Hemisphere
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable During the course of the next 10 days or more, the weather pattern across the Northern Hemisphere will feature an undulating, wavy jet stream that will be stuck in place, with storms backed up like…
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Why did Russia seize oil off a Venezuelan cargo ship in the Caribbean?
By Brian Ellsworth and Marianna Parraga Reuters From The Christian Science Monitor A Russian state-owned shipping conglomerate is holding $20 million worth of the country’s oil. APRIL 18, 2017 ST. EUSTATIUS AND HOUSTON—Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PDVSA, sent a tanker in…
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A labyrinth of deception: Secretary Clinton and the Honduras coup
By Daniel Beckman Guest Scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs From Caribbean News Now At 4 a.m. on June 28, 2009, a battalion of 150 masked Honduran soldiers under orders from Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez initiated a shootout with…
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Fifa loses nearly £300m in 2016 and scheduled to lose further £400m in 2017
World football governing body Fifa lost nearly £300m in 2016 and is scheduled to lose close to £400m in 2017. Legal costs related to the corruption scandal which engulfed the organisation and “ill-considered previous investments” contributed to the losses. The…
Russia’s largest bank just pulled out of Ukraine
AFP From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Sberbank, the largest in the country, on Tuesday announced it had sold its Ukraine division, where operations have been complicated since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Sberbank, whose controlling stake is owned by…
