Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCritics say the plan would erode the city's judicial independence Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong against a law critics fear could let China target political opponents in the territory.The controversial extradition bill would allow suspected criminals to be sent to mainland China…
Five days ago, the internet had a conniption. In broad patches around the globe, YouTube sputtered. Shopify stores shut down. Snapchat blinked out. And millions of people couldn’t access their Gmail accounts. The disruptions all stemmed from Google Cloud, which suffered a prolonged outage—which also prevented Google engineers from pushing a fix. And so, for…
FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - Group of 20 finance leaders agreed to describe global trade and geopolitical tensions as “intensified” but failed to express the desire to resolve them, three G20 sources said as a second day of meetings got underway on Sunday. Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso poses with delegation members for a family photo…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA look at the steps Mexico is taking to deal with migrants President Donald Trump has hailed a deal reached with Mexico to help stem the flow of migrants to the US after he threatened to impose trade tariffs.Under the deal, in which Mexico agreed to take…
Getty Images | NurPhoto The Trump administration would probably describe its Huawei export ban as a move that improves national security by keeping China's pet telecom company out of the US market. According to a report from The Financial Times, Google's recent discussions with the US government actually argue that the Huawei ban is bad for…
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico struck a deal on Friday to avert a tariff war, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and deploy security forces to stem the flow of illegal Central American migrants. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose 5% import tariffs on all…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNoor said he "knew in an instant" that he had made a mistake A former policeman in the US state of Minnesota has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for fatally shooting an unarmed woman who was trying to report a possible crime.…
Millions of Internet-connected machines running the open source Exim mail server may be vulnerable to a newly disclosed vulnerability that, in some cases, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute commands with all-powerful root privileges. The flaw, which dates back to version 4.87 released in April 2016, is trivially exploitable by local users with a low-privileged account…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely increased solidly in May, with wage gains expected to pick up, showing strength in the labor market before an escalation in trade tensions that analysts have cautioned could pressure an already slowing economy. FILE PHOTO: Brochures are displayed for job seekers at the Construction Careers Now! hiring event…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHundreds of veterans gathered in Normandy for the anniversary Hundreds of veterans have gathered in France to honour the sacrifice of those who died in the D-Day landings, drawing to a close two days of commemorations.World leaders attended ceremonies honouring Allied forces who fought in the largest…
