The idea of a comedy night in a country twisted out of shape by war, jars somewhat against the backdrop of blitz-like living conditions and mounting casualties in eastern Ukraine.
Serbia: 2nd ammonia leak in month sickens a dozen people
Authorities say an ammonia leak in a town outside Serbia’s capital has sickened around a dozen people and forced the evacuation of nearby homes
Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting
President Vladimir Putin’s shake-up of the military brass was seen as a bid to show that the Defence Ministry still has his support.
IT Governance Podcast 2023-1: more ransomware attacks on the education sector, and DPC and Meta sued
This week, we discuss a series of ransomware attacks on 30 schools and colleges in the UK, legal action against both Meta and the Irish Data Protection Commission following last year’s massive Facebook GDPR fine, and the third stage of a cyber-defence…
Sweden finds Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals, which could become ‘more important than oil and gas’
Swedish mining company LKAB discovered one million metric tons of rare earth oxides, which are used in electric vehicles and wind turbines.
Putin accused of ‘stealing Wagner’s victory’ as cracks show in Russia
Russia’s refusal to acknowledge the role of a shady military group has exposed a growing feud at the top of the dictatorship’s command.
Vulnerable software, low incident reporting raises risks
Beneath the buzz around tech innovations at CES were discussions about cybersecurity and how to prevent the next generation of tech from being just as vulnerable as the last.
South Korean police seek manslaughter and negligence charges against officials over crowd crush
An investigation into last year’s Halloween crush in the South Korean capital, in which nearly 160 people died, says 23 officials should be charged for an alleged lack of safety measures.
S Korea police seek to charge officials over 159 killed in crush
Inquiry finds officials in Seoul had failed to employ adequate crowd control for an expected Halloween crowd of 100,000.