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Animal Protection

New road signs warn drivers not to run over hedgehogs whose numbers have halved since 2000

Road signs featuring a hedgehog will be installed across the UK warning drivers to be wary of wildlife. They will be placed in areas with high accident rates and large numbers of small animals including otters, squirrels and badgers. Latest figures show tha…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Riots

Hong Kong protesters slam leader’s apology, demand she quit – CTV News

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers and activists rejected a new apology Tuesday by the city's leader over a highly unpopular extradition bill, demanding that she quit and that the legislation be scrapped completely. Lam's plea for "another chance" drew a chor…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

NSA

Capt Amarinder Singh placates sulking O P Soni

According to sources, Soni was shifted out for having issues with Education Secretary Krishan Kumar. (File photo) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has placated his Cabinet Minister O P Soni, who was upset after having lost his Education portfolio recent…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Russia says dialogue only way to achieve peace on Korean Peninsula

Iran Press TV Mon Jun 17, 2019 04:15PM Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says dialogue is the "only possible way" to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula and that Russia will work to promote the negotiation process to resolve the crisis in the region.…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Venezuela

US Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective

While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announced its intention to bring …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Android

Sad SACK: Linux PCs, servers, gadgets can be crashed by ‘Ping of Death’ network packets

It is possible to crash vulnerable network-facing Linux servers, PCs, and gadgets, or slow down their network connections, by sending them a series of maliciously crafted packets. It is also possible to hamper vulnerable FreeBSD machines with the same attack.…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Astroturfing

Israel Directs ‘Sophisticated Campaign’ of Anti-BDS Astroturfing via Shady Front Group

Asa Winstanley, an investigative journalist and associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, told Sputnik that Israel spends $1 million a year on an online influence campaign aimed at slowing the momentum of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movem…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Drones

Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls

In the wild, monkeys need to keep their eyes peeled for all sorts of dangers, like leopards and eagles and snakes. But the green monkeys studied by Julia Fischer of the German Primate Center have an additional challenge: they also have to scan the skies for d…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Protests rattle Hong Kong — and Beijing

Democracy is in decline worldwide, with authoritarianism on the rise in numerous nations, including China. So it is particularly encouraging that people peacefully marching can still have an impact, as they have in Hong Kong in recent days. Up to 2 million p…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

NSA

CISA joins the NSA in advising legacy Windows users to patch against BlueKeep vulnerability

In context: Microsoft has been trying its best to convince legacy Windows OS users (7 or older) to patch their machines against a serious new RDP vulnerability dubbed "BlueKeep." BlueKeep is particularly dangerous due to its "wormable" nature -- attacks that …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

New road signs warn drivers not to run over hedgehogs whose numbers have halved since 2000

Hong Kong protesters slam leader’s apology, demand she quit – CTV News

Capt Amarinder Singh placates sulking O P Soni

Russia says dialogue only way to achieve peace on Korean Peninsula

US Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective

Sad SACK: Linux PCs, servers, gadgets can be crashed by ‘Ping of Death’ network packets

Israel Directs ‘Sophisticated Campaign’ of Anti-BDS Astroturfing via Shady Front Group

Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls

CISA joins the NSA in advising legacy Windows users to patch against BlueKeep vulnerability

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