Thursday, April 7, 2022

Microsoft reports disrupting hacking attempts on Ukrainian, EU and U.S. targets

Microsoft logo on display at Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in March 2022

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it had disrupted hacking attempts by Russian military spies aimed at breaking into Ukrainian, European Union, and American targets.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/microsoft-russia-hack-attempts-ukraine-eu-us-1.6412697?cmp=rss

N.Y. attorney general wants Trump held in contempt for not handing over documents

Former U.S. president Donald Trump at rally in Michigan in April 2022

New York's attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for her civil probe into the former U.S. president's business practices.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-documents-contempt-ny-attorney-general-1.6411906?cmp=rss

He's back: Tiger tees off at Masters in 1st competitive tournament since car crash

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Against all odds, Tiger Woods teed off in the Masters on Thursday for his first truly competitive tournament since a car wreck that damaged his right leg so badly he was faced with the prospect of amputation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/masters-thursday-tiger-back-1.6411673?cmp=rss

Meta plans virtual currency, creator coins for its apps

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Meta Platforms Inc is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps. The aim is to use such virtual tokens for rewarding creators and lending and other financial services, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/zuck-bucks-currency-1.6411592?cmp=rss

Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown is so strict, people are now running out of food

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Residents of Shanghai are struggling to get meat, rice and other food supplies under anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25 million people in their homes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-shanghai-lockdown-coronavirus-food-shortage-1.6411354?cmp=rss

Beverley McLachlin should step down from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

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McLachlin’s continuing presence on the court lends her credibility (and Canada’s) to China’s program to dismantle democracy and the rule of law in Hong Kong, writes Matt Malone.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-beverley-mclachlin-hong-kong-court-1.6410140?cmp=rss

Turkish court halts trial in Khashoggi killing, transfers case to Saudi Arabia

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A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and for the case to be transferred to Saudi Arabia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/khashoggi-suspects-turkey-suspends-trial-1.6411324?cmp=rss