As the US considers banning TikTok, lawmakers are also looking to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This would allow intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless spying on foreigners’ online communications. The US government maintains that foreign citizens overseas have no rights to protection from warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment of…
On Monday, a 28-year-old Nashville resident, who was once a student at the Covenant School, opened fire in the private Christian elementary school, killing three 9-year-old children and three adults, including the head of the school and a custodian. The shooter was killed during gunfire with police. According to the police, the shooter had…
Twitter has reported that sections of its proprietary code were leaked online, and were exposed until the company had the material removed from the web. The company then filed for a court order to track down the source of the leak. Twitter’s source code is the programming that powers its platform and internal tools. The…
A “mega-strike” by two major transport unions in Germany is causing major disruptions across the country’s airports, public transport, and its largest port. Long-distance rail services and early morning regional and commuter rail services have been suspended across Germany. More than 400,000 transport workers are participating in the strike, demanding a 10.5% pay raise due…
New Chinese ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun arrived Monday in the country that had shut down its borders to prevent COVID-19 infections, filling the post vacated by his predecessor about 15 months ago, a source familiar with bilateral relations said. Wang Yajun Wang is believed to be the first foreign diplomat to be accepted…
The COVID-19 cases in around Singapore until now are still increasing. Based on data from WHO until Tuesday (2023-3-28) at 02:11:43 am, the number of COVID-19 infection in around Singapore had reached 2.26 million cases. Then 1,722 people died, and 104,507 people positive active (treated), and 2,149,583 patients were declared cured. Graph of the development…
A New York-licensed pain management doctor has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentencing of Sady Ribeiro by U.S. District Judge Sidney…
The Florida Senate approved a take-no-prisoners tort-reform bill Thursday and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law Friday. The bill, which extends limits on one-way attorney fees, assignments of benefits, and other provisions to most types of insurance claims, would take effect as soon as the ink is dry on the governor’s signature. …
The 13th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East opened for submissions on Monday, March 13, 2023. 2023 Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (POESAM) Candidates from the 17 countries within the Orange footprint have until May 21, 2023, to submit their project on the website https://POESAM.orange.com….
On March 16, Latitude Holdings, a digital payments and lending company based in Melbourne, Australia, experienced a large-scale information theft that resulted in the theft of almost 8 million driver’s license numbers from Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, roughly 53,000 passport numbers and less than 100 monthly financial statements belonging to customers were stolen. The…
