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Google

Is My Google One Storage Plan Ripping Me Off?

Is Google ripping everyone off with its Google One cloud-storage service? I confess, this isnt something Ive thought about much, but a Lifehacker reader recently sent a letter to our tech-advice column asking this very question. Ill let George explain: I r…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Censored Internet

Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

The U.S. Department of Justice is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of two Russian hackers allegedly responsible for tens of millions of dollars in damages due to cybercrime. NBC News reported that Maksim Yakubets and Igor Tu…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Censored Internet

Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

Plus more news of the week, including a cyberattack launched by the Chinese government against protestors and malware targeting Facebook ad settingsThe U.S. Department of Justice is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of two Ru…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Global Warming

Azerbaijan plants 650,000 trees to celebrate poet – but green activists grumble

By Umberto Bacchi TBILISI, Dec 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Oil-rich Azerbaijan planted more than half a million trees on Friday to celebrate a 14th century poet, an initiative the government said would help tackle climate change but some environmental a…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Obamacare

‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Senator

An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost her reelection prospects, a degree of overlap that potentially violates the law, documents obtained by The Associated Press…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Joshua vs. Ruiz 2: Boxing’s biggest match highlights Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing” – Axios

Heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will try to replicate his stunning victory over Anthony Joshua in Saturday's rematch. It's a compelling sports story and arguably the year's biggest fight, but the controversial location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia casts a dark sha…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Palestine

Israel detains Palestinian Authority TV journalists in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on Friday detained four journalists from the Palestinian Authority’s official television station in Jerusalem, drawing protest from Palestinians who say their activities in the holy city are increasingly restricted. The …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Russia hands anti-Putin blogger surprise suspended sentence

Russia on Friday handed an unusually lenient three-year suspended sentence to a student convicted of making calls for extremism on a video blog condemning President Vladimir Putin. Yegor Zhukov, a 21-year-old student at Moscow’s prestigious Higher School of …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Hiroshima

Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into ‘war zone,’ health official says

The level of alarm is already high in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the Pacific island nation struggles with rising sea levels and the after-effects of decades of U.S. nuclear testing on its atolls. This week, the picture grew even bleaker, as cli…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Water Pollution

NGT directs 100% treatment of sewage entering rivers

Water pollution situation is grim in the country, the National Green Tribunal said Friday and directed 100 per cent treatment of sewage entering the rivers across the country by March 31 next year. The NGT warned that if this is not done, the local bodies and…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Is My Google One Storage Plan Ripping Me Off?

Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

Two Russian Hackers Wanted for Widespread Cyberattacks | Avast

Azerbaijan plants 650,000 trees to celebrate poet – but green activists grumble

‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Senator

Joshua vs. Ruiz 2: Boxing’s biggest match highlights Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing” – Axios

Israel detains Palestinian Authority TV journalists in Jerusalem

Russia hands anti-Putin blogger surprise suspended sentence

Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into ‘war zone,’ health official says

NGT directs 100% treatment of sewage entering rivers

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