Section: China
US energy secretary Rick Perry falls for fake interview with Russian pranksters
Energy Secretary Rick Perry thought he was talking about cybersecurity and a biofuel breakthrough in a call with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman. Alas, the 22-minute phone call was actually with Russian pranksters. Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, who are described as the “Jerky Boys of Russia”, have conducted similar...
Kononenko from Ukraine’s Kolss Team wins 7th stage of Tour of Qinghai Lake
Mykhaylo Kononenko from Ukraine’s Kolss Cycling Team (KLS) won the 7th stage of Tour of Qinghai Lake on Saturday. …read more Source: English China News...
Eastern Ukraine separatists declare new state
Russian-backed rebels fighting against Kiev have announced the creation of a new “state” that they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory. The proposed country would be founded after a referendum and called Malorossiya, a tsarist-era name meaning “Little Russia” that once described most of the area covering...
Donald Trump tweets that he and Vladimir Putin discussed forming ‘impenetrable Cyber Security unit’
US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to work “constructively” with Russia but ruled out an immediate easing of sanctions while the countries remain at odds over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. In a series of tweets on his return from Europe, Trump said he had confronted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over evidence from the US...
‘Much to discuss’: Trump and Putin’s first handshake at G20 summit
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a veteran businessman and a former spy, shook hands on Friday ahead of the most highly anticipated face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Trump has said he wants to find ways to work with Putin, a goal made more difficult by sharp differences over Russia’s...
Britain concerned at ‘faltering’ Ukraine reforms, says UK foreign minister Johnson
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was worried Ukrainian government reforms were faltering, citing concerns over the selection of Supreme Court judges and obstacles facing anti-graft civil society groups. Johnson made the remarks as he opened an international conference in London held to discuss the progress made in...
Suspects in MH17 plane crash to be tried in Dutch court
People suspected of shooting down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014 over Ukraine will be tried by the court in the Netherlands, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday. …read more Source: China...
Ukrainian police seize servers at software company linked to worldwide cyberattack
Ukraine’s national cybercrime unit seized servers belonging to a small company at the centre of a global outbreak of malicious software after “new activity” was detected there, the service said in a statement early Wednesday. The announcement raised the possibility that the hackers behind last week’s wide-ranging cyberattack were...
Massive ransomware attack hits Ukraine
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‘Powerful cyberattack’ spreads across Europe, causing mass disruption
Several multinational companies said Tuesday they were targeted in a massive wave of cyberattacks which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe. Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain were among those who said they came under attack and put...
