Section: Malaysia
World Bank raises US$500 million with ‘pandemic bonds’
WASHINGTON: The World Bank raised US$500 million to finance rapid response to disease outbreaks, including through sale of its first-ever “pandemic bonds,” the bank announced Wednesday. Drawing on the slow response to the 2013 Ebola outbreak in Africa in which thousands died, the World Bank designed the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility...
Germany's Gabriel urges lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
KRASNODAR, Russia (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Wednesday called for Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine to extend a harvest-related ceasefire, saying it could help pave the way for a political solution. …read more Source: The...
MH17 team hopes emotional videos will bring new leads
Investigators into the MH17 disaster hope emotional video testimony from victims’ relatives can spur a response for new information in Ukraine, where the jet was downed. AFP Photo THE HAGUE: International investigators and relatives of victims of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine almost three years ago, renewed efforts Wednesday...
Fresh cyberattack likely ‘more sophisticated’ than WannaCry
Staff monitor the spread of the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack from the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) in Seoul -AFP THE HAGUE: The wave of cyberattacks hitting Europe and North America is similar to last month’s WannaCry ransomware havoc, but appears potentially “more sophisticated,” the European police agency said Wednesday....
New wave of cyberattacks spreads across globe
Customers queue in a supermarket in Kharkiv, Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media. — Reuters photo Second global outbreak in less than two months, virus similar in its demands to WannaCry ransomware KIEV: A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second...
Firms scramble to recover from wave of cyberattacks
KIEV: Thousands of computer users across the globe scrambled on Wednesday to reboot after a wave of ransomware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine and Russia across Europe to the United States. The virus, which locked up files at companies and government agencies including the Chernobyl nuclear site and demanded a payment worth US$300 (RM1,290),...
Second major cyber attack in two months disrupts businesses around world
FRANKFURT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A major cyber attack, believed to have first struck Ukraine, caused havoc around the world on Wednesday, crippling computers or halting operations at port operator Maersk, a Cadbury chocolate plant in Australia and the property arm of French bank BNP Paribas. …read more Source: The...
Cyber attack hits BNP Paribas arm
PARIS (Reuters) – A global cyber attack has hit the property arm of France’s biggest bank BNP Paribas , one of the largest financial institutions known to be affected by an extortion campaign that started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading. …read more Source: The...
Firms scramble to recover from wave of cyberattacks
The six ways hackers can control your PC. AFP KIEV: Thousands of computer users across the globe scrambled on Wednesday to reboot after a wave of ransomware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine and Russia across Europe to the United States. The virus, which locked up files at companies and government agencies including the Chernobyl nuclear site and...
Global cyber attack hit Auchan payment terminals in Ukraine
PARIS (Reuters) – A global cyber attack on Tuesday hit the terminal payments of French retailer Auchan in its stores in Ukraine but the incident is now over, a company spokeswoman told Reuters. …read more Source: The...
