WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of heightened Chinese interference. O’Brien’s remarks appeared to go above and beyond a statement issued Friday by the …
Read More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – The North Korean Red Cross has deployed 43,000 volunteers to help communities prevent coronavirus outbreaks and provide flood relief, an official with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement. Monday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared a state …
Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Markets rose on Monday as stronger industrial activity in China showed signs of recovering from the coronavirus pandemic overcoming US-Sinos trade tensions. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group’s offices are located in the City of London, UK, December 29, 2017. REUTERS / Toby Melville The Euro …
Read More »
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from the Kasetsart and the Mahanakorn universities in Thailand debated breaking a taboo that could land them in jail: openly challenging the powerful monarchy of the country, according to two people at the talks. …
Read More »
(Repeats to more subscribers) By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. has emerged as the most likely buyer of US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short video app that prepares US President Donald Trump for effective bans on national security grounds. A deal would be in …
Read More »