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As Democrats continue to spin the fake news narrative, because it’s simply impossible that Hillary (the candidate who lost both Wisconsin and Michigan to a Socialist in the Democratic primary) lost fair and square, Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post yesterday that suggested registering RT and Sputnik as “foreign agents,” claiming that they “campaigned openly for one candidate, Donald […]

DUBAI // A cook convicted of working as a prostitute must serve his six-month jail term, a Dubai court has ruled. Two unemployed Emiratis, aged 21 and 29, were sentenced in June to six months in jail each for having consensual sex with the cook. One of them appealed the decision, but the Dubai Court of Appeals upheld it. On November 30 last year, police received a […]

By David Lawder | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his trade transition team with veterans of the U.S. steel industry’s battles with China, signaling a potentially more aggressive approach to U.S. complaints of unfair Chinese subsidies for its exports and barriers to imports. Led by Wilbur Ross, a billionaire steel investor and Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, Dan DiMicco, the former CEO of steelmaker Nucor […]

What are Australia’s policy options for responding to the internet threats of 2022? This question was explored in the 360° Cyber Game conducted jointly by RAND Corporation and the National Security College (NSC) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra on Thursday. RAND has conducted two of these games before, in Washington DC and in Silicon Valley, and has written up the methodology and results in […]

DUBAI // An unemployed man who tried to leave a criminal past behind asked a court to not consider his record after he admitted to attempted theft. The 44-year-old Emirati pleaded guilty at Dubai Criminal Court to attempting to steal a safe containing valuables worth thousands of dirhams in August but said he had tried to be a law-abiding citizen. “I had a previous criminal record, then […]

By Emily Stephenson | DES MOINES, Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States needed to improve its relationship with China, which he criticized for its economic policies and failure to rein in North Korea. “One of the most important relationships we must improve, and we have to improve, is our relationship with China,” Trump told a rally in Iowa. The United […]

DUBAI // A security guard was stabbed in the buttocks after he was tied up by four men who were attempting to steal electrical cables from a construction site. The Pakistanis defendants, aged between 34 and 44, were spotted by the guard as they sneaked into the site in Jebel Ali in August this year. “I spotted three men sneaking under the metal fence at 1am, one […]

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The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network across Australia was directly warned that a draft opinion piece by its chairman, Ziggy Switkowski, could potentially be seen as favouring one side during an election campaign. (Screenshot: Chris Duckett/ZDNet) In a letter submitted in response to Senate Questions on Notice late Friday afternoon, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts Ian Robinson told […]

Apple iPhone 5s (Image: File photo) Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted a former senior level Foxconn manager for allegedly stealing and selling 5,700 iPhone handsets in China, to pocket around $1.56 million, according to AsiaOne. Thousands of iPhone handsets were smuggled out of the factory, prosecutors said, at the direction of a Taiwanese manager name “Tsai” working in Foxconn’s handset testing area. The iPhone handsets stolen by […]

In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, theSamsung Galaxy S5 is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Leading tech companies are increasingly nudging consumers to use their own fingers, faces and eyes as digital key to unlock phones and other gadgets. But there are downsides: Hackers could still steal your fingerprint, or its digital representation. And police may have broader […]

New York thief grabs pot of gold off armoured truck – police | Reuters ‘+Reuters.inlinevideo.title+’ ‘+Reuters.inlinevideo.length+’ ‘); } NEW YORK New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an armoured truck two months ago and disappeared with the estimated $1.6 million in treasure. The city’s police department late Tuesday released photos and video of the […]

Malware dubbed Gooligan targets devices running Android 4.0 and 5.0, which represent nearly 74 percent of mobile devices using the Google-powered operating system Malicious software designed to attack Android smartphones has breached the accounts of more than a million Google users, security researchers said Wednesday. The report by Check Point Software Technologies said the malware dubbed Gooligan targets devices running Android 4.0 and 5.0, which represent nearly […]

DUBAI // Two Pakistanis sentenced to two years in jail each for assaulting a 62-year-old Indian man with an iron bar and stealing Dh200,000 he had hidden in his underwear had their terms cut in half by Dubai Court of Appeal. On June 12 the men, aged 26 and 25, saw the victim hide an envelope full of money in his underwear as he left a bank […]

The survey of U.S. business executives released Friday by the American Chamber of Commerce in China showed 26% had seen data or trade secrets stolen over an unspecified time period. More than 40% said they saw the risk of a data breach in their China operations rising. The chamber hasn’t previously released survey results related to data theft. (via WSJ)

“This step will strengthen the hands of the common man in the fight against corruption, black money and fake currency.” —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For the first time, Indian patriot and defender of the common man, Narendra Modi, appears to be in over his head. Practically, the unintended (?) consequences are nothing short of a crushing blow to those his efforts are said to protect. The […]

Steam Autumn Sale 2016 is officially in gear, discounting a massive 13,999 games. “Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Complete” is 92 percent off, “Just Cause 3: XL Edition” is 75 percent off, “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” + Add-ons is 75 percent off, and there are thousands of other titles on sale.  ( Steam ) Steam has officially kicked off its annual Steam Autumn Sale, offering massive discounts on […]

Symantec, a computer security company, has decided to buy identity-theft protection company called LifeLock for around $2.3 billion or $24 per stock. With the goal of improving its consumers’ computer security sector, Symantec has agreed to acquire LifeLock, seller of identity protection services. The board of directors for both companies has approved the deal, which was bound to close in the early part of 2017. The World’s […]

DUBAI // A gang loading stolen cables from a du signal station fled leaving even their vehicle when they were spotted by a security guard, Dubai Criminal Court heard on Tuesday. Prosecutors said that on April 18 last year the 22-year-old Pakistani defendant and a number of unidentified men stopped their van near the du station in Jebel Ali at about 4pm and broke the lock to […]

DUBAI // An Indian worker will spend six months in jail after being convicted of stealing Dh10,000 worth of signboards and selling them on for Dh350. Dubai Criminal Court was told that on August 24 this year the defendant, 27, waited until his workplace in Al Muraqqabat was empty before stealing 35 signboards along with some scaffolding and wood. The incident was discovered the next morning by […]

Moldova has elected as president a pro-Russian politician who has threatened to derail co-operation with the EU, in another setback for Brussels in eastern Europe. Igor Dodon, whose campaign called for closer ties with Moscow, had won 55.4 per cent of the vote with over 96 per cent of ballots counted, according to Moldova’s election commission. Mr Dodon’s election as head of state could strengthen Moscow’s hand […]

DUBAI// A maid confessed to stealing cash from her sponsor, but told judges that she took Dh10,000 less than what her employer claimed. The 28-year-old Filipina appeared at the Dubai Criminal Court charged with stealing Dh25,000. “But I didn’t steal Dh25,000 like they said, I only took Dh15,000,” said the woman. The court was told the maid had been stealing cash from her employer’s home since April […]

Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc said on Tuesday it would recall about 2,500 of its recently introduced Karma drones because they lost power during use. GoPro’s shares were down 4.7 percent at $10.35 in extended trading. The recall comes less than a week after GoPro downgraded holiday forecasts to $600 million to $650 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, below analysts average estimate of $666.14 million […]

DUBLIN Ireland’s government will this week formally submit its appeal against the European Commission’s multi-billion-euro demand for back taxes from Apple (AAPL.O), Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday. Ireland’s cabinet agreed in September to join the iPhone maker in appealing the Commission’s order that the U.S. tech giant pay up to 13 billion euros to Dublin after ruling the firm had received illegal state aid. [nL8N1BE1ZT] […]

Unemployed Ethiopian was arrested after getting involved in another theft case, police say. (via The National)

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