Islands in the Pacific asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday to rule on countries’ legal obligations to stop climate change. With that move, the islands hope to increase pressure on polluting countries and “protect the rights of present and future generations from the adverse […]
Sixteen dead koalas have been found on a eucalyptus plantation in Melbourne, Australia. This was announced by the conservation agency of the state of Victoria on Monday. The sudden death of the animals puzzles animal conservationists. Thirteen cadavers were already discovered in mid-June, and now three more have been […]
The owner of the so-called clone site MyStalk has been sued by Meta. The parent company of Instagram and Facebook claims that the man collected unsolicited data from 350,000 people through automated Instagram accounts, including photos and videos. A supplier of software with which such data can be collected […]
The Hoover Dam, a hydroelectric power station near Las Vegas, is in danger of being shut down soon. Due to years of drought in the western United States, the volume of the water reservoir has been greatly reduced. The plant is to provide electricity to hundreds of thousands of […]
A massive outage at KDDI, Japan’s second-largest telecom operator, left nearly 40 million people around Tokyo without data or phones over the weekend. The breakdown started on Saturday morning after maintenance in a building west of Tokyo. The outage made it difficult to call, send messages or use data. […]
British postal workers are bitten by dogs an average of 32 times a week. The Royal Mail counted 1,673 dog bites in its postal workers from 1 April 2021 to 31 March this year. Some postal workers have been incapacitated for a long time or are now disabled, the […]
Russia ends all restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. For example, the mask obligation and restrictions in the catering industry will be abolished, consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has announced. The rules may be lifted thanks to the steady decline in deaths from the virus. Should the situation worsen […]
The malware was given the name YTStealer and seems to mainly target YouTube account logins to eventually take over the channels. The malware is particularly notable for its niche focus. YTStealer is built to steal login information and authentication tokens specifically for YouTube channels. However, according to security guard […]
The G7 countries will commit up to $5 billion for global food security, the US administration said. More than half of the amount will come from the United States, a senior US government official said Tuesday at the G7 summit in Elmau, Germany. The government representative accused Russian President […]
The Japanese government has called on the population to turn off unnecessary lighting for the next few hours to save electricity. Japan is currently being hit by a heat wave and massive amounts of electricity are being consumed for air conditioners. Due to that peak in power consumption, the […]
