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    Global wave of cyber attacks hit India’s largest port
    Jun28

    Global wave of cyber attacks hit India’s largest port

    MUMBAI: A wave of cyberattacks wreaking havoc across computer systems worldwide disrupted operations at India’s largest container port, the government said Wednesday. India’s shipping ministry said a private terminal run by Danish sea transport giant A.P. Moller-Maersk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai had been...

    Several major firms say targets of international cyberattack
    Jun27

    Several major firms say targets of international cyberattack

    PARIS: Several major companies said Tuesday they were targeted in an international cyberattack 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 all said they came under attack and put protection protocols in place...

    May to confront Brexit worries at EU summit
    Jun22

    May to confront Brexit worries at EU summit

    BRUSSELS: Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May will try Thursday to convince European leaders she can still push through Brexit despite being badly weakened by an election bet that turned sour. The two-day Brussels summit marks the debut of French President Emmanuel Macron, the figurehead of a renewed confidence among the remaining 27...

    Putin denounces latest sanctions passed by US Senate
    Jun15

    Putin denounces latest sanctions passed by US Senate

    MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin (pix) on Thursday slammed fresh sanctions approved by the US Senate as coming “out of nowhere” and motivated by domestic politics and historical efforts by the West to “contain” Russia. “We know that currently there is a bill in the US Senate regarding toughening sanctions....

    Senate backs sanctions on Russia over US election hacking
    Jun15

    Senate backs sanctions on Russia over US election hacking

    WASHINGTON: The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to punish Russia over its alleged election meddling, passing a bill that would bar President Donald Trump from unilaterally easing existing sanctions on Moscow. The vote at a time of high tension in Washington over the Russia scandal was 97-2. The proposal was included in an amendment that...

    Ukraine says seven soldiers killed in clashes in rebel east
    Jun12

    Ukraine says seven soldiers killed in clashes in rebel east

    KIEV: Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in just three days in renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said Monday. Four soldiers were killed on Saturday, two Sunday and one on Monday, bringing the death toll to 14 since the beginning of June. “The escalation began two to three weeks ago, the...

    Ukrainians cheer on first day of visa-free EU travel
    Jun11

    Ukrainians cheer on first day of visa-free EU travel

    KIEV: Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed government and was followed...

    Blast hits US embassy in Kiev, no casualties
    Jun08

    Blast hits US embassy in Kiev, no casualties

    KIEV: An overnight blast hit the premises of the US embassy in Kiev but there were no casualties, Ukrainian police said on Thursday. The explosion hit the mission located in central Kiev shortly after midnight, a statement said. “Investigators found that an unknown person threw an explosive device on the territory of the diplomatic...

    Experts, Microsoft push for global NGO to expose hackers
    Jun08

    Experts, Microsoft push for global NGO to expose hackers

    TALLINN: As cyberattacks sow ever greater chaos worldwide, IT titan Microsoft and independent experts are pushing for a new global NGO tasked with the tricky job of unmasking the hackers behind them. Dubbed the “Global Cyber Attribution Consortium”, according to a recent report by the Rand Corporation think-tank, the NGO would probe...

    Ukraine doctor pioneering ‘three-parent’ babies
    May31

    Ukraine doctor pioneering ‘three-parent’ babies

    KIEV: A 34-year-old woman tried to have a baby for 15 years before she turned to a pioneering doctor in Ukraine and a groundbreaking but ethically disputed “three-parent” procedure. She became the mother of a healthy baby boy in January at a private clinic in Kiev using a process called pronuclear transfer that inserts the...