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Hackers use developing countries as testing ground for new ransomware attacks

...Rather, developing countries had experienced increased activity as hackers in poorer countries could buy cheap ransomware and stage their own small attacks, DeGrippo said....

April 24, 2024

Asia maritime tensions

Tokyo in talks with Manila over sending troops to the Philippines

...He expected the two countries to conclude the RAA shortly after the trilateral summit, which will be held on April 12 in Washington....

April 3, 2024

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How to keep young people safe online

...Beyond the EU, countries including Australia and New Zealand have already introduced online safety regulations aimed at protecting the young....

May 8, 2024

EU budget rules

Eleven countries to breach EU deficit rules

...Countries in the eurozone could face fines if they don’t course-correct, while the non-euro countries face reputational risks....

April 29, 2024

News in-depthEU economy

‘Big Bang’ EU countries risk losing competitive edge

...“People in these countries feel as healthy as people in G7 countries up to the age of 70,” Javorcik said....

May 1, 2024

Climate change

Rich nations pledge $11bn to World Bank for climate and global crises

...The contributions from countries including the US, Japan, France, Germany and the UK will help to fund the bank’s portfolio guarantee scheme, which allows rich countries to pay borrowers’ debts, and its...

April 20, 2024

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JD Sports to deepen US reach with $1bn bid for Hibbett

...“You can easily see a scheme where we can cover the full country,” he said, adding that Hibbett’s warehouses in Alabama had excess capacity....

April 23, 2024

Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch

The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

...Is immigration good for a country, or bad? This question always strikes me as unhelpful. It depends on the country. Even if we couch the question strictly in economic terms, things vary....

April 26, 2024

EU trade

EU’s new environmental laws irk developing countries

...The EU has agreed two sweeping environmental laws despite warnings they would disrupt trade, damage competitiveness and alienate developing countries....

March 15, 2024

Toby Nangle

Singapore has lessons for countries worrying about debt

...Are there lessons to take from the country’s approach to debt? If so, they come from understanding how it has arisen....

March 28, 2024

Global Economy

Immigration boom helps boost growth in rich countries, says OECD

...Growth is projected at 1.7 per cent among the OECD member countries....

May 2, 2024

War in Ukraine

European countries rebuff Kyiv’s calls for more air defences

...“If the countries where they are located were now ready to hand them over to us, it would be a matter of a week and we would get them,” Kuleba said....

April 12, 2024

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Leaders of 17 countries call on Hamas to release hostages

...The statement represents an effort by the US and other countries to raise the pressure on Hamas after negotiations with Israel over a hostage deal stalled in recent weeks....

April 25, 2024

News in-depthSocial affairs

Support for change in law on assisted dying grows across the UK

...A growing number of countries are also considering whether to amend their rules....

April 6, 2024

The best books of the week

The First Cold War — when Russia and Britain were at odds

...One strength of Emerson’s book is that she reminds us how such actions — in Afghanistan as well as Persia — left abiding memories in these countries of the high-handedness of foreign imperialism....

May 9, 2024

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Natural gas

Ukraine energy chief calls on EU to help protect gas storage from Russia

...Ukraine has also continued to allow Russian gas to pass through the country under a deal Naftogaz signed with Russia’s Gazprom in 2019....

April 30, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

World leaders make renewed push to secure release of Gaza hostages

...The US statement was backed by leaders of several countries with citizens held hostage in Gaza, including France, Germany, Brazil and Thailand....

April 25, 2024

Borderlands

How Europe is paying other countries to police its borders

...There are other ways that agreements with third countries can backfire....

April 11, 2024

News in-depthGlobal Economy

The pandemic’s stark legacy: widening inequality between countries

...Across almost all regions, health and education outcomes have recovered, according to the index, but slower progress in the lowest-ranked countries has extended the gap with wealthier countries....

March 13, 2024

Aerospace & Defence

European defence groups warn over reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder

...He added: “We have to think about like-minded countries and who can we work with in the long term, who can we trust.”...

April 8, 2024

Disease control and prevention

Scientists develop simple test to boost cancer detection in poorer countries

...Scientists have developed a simple and affordable blood test to help spot cancer cases in low- and middle-income countries, marking the latest move to boost disease prevention among ageing populations....

April 22, 2024

Rana Foroohar

The White House knows that the global south has a point

...Such a system might, for example, offer technology transfers to developing countries in exchange for key commodities....

April 23, 2024

Emily Jackson

The UK’s assisted dying debate is reaching a tipping point

...The idea that assisted dying could never be safely legalised sits uneasily with the growing number of countries that have taken a different view, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Austria...

March 9, 2024

Trade SecretsAlan Beattie

The colonialist overtones of EU’s green trade crusade

...But the country’s palm-oil growers are still being forced to follow rules dictated in Europe....

April 25, 2024

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