A group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in the Japanese city of Kawasaki near Tokyo have been attacked by a man wielding a knife. The incident took place just before 08:00 local time on Tuesday (23:00 GMT Monday) near a local park and a train station. The driver of the Caritas bus told… Continue reading 2 DEAD,18 INJURED IN JAPAN SCHOOL CHILDREN ATTACK_Ada Nkong
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KENYA HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST SAME SEX MARRIAGE_Ada Nkong
Gender activists have described the Kenyan High Court ruling on Friday banning same-sex relations as "a blow to human rights.” “We are satisfied that the provisions (in the constitution) do not offend (homosexuals’) rights to dignity and privacy,” said judge Roselyne Aburili in the capital Nairobi. “We find that the sections are not unconstitutional,” Aburili… Continue reading KENYA HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST SAME SEX MARRIAGE_Ada Nkong
THERESA MAY RESIGNS_Ada Nkong
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced has resignation in an emotional address on Friday.This ended a three-year tenure of near-constant crisis over Brexit.According to her, “It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit”.
‘I MISS ARSENAL BECAUSE I LEFT MY HEART THERE’_WENGER
Wenger won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups after taking charge of Arsenal in 1996, becoming the north London side's longest serving and most successful manager. "I miss competition and I miss Arsenal because I left my heart in there," he explained. "I gave my life to this club for 22 years. Every… Continue reading ‘I MISS ARSENAL BECAUSE I LEFT MY HEART THERE’_WENGER
MOBILE USERS PRIVACY: Tor BROWSER FOR ANDROID 8.5 RELEASED
After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website. Tor’s been available in Windows, Mac and Linux versions for years, but the appearance of Tor Browser for Android 8.5 is still an important jump towards the mainstream for a browser… Continue reading MOBILE USERS PRIVACY: Tor BROWSER FOR ANDROID 8.5 RELEASED
IMPROVED ROUTING SECURITY: MICROSOFT JOINS MANRS INITIATIVE
The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative, supported by the Internet Society, today announced that Microsoft has joined the program whose primary objective is to reduce the most common threats to the Internet’s routing system. Routing security is vital to the future and stability of the Internet. Last year alone, there were 12,600 routing outages or… Continue reading IMPROVED ROUTING SECURITY: MICROSOFT JOINS MANRS INITIATIVE
WHATSAPP OUTAGE: USERS FREAK OUT GLOBALLY
Popular message service Whatsapp went down around the globe early this morning with thousands of users reporting having issues with the app. According to Downdetector which tracks outages for all kinds of digital services, WhatsApp crashed shortly after 5am this morning, with complaints spiking during the following hour. As is customary when one of the… Continue reading WHATSAPP OUTAGE: USERS FREAK OUT GLOBALLY
SIMPLIFIED CLOUD DATA PLATFORM: DATASTAX CONSTELLATION LAUNCHES LATER THIS YEAR
At its DataStax Accelerate user conference, DataStax, the company behind the leading database built on Apache Cassandra, announced DataStax Constellation, a cloud data platform that will simplify the development and operation of modern applications. Constellation will launch later this year with two cloud services: DataStax Apache Cassandra as a Service and DataStax Insights. DataStax Apache Cassandra… Continue reading SIMPLIFIED CLOUD DATA PLATFORM: DATASTAX CONSTELLATION LAUNCHES LATER THIS YEAR
FINANCIAL SECTOR UNDER SIEGE
Banks have long been the favorite targets of thieves and gangsters like John Dillinger, back in the 1930s. But increasingly, modern banking isn't conducted on Main Street. It's online and global, and the transactions never stop. But just as banking is changing, so is crime. Today's bank robbers have swapped their Tommy guns and masks for… Continue reading FINANCIAL SECTOR UNDER SIEGE
