Petter Tronstad steps down as CEO of niche shipowner JT Cement
Chartering manager of Thun Self Unloaders, Patrik Gandvik, is set to take over the Bergen-based role
Day: November 10, 2023
Hungary Fires Museum Director in Crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. Depictions
A government campaign against what it calls “homosexual propaganda” is unsettling booksellers and has resulted in the firing of the director of one of the country’s leading museums.
Korean President’s Battle Against ‘Fake News’ Alarms Critics
He calls fake news an enemy that threatens democracy. Critics of President Yoon Suk Yeol say he is silencing journalists in the name of fighting disinformation.
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 2023 Thousands of “Swiftes” filled the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, the superstar’s first-ever concert in Argentina. The Pan American Games Santiago 2023 came to a close as Mexico had its best pe…
Epic v. Google: internal documents show Google offered Netflix to pay only 10% of its in-app payments on Android in 2017; Netflix didn’t take the deal (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Epic v. Google: internal documents show Google offered Netflix to pay only 10% of its in-app payments on Android in 2017; Netflix didn’t take the deal — Netflix did, too. — In 2017, Goog…
Rethinking cyber risk: The case against spreadsheets
In this Help Net Security video, Christina Hoefer, VP of Global Industrial Enterprise at Forescout, discusses why it is time for manufacturers/OT security leaders to “toss the spreadsheet” regarding their traditional methods of tracking data for cyber …
Ransomware attack on China’s biggest bank disrupts Treasury market trades, reports say
A financial services business of China’s biggest bank says it was it by a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted trading in the U.S. Treasury market.
Ukrainian film-makers ‘looking for right angle’ as military drone operators
Cinematographer Yaroslav Pilunskiy and film editor Ivan Bannikov are part of drone unit fighting Russians in DonetskSometimes, if the situation allows on Ukraine’s brutal eastern frontline, Yaroslav Pilunskiy will fly his drone to “a place I know where…
Sweden’s schools minister declares free school ‘system failure’
Exclusive: Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor in her plans for education reformSweden has declared a “system failure” in the country’s free schools, pledging the biggest shake-up in 30 years and calling into question a mo…
After A String Of Defeats Myanmar’s Ruling Junta Now Facing A Serious Threat From Rebel Groups
Washington Post: Myanmar rebels claim major offensive, which analysts say threatens junta SINGAPORE — Rebel groups in Myanmar say they have scored a series of battlefield victories against the ruling junta, mounting what security analy…