Day: August 22, 2023
High-Severity WinRAR Flaw Allows Hackers To Assume Control Over PCs
A recent study has detected a high-severity vulnerability with the WinRAR file archiver utility for Windows. Millions of people use WinRAR, which can be deployed to execute commands on a computer whenever a user opens an archive. WinRAR flaw allows hac…
Elusive Japanese “Ninja” Bear, Who Attacked 66 Cows, Killed
Hunters in Japan’s remote north have killed an elusive and infamous brown bear nicknamed “Ninja” that attacked at least 66 cows, officials said Tuesday.
First Thing: Biden tours Maui and vows support as 114 confirmed dead
850 people are still missing after the devastating wildfires as president and first lady visit the town of Lahaina. Plus, why sweat is our secret superpowerDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Eight hundred and fifty pe…
Holiday warning as four British tourists fined £30,000 EACH and kicked out of hotels after messing about on balconies
HOLIDAYMAKERS are being warned after five tourists were hit with a hefty £30,000 fine for performing silly stunts on hotel balconies.
The group – four of them Brits- were also kicked out of their hotels in Magaluf as the Spanish party resort c…
Real Estate Tycoon Srettha Thavisin Secures Votes to Become Thailand’s Next Prime Minister
The vote came shortly after former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, the spiritual leader of Srettha’s Pheu Thai Party, returned to Thailand after 15 years in self-exile.
Thai parliament elects real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as new prime minister
Real estate mogul Srettha Thavisin won the backing of Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday to become prime minister, paving the way to a new coalition government and an end to weeks of uncertainty and political stalemate.
Japan set to release water from Fukushima nuclear power plant into ocean later this week
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.
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Kids trapped after cable snaps in Pakistan
An urgent rescue is underway in Pakistan for eight children and two adults trapped in a chairlift dangling more than 200 metres off the ground.
News24 | Beat the heat and start work early, French grape-pickers advised
Grape-pickers in wine-producing regions of southern France have been advised to start work on the harvest in the early hours of the morning to avoid sweltering in a late summer heatwave.