Новости за 18.09.2024

Getting sloppy, Xi

Exclusive  Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm's network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server.…

The New York Times reports that Elon Musk is now accompanied at all times by a private army of security professionals far beyond what other billionaires employ [New York Times; archive.org]. He leads a paranoid half-life and tweeted 159 times yesterday. — Read the rest

New Delhi [India], September 18: Australia's La Trobe University and India's Biotechnology Industry Research Association Council (BIRAC) have today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a Bio Innovation Corridor to support the development of research and innovation.

It seems ministers are “quietly ignoring” the Conservatives’ rule that civil servants should be in the office three days a week. It’s not much to ask for a nice, safe job and pension provision that the rest of us can only hanker after. But nope. Labour, once the party of the workers, is now the party of the workers from home. Ministers are taking a “less dogmatic” attitude to asking civil servants to turn up at all.

The WTO-FIFA “Partenariat pour le Coton” initiative launched a national consultations programme on 18 September in Cotonou, Benin, aimed at addressing key challenges and opportunities in the cotton sector, with the goal of unlocking the full potential of the industry. The kick-off event to launch the programme marked the beginning of multi-week consultations for the Cotton 4 (C-4) plus countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire.

At the first negotiation meeting on agriculture following the summer break on 18 September, WTO members discussed the way forward for the farm talks. The African Group and the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting countries reported progress on key issues in their discussions and expressed hopes of presenting joint proposals in the near future. Brazil proposed to establish a dialogue on sustainable agriculture.

Participating members in the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) met on 18 September to advance discussions on two key areas — capacity building for developing members and the potential creation of domestic inventories of trade-related plastic measures. The two topics are among the eight focus points outlined earlier this year. The DPP discussions aim at achieving meaningful outcomes in curbing plastics pollution at the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14).

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Dear [CHILD NAME],

I’m sorry. I really am. I have a job. And I raise you. And neither of those two things is as time-consuming or difficult as creating space on my iPhone.

I have iCloud Sync, but somehow, that’s designed so that if I delete a photo or video from my phone, it deletes from the cloud. It’s less of a digital storage solution and more of a digital data prison.

I have Google Photos, but my Google Drive is out of stock. I don’t know why. And I can’t bear to figure it out. Читать дальше...

The proposed “ethics code” for the justices is a misguided solution to a nonexistent problem.

Adam Lallana insisted Southampton FC will take confidence from their win over Everton in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening.

EU regulatory overreach has gone from a Brexiteer conspiracy theory and source of ridicule to something that  EU leaders themselves acknowledge and are trying to address. But when it comes to AI, they’re already behind, says James Price If you’ve bought a plastic drinks bottle in recent months, you may have noticed a maddening change – the lid can  no longer be detached from the rest of the bottle. You may find this rather annoying; you may even pretend to yourself that you like the increase in spills... Читать дальше...

Turkey’s ambitions to become a regional gas hub just received a fresh boost after the country signed a 10-year agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE), Turkey’s Daily Sabah reported on Wednesday.   Under the terms of the deal, the oil and gas supermajor will supply Turkish state energy firm BOTAS with 1.1 million metric tons annually (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 10 years starting in 2027. This marks the fourth long-term import deal BOTAS has signed with non-state-owned firms this year... Читать дальше...

Here's how I ensure my clothes stay wrinkle-free on every trip.

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Tottenham Hotspur may not be able to get their hands on Johnny Cardoso despite their purchase option as Calciomercato are now reporting that AC Milan... The post AC Milan want to beat Spurs to Johnny Cardoso, even with the purchase clause appeared first on Spurs Web.

FOX’s new mystery series, Murder in a Small Town, premieres Tuesday, September 24. It’s adapted from L. R. Wright’s nine-book series …

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Paddy Pimblett has a reputation for bulking up between fights and if you’ve ever wondered how, look no further than seeing him do his best Joey Chestnut impersonation.

NWU's degree offers students access to a network of innovators, entrepreneurs and alumni — providing hands-on learning experiences, internships and networking opportunities.

In the works for years, Collegio alla Querce, a 16th-century university building in Florence, is finally set to accept reservations. We got an exclusive glance at the property.

State of the Union: The international relations scholar was bearish that a second Trump term could successfully fight the administrative state.

Callum Campbell's Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacked the girl in Glasgow on in June 2022.

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Black and Latino voting organizations have teamed up for a new campaign touting the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to support the two communities over the last three years.  The Voto Latino Foundation and Vote To Live Foundation announced a new six-figure digital education campaign in partnership with Building Back Together for Black and Latino communities. The campaign,...