Section: The Manila Times (Philippines)
Top online pirate suspect arrested in Poland, charged in US
WASHINGTON: A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Artem Vaulin, 30, of...
Secret voting for new UN secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS: After months of public campaigning, debates and open hearings, Security Council ambassadors huddle behind closed doors on Thursday to begin secret voting for a new secretary-general to lead the world body. The 15 council members including the powerful permanent five—Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States—will each...
UN reverts to secrecy for vote on new secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS, United States: After months of public campaigning, debates and open hearings, Security Council ambassadors huddle behind closed doors on Thursday to begin secret voting for a new secretary-general to lead the world body. The 15 council members including the powerful permanent five—Britain, China, France, Russia and the United...
HIV infections still at 2.5M a year – study
PARIS: Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and virus-carriers live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said Tuesday. New infections have plateaued for the past 10 years after a steep dip from the peak rate of 3.3 million in 1997, said the authors of a comprehensive...
HIV infections level off at ‘worrying’ 2.5M a year – study
PARIS: Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and virus-carriers live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said Tuesday. New infections have plateaued for the past 10 years after a steep dip from the peak rate of 3.3 million in 1997, said the authors of a comprehensive...
Attacker staked out Nice site, accomplice suspected
NICE: The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the Islamic State-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices. A source close to the investigation told AFP that Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, sent a text message just...
UPDATE 2 more held as details emerge on France truck attacker
NICE, France: French investigators arrested two more people Sunday as they pieced together details about the motives and planning of the Tunisian who rammed a truck into a crowd in an IS-claimed attack that killed 84. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel staked out the Nice promenade with his rented truck twice in the two days before he smashed the vehicle...
France calls for reservists after Nice attack
NICE, France: France has called on young “patriots” to join the reserves following an IS-claimed truck attack in Nice which killed 84 and prompted tough questions over security failures. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve made the appeal for volunteers to boost the security service on Saturday as France reels from its third major Islamist attack...
France calls for reservists after truck massacre
NICE, France: France has called on young “patriots” to join the reserves following an IS-claimed truck attack in Nice which killed 84 and prompted tough questions over security failures. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve made the appeal for volunteers to boost the security service on Saturday as France reels from its third major Islamist attack...
Russia to deploy latest air defense systems in Crimea
MOSCOW: Russia will deploy its most advanced S-400 air defense systems to the annexed Crimea peninsula in August, a military official said Friday. Russia is currently using its older S-300 systems on the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in March 2014 in a move condemned by the West that led to the imposition of US and EU sanctions. “In August...
