Tag: World

NCA Boss Says Agency Had No Power to Prosecute Russian Cyber Gang

Russian hackers who were sanctioned for targeting hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t be prosecuted because the National Crime Agency (NCA) lacks the legal power, the head of the agency said. NCA Director General Graeme Biggar told a joint committee of parliamentarians that the agency would “very much like” its extraterritorial jurisdiction expanded so it can…


UN Adopts Landmark High Seas Treaty to Protect International Waters

The United Nations on June 19 adopted a landmark legally binding international marine biodiversity agreement to govern the high seas following nearly two decades of fierce negotiations. The agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty or the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty, was adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction…


1,100 Migrants Arrive on Small Boats in Past Three Days

More than 10,000 migrants have been detected arriving in the UK on small boats this year—with 1,100 in the past three days. The jump in arrivals is still 1,000 fewer than those recorded at the same time in 2022. According to Home Office data charting the daily journeys, some 486 people made the dangerous journey…


1,100 Illegal Immigrants Arrive on Small Boats in Past 3 Days

More than 10,000 illegal immigrants have been detected arriving in the UK on small boats this year—with 1,100 in the past three days. The jump in arrivals is still 1,000 fewer than those recorded at the same time in 2022. According to Home Office data charting the daily journeys, some 486 people made the dangerous…


Electric Aircraft Maker Eve Partners With Blade to Expand ‘Flying Cars’ in Europe

Electric air vehicle manufacturer Eve Air Mobility said Monday that it would extend its existing partnership with Blade Air Mobility to integrate its upcoming “flying cars” into Blade’s European route network. The companies announced their extended partnership at the Paris Air Show held in Le Bourget on Monday, which will integrate Eve’s state-of-the-art electric vehicle…


5 People Onboard Missing Titanic Submarine Expedition Likely in ‘Dire Situation’

The five people onboard the tourist submarine that went missing on June 18 while exploring the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean are likely “very uncomfortable” and in a “dire situation,” an expert has warned. The 21-foot submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, was reported missing on Sunday about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, after it failed…


Penalties Sharpened for Possessing a Knife in Public

Anyone wielding a knife in public in New South Wales (NSW) risks an $11,000 fine as the government promises to crack down on street violence. Police Minister Yasmin Catley says a two-day operation targeting knife-related crime last month led to 172 people being charged with 565 offences and 294 knives seized. She said the operation…


Marxist Radical a Key Actor Behind ‘The Voice’

A prominent Indigenous activist and advocate of changing Australia’s Constitution has been revealed to have praised communism’s influence in the “struggle” of Aboriginal people, talked about punishing politicians and pushed for Australians to pay reparations to Indigenous Australians. Thomas Mayo (or Mayor) is the national Indigenous officer of the Maritime Union of Australia. He was…


Goldman Sachs Cuts China Growth Forecast While Experts Predict Beijing’s Stimulus Measures Will Be Ineffective

Goldman Sachs has become the latest Wall Street bank to cut its growth forecast for China, as the world’s second-largest economy continues to lose momentum with persistently weak confidence. Experts believe the Chinese communist regime’s stimulus measures to remedy this won’t be effective due to macroeconomic issues. Goldman Sachs’s analysts lowered China’s 2023 gross domestic…


Greenwash Claim as Miner Pledges to Stay Away From Town

Environmentalists have dismissed a pledge by alumina giant Alcoa not to mine near a tourist town home to ancient Jarrah forests. The company says it will not seek to mine within three kilometres of Dwellingup, in the Darling Range southeast of Perth, committing to an exclusion zone across its bauxite mining lease more than four…