HELSINKI — Finland and Sweden recorded their coldest temperatures of the winter Tuesday when thermometers plummeted as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit) as a cold spell grips the Nordic region. Cold and snow disrupted transportation throughout the region, including in Norway where a major highway in the south was closed due … Read more
The South Korean capital, Seoul, has received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in December for more than 40 years, but there have been no reports of any deadly incidents SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean capital, Seoul, received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in December for more than 40 years on Saturday but there … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court on Tuesday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of covertly working for the Chinese Communist Party. A Victoria state County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong on a charge of preparing … Read more
The In-Season Tournament’s final matchup is set. Both the Lakers and Pacers went a perfect 4-0 in the tournament’s Group Play. They then handled business in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals of the Knockout Rounds for an opportunity to win the first-ever NBA Cup. LeBron James will now look to defy Father Time once again as … Read more
A team of hackers that have taken on the medical archives of a private hospital have just threatened to leak it all Hackers have just made shocking moves against the Royal Family by threatening to release private medical information about the future Queen of England, after the hospital, she received treatment in, got targeted. The … Read more
US Senator Ron Wyden wants the public to know about the details surrounding the long-running Hemisphere phone surveillance program. Wyden has written US Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter (PDF), asking him to release additional information about the project that apparently gives law enforcement agencies access to trillions of domestic phone records. In addition, he … Read more
The DAS program echoes multiple dragnet surveillance programs dating back decades, including a Drug Enforcement Agency program launched in 1992 that forced phone companies to surrender records of virtually all calls going to and from over 100 other countries; the National Security Agency’s bulk metadata collection program, which the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals … Read more
In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. And there’s no match for a World Cup final. The Sunday game has already topped 55 million concurrent viewers, shattering the 53 million milestone that was set just earlier this week. With no high-profile cricket game any time soon, Hotstar is likely to … Read more
MEXICO CITY — An opposition candidate for the mayorship of Mexico City accused the city prosecutor’s office of having filed a request for his phone records and those of other prominent politicians Thursday. The allegation is the latest suggestion that city prosecutors have abused their power for political ends. The prosecutors office “categorically denied” the … Read more
Image: Universal Pictures Step aside, Halloween Ends. Sorry ‘bout ya, The Super Mario Bros Movie. There’s a new boss in town, and he’s tall, furry, and reeks of pizza. After a big weekend at the theatrical box office, Five Nights at Freddy’s—which released the same day on Peacock—has also done huge numbers for the streamer. … Read more