Worried about Kenya’s current economic mess, Chinese hackers have made digital intrusions into government’s sensitive ministries
The hacks constitute a three-year campaign that targeted eight of Kenya’s ministries and government departments, including the presidential office, according to an intelligence analyst in the region. The analyst also shared with Reuters research documents that included the timeline of attacks, the targets, and provided some technical data relating to the compromise of a server used exclusively by Kenya’s main spy agency.
Banks in US treat social media as pariah on back of $1-million-per-second withdrawals before SVB eventual collapse
Lenders are taking action, rethinking social media’s role as a potential risk rather than marketing tool, after tweets questioning SVB’s financial health prompted nervous customers to pull $1 million per second from their accounts before the bank failed on March 10.
Artificial Intelligence is dangerous to humanity’s future and civilisation, new poll finds
When it came to religious beliefs, Evangelical Christians were more likely to “strongly agree” that AI presents risks to humanity, standing at 32 per cent compared to 24 per cent of non-Evangelical Christians.
US Treasury Secretary warns economic disruption looms minus debt ceiling hike by June 1
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office last week said the United States faces a “significant risk” of defaulting on payment obligations within the first two weeks of June without a debt ceiling hike, with payment operations uncertain throughout May.
Foreign military sales and direct commercial sales data show US is selling weapons to world’s autocracies
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s biggest weapons dealer, accounting for about 40 per cent of all arms exports in a given year. In general, these exports are funded through grants or sales. There are two pathways for the latter category: foreign military sales and direct commercial sales.
G7 leaders evaluating type of sanctions to impose on Russia at the Japan summit this week
While US allies have not agreed to apply the more-restrictive approach broadly, US officials expect that in the most sensitive areas for Russia’s military G7 members will adopt a presumption that exports are banned unless they are on a designated list.
Florida court finds MacDonald’s USA at fault for selling hot food that scalded, injured child
Lawyers for McDonald’s noted that the food had to be hot to avoid salmonella poisoning, and that the nuggets were not meant to be pressed between a seat belt and human flesh for more than two minutes.
Angola powers past Nigeria as Africa’s leading crude oil producer, latest Opec data show
After a steady decline to about 1.1 mbpd in the second half of 2022, due majorly, to oil theft, Nigeria’s oil output began to recover after a nationwide outcry in the fourth quarter of 2022 hovering at 1.3 million bpd in the first quarter of 2023.
Pope: Only rich can have children in Italy as savage free market scares youth from marrying
A shrinking population is a major worry for the euro zone’s third-largest country, with the economy minister warning this week that Italy’s GDP risked dropping by 18 percentage points over the next two decades if current birth trends continued.
Pop celebrity Beyonce dazzles 46,000 star-struck fans in Stockholm as she begins 40-city world tour
Beyoncé will make stops at more than 40 cities including London, Paris, Barcelona and Toronto before wrapping up the tour on September 27 in New Orleans.
