Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Color me not surprised, but it looks like Chinese hackers are continuing their penetration into US systems. North Korea calls for a formal peace treaty with the US as reunions get underway. Plus the Maldives reverses an archaic death sentence.
Chinese firms continue cyber assaults on US companies
CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity firm, says Chinese hackers were trying to break into US technology and drug firms to steal their trade secrets the day after a new agreement with Washington to stop such actions. This news largely came as no surprise to anyone familiar with the ongoing difficulties in this sector and viewed the agreement between Washington and Beijing as nothing more than words spoken at the podium, despite the arrests made last week.
North Korea ready for peace
For years, I’ve mentioned that it’s pointless to engage in talks with North Korea because Pyongyang and the rest of the world are on polar opposite sides of the issue with it comes to nuclear development and missile capabilities. There simply isn’t a middle ground to reach, using the same old tired approach. So it was no surprise that after South Korean President Park Guen-hye and US President Obama called on Kim Jong-un to scrap his nuclear and missile programs, North Korea rejected the measures. However, what was different this time, as that the DPRK formally requested peace talks with the US.
Maldives reverses course on archaic death sentence
The Maldives is a popular honeymoon destination for many, but also a nation where if you’re convicted of participating in an extramarital affair, you may find yourself sentenced to a public flogging. However, the small island archipelago made news recently when it sentenced a woman convicted of adultery to death by stoning.
Well, the nation’s highest court stepped in and reversed the decision. The woman had been convicted of adultery on a small, remote island that’s had a rise in Islamic extremism. While the nation does abide by some elements of Sharia law, it also possesses some aspects of English common law.
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Color me not surprised, but it looks like Chinese hackers are continuing their penetration into US systems. North Korea calls for a formal peace treaty with the US as reunions get underway. Plus the Maldives reverses an archaic death sentence.
Chinese firms continue cyber assaults on US companies
CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity firm, says Chinese hackers were trying to break into US technology and drug firms to steal their trade secrets the day after a new agreement with Washington to stop such actions. This news largely came as no surprise to anyone familiar with the ongoing difficulties in this sector and viewed the agreement between Washington and Beijing as nothing more than words spoken at the podium, despite the arrests made last week.
North Korea ready for peace
For years, I’ve mentioned that it’s pointless to engage in talks with North Korea because Pyongyang and the rest of the world are on polar opposite sides of the issue with it comes to nuclear development and missile capabilities. There simply isn’t a middle ground to reach, using the same old tired approach. So it was no surprise that after South Korean President Park Guen-hye and US President Obama called on Kim Jong-un to scrap his nuclear and missile programs, North Korea rejected the measures. However, what was different this time, as that the DPRK formally requested peace talks with the US.
Maldives reverses course on archaic death sentence
The Maldives is a popular honeymoon destination for many, but also a nation where if you’re convicted of participating in an extramarital affair, you may find yourself sentenced to a public flogging. However, the small island archipelago made news recently when it sentenced a woman convicted of adultery to death by stoning.
Well, the nation’s highest court stepped in and reversed the decision. The woman had been convicted of adultery on a small, remote island that’s had a rise in Islamic extremism. While the nation does abide by some elements of Sharia law, it also possesses some aspects of English common law.
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