US Treasury accuses Chinese hackers of stealing documents in ‘major incident’
Tom Hegel, a threat researcher at cybersecurity company SentinelOne said the reported security incident “fits a well-documented pattern of operations by PRC-linked groups, with a particular focus on abusing trusted third-party services – a method that has become increasingly prominent in recent years,” he said, using an acronym for the People’s Republic of China.”
Opposition MP among protesters arrested in Kenya as youths vow to force President Ruto to end abductions
President William Ruto on Saturday said the government would stop the abductions so that young people live in peace.
Court issues arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon over martial law
The court issued the warrant due to the likelihood that Yoon will not respond to summons without a justifiable reason, and there being a substantial reason to suspect Yoon of a crime, Yonhap said. The court declined to comment.
Experts: Famine redefinition unlikely to ease assistance mobilisation to Gaza
The IPC famine thresholds require specific assessments: of mortality, of the percentage of households facing an extreme lack of food and of the percentage of malnourished children.
Human suffering in Gaza is immense but hunger watchdog refrains from describing the acute food shortage as famine
Most days, Shay said he treated on average 40 new patients who were admitted to the hospital. Many had severe cases of pneumonia, and several others suffered from meningitis, an illness that can kill in hours. Newborns were often small for their age, he said.
Leaked Trump’s tax returns: Whistleblower Charles Littlejohn at risk of revenge as Biden’s in office winds down
With Biden winding down his time in office, Littlejohn’s advocates, including tax code reformers from the groups Revolving Door Project and Patriotic Millionaires, are worried for the incarcerated IRS consultant. They’re calling on Biden to commute Littlejohn’s sentence before it is too late and he is forced to spend Trump’s second term in prison at risk of retribution.
Street protests resume in Kenya to press for unconditional release of youths abducted by police
Initially aimed at overturning proposed tax hikes, the demonstrations eventually evolved into a movement that cut across Kenya’s traditional ethnic divisions, becoming the biggest threat to the incumbent President William Ruto’s government.
Role of Russian billionaires that finance chemical factories that fuel Russia’s war machine laid bare
Peter Harrell, a former senior White House official who worked on Russia sanctions during the war’s first year and is now a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said perhaps it’s time to review those 2022 decisions now that nations that once relied on Ukraine and Russia for wheat and fertilizer have had time to find alternative sources.
Government critics in Kenya are now an endangered species as human rights groups worry over abductions
In October, nine European envoys raised concerns over enforced disappearances and urged Ruto to ensure justice. The envoys spoke after four Turkish nationals were abducted from Kenya and repatriated despite registering with the UN as asylum seekers, citing threats to their lives back home.
He may have lacked political shrewdness but fallen former US president Jimmy Carter won hearts of many as a humanitarian
Jimmy Carter lived longer than any US president and, after leaving the White House, earned a reputation as a committed humanitarian. He was widely seen as a better former president than he was a president – a status he readily acknowledged.
