Joshua Wong arrested: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Joshua Wong is a prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in Hong Kong, according to a statement by the political party he co-founded. The Demosisto party said he had been “forcefully pushed into a private minivan on the street” […]

Google finds ‘indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The attack affected all models of iPhone, up until the latest version, Google’s team said Security researchers at Google have found evidence of a “sustained effort” to hack iPhones over a period of at least two years. The attack was said to be carried out using websites which would […]

Russia swaps prisoners with Ukraine including filmmaker, says prosecutor

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sentsov had at one point been on hunger strike Russia has reportedly released Ukrainian sailors and the film-maker Oleg Sentsov from jail as part of a prisoner swap with Ukraine. The swap was reported in Facebook comments reposted by Ukraine’s top prosecutor. Sentsov was found guilty of plotting terrorist acts […]

Russia swaps prisoners with Ukraine including filmmaker, says prosecutor

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sentsov had at one point been on hunger strike Russia has reportedly released Ukrainian sailors and the film-maker Oleg Sentsov from jail as part of a prisoner swap with Ukraine. The swap was reported in Facebook comments reposted by Ukraine’s top prosecutor. Sentsov was found guilty of plotting terrorist acts […]

Google finds ‘indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The attack affected all models of iPhone, up until the latest version, Google’s team said Security researchers at Google have found evidence of a “sustained effort” to hack iPhones over a period of at least two years. The attack was said to be carried out using websites which would […]

Tamil family’s deportation from Australia halted mid-air

Image copyright HOMETOBILO/TWITTER Image caption Nadesalingam and Priya met and married in Australia after fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war Australian activists have managed to halt the midnight deportation of a Tamil asylum-seeker family as they were being flown out of the country. An injunction, granted mid-air, paused the removal of Nadesalingam, Priya, and their two […]

Google finds ‘indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The attack affected all models of iPhone, up until the latest version, Google’s team said Security researchers at Google have found evidence of a “sustained effort” to hack iPhones over a period of at least two years. The attack was said to be carried out using websites which would […]

Tamil family’s deportation from Australia halted mid-air

Image copyright HOMETOBILO/TWITTER Image caption Nadesalingam and Priya met and married in Australia after fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war Australian activists have managed to halt the midnight deportation of a Tamil asylum-seeker family as they were being flown out of the country. An injunction, granted mid-air, paused the removal of Nadesalingam, Priya, and their two […]

Tamil family’s deportation from Australia halted mid-air

Image copyright HOMETOBILO/TWITTER Image caption Nadesalingam and Priya met and married in Australia after fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war Australian activists have managed to halt the midnight deportation of a Tamil asylum-seeker family as they were being flown out of the country. An injunction, granted mid-air, paused the removal of Nadesalingam, Priya, and their two […]

Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of US 2020 race

Image copyright Sergio Flores/Getty Images Image caption Senator Kirsten Gillibrand campaigns in Iowa Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has ended her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Mrs Gillibrand announced her decision to withdraw in an online video after failing to qualify for a third Democratic debate next month. “After more than eight incredible months, […]

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