Jan 16, 2026Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Cyber Espionage A threat actor likely aligned with China has been observed targeting critical infrastructure sectors in North America since at least last year. Cisco Talos, which is tracking the activity under the name UAT-8837, assessed it to be a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with medium confidence based…
Tom Dunn,Liverpool Crown Courtand Jenny Coleman,North West Merseyside Police Nimalarajah Mathiyaparanam changed his plea to guilty after the trial had started A man who stabbed his estranged wife in a “merciless attack” at the shop where she worked on Merseyside has been jailed. Nimalarajah Mathiyaparanam, 47, admitted murdering Nilani Nimalarajah, 44, at Low Cost Food…
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Crystal Palace and Fiorentina face trips to eastern Europe in the Conference League after both preseason favorites found the opening phase tough and landed in the knockout playoffs round draw Friday. Palace is away in the first leg against Bosnian champion Zrinjski Mostar while Fiorentina — a two-time beaten finalist —…
The newest landmark office tower in Hong Kong’s main business zone is nearing full occupancy a year and a half after it welcomed its first tenants, suggesting improving fortunes in the city’s office property segment. The Henderson – the prime commercial development and namesake tower for one of Hong Kong’s largest developers – reached 90…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the media in Beijing after meeting with Chinese President Xi on Friday on the first visit to China by any Canadian leader since since Justin Trudeau in December 2017. Photo by Jessica Lee/EPA Jan. 16 (UPI) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in…
Photographer: Imaginechina/AP Photo In a nation where fortunes are typically forged in technology, property or finance, China’s richest man (according to Forbes) has built his empire on something far more elemental. At 71, Zhong Shanshan controls a fortune estimated at USD 74 billion through bottled water. Founder and chairman of Nongfu Spring, Zhong is an…
NEED TO KNOW Elizabeth Smart opens up about the horrors she endured for nine months in the new Netflix documentary, Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart Streaming Jan. 21, the documentary has Smart giving brutal details about being raped by Brian David Mitchell up to four times a day, being walked like a dog with a cable around…
Hong Kong homeowners could face a higher bar for approving major building renovation projects as the government considers doubling the in-person attendance threshold to 10 per cent or more, the Post has learned. In an exclusive interview with the Post on Friday, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen pledged to fast-track the…
Top News Highlights U.S. stock index futures showed mixed performance before Friday’s opening bell, with Dow futures down 0.02%, Nasdaq futures up 0.44%, and S&P 500 futures rising 0.13%. $Star Tech Stocks (LIST2518.US)$ Collective pre-market gains were observed, $Micron Technology (MU.US)$ rising over 5%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US) Up more than 2%, $ASML Holding(ASML.US)$ rose…
The final season of Game of Thrones may have provided considerably happier endings for most of its leading characters, but A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin seems to have envisioned a darker fate for most of them. In a recent interview, the veteran novelist shed some light on his plans for characters…