Libya floods leave more than 5,300 dead, thousands more missing
A Libyan official who visited Derna said “25% of the city has disappeared,” and he expects the final toll to be “really, really big.”
Day: September 12, 2023
New Quantum Random Number Generator Could Revolutionize Encryption
Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption developed at Linköping University.
Australia weighs cat curfews and neutering requirements to rein in feral felines
Tanya Plibersek, Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Water, declared “war” on feral cats officials say harm other species and carry disease. Critics say the feline threat is overblown.
US Government Ordered to Urgently Patch Apple Zero-Day Bugs
Federal agencies have one month to fix BlastPass vulnerabilities
‘It was a little bit cursed’: how stolen Van Gogh was a ‘headache’ for the criminal world
‘Indiana Jones of art world’ traces lost artwork seized from museum during Covid lockdownIt was a masterpiece with a curse: an early Van Gogh worth €3m-€6m (£2.6m-£5.2m) stolen from a Dutch museum three years ago was being passed around the criminal wo…
Boris Johnson government ‘always hoped’ Northern Ireland protocol would collapse – UK politics live
Lord Frost, Brexit negotiator for former PM, tells House of Lords that government never wanted ‘unsatisfactory’ protocol to workRayner says Labour will update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century.The laws affecting union reps and offi…
Hopes fade for survivors as Morocco earthquake toll tops 2,800
Rescuers are racing against time to find survivors in the remote areas hit hardest by Morocco’s deadliest quake in more than six decades, with the death toll climbing to more than 2,800 people.
Morocco’s reluctance to accept quake aid baffles foreign governments
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UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people.
As Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, the West fears what Russia and North Korea are planning
The leaders of North Korea and Russia are expected to discuss deepening military, economic and geopolitical cooperation — as well as weaponry.