China’s Sichuan Province Will No Longer Limit the Number of Children Anyone Can Have
The province’s relaxation of previously strict family planning measures comes as China reports its first population decline in 60 years.
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Teenager Arrested in Singapore After Allegedly Planning ISIS-Inspired Attack
An 18-year-old student was arrested in December after authorities determined that he posed an “imminent security threat.”
King Charles III Won’t Appear on Australia’s New $5 Bill
A new Indigenous design will replace the previous portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II
The Adani Crisis Could Push Clean Energy Investors Away From India
The Adani crisis is bound to affect how investors see the country, and how willing they are to provide capital for the energy transition.
‘Sushi Terrorism’ is the Viral Video Trend Spreading Food Safety Horror in Japan
A new trend in Japan has diners filming themselves violating food safety at sushi conveyor belt restaurants.
What Adani’s Downfall Tells Us About India’s Crony Capitalism
The allegations put a spotlight on the relationship between India’s business and political elite.
The Real Impact of Western-Supplied Arms to Ukraine
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: A crucial decision by Germany to provide Leopard II main battle tanks to Ukraine and to allow other Leopard-equipped militaries to do […] More
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Gautam Adani Started Last Week as Asia’s Richest Man. Now, He’s Not Even India’s
The Indian tycoon’s fortune slipped below Mukesh Ambani’s following a report that accused Adani Group of fraud.
What is Hindenburg Research, the Firm Accusing India’s Adani Group of Fraud?
Hindenburg Research made headlines last week after accusing Adani Group of a “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme.”
Passwords Are Terrible (Surprising No One)
This is the result of a security audit:
More than a fifth of the passwords protecting network accounts at the US Department of the Interior—including Password1234, Password1234!, and ChangeItN0w!—were weak enough to be cracked using standard methods, a recently published security audit of the agency found.
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The results weren’t encouraging. In all, the auditors cracked 18,174—or 21 percent—of the 85,944 cryptographic hashes they tested; 288 of the affected accounts had elevated privileges, and 362 of them belonged to senior government employees. In the first 90 minutes of testing, auditors cracked the hashes for 16 percent of the department’s user accounts…