Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data, police say
A Dutch hacker arrested in November obtained and offered for sale the full name, address and date of birth of virtually everyone in Austria, the Alpine nation’s police said ...
Amazon workers walk out over pay in first UK strike
Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England walked out on Wednesday in protest over pay, marking the first time the US tech company’s operations in Britain have faced ...
US, Germany to send scores of tanks to help Ukraine fight Russian invasion
The United States and Germany have announced plans to arm Ukraine with dozens of battle tanks in its fight against Russia, which denounced the decisions as an “extremely dangerous” step.
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Earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes, felt in Cyprus
A strong earthquake shook the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cyprus, witnesses said.
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Greek opposition submits censure motion over phone tapping scandal
The head of Greece’s largest opposition party submitted a censure motion against the conservative government on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of orchestrating mass wiretaps of political allies ...
European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia admissible
The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, ...
UK factories cut prices, helping BoE’s inflation fight
Britain’s manufacturers unexpectedly reduced their prices in December by the most since April 2020, welcome news for the Bank of England which is weighing up how much higher it needs ...
Microsoft outage hits users around the world
Microsoft on Wednesday was hit with a networking outage that took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook, potentially affecting millions of users globally.
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Binance moved $346 mln for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato, data show
Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346 million in bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by US authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine,” ...
As US-EU trade tensions rise, conflicting carbon tariffs could undermine climate efforts
By Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille, Gautam Jain and Sagatom Saha
Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and the European Union, two of the most important global leaders when it ...
Finland says time-out needed in talks with Turkey over NATO bid
Finland’s foreign minister said that a pause of a few weeks was needed in Finland and Sweden’s talks with Turkey on their application to join the NATO military ...
After a long, cold year, investors are flocking back to Europe
A European recession looked like a no-brainer just a few weeks ago, but that picture has changed dramatically, and investors have started pouring money into the region’s stocks, currency ...
U.S. targets Google’s online ad business monopoly in latest Big Tech lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department sued Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the digital advertising business and said Google should be ...
Musk tells jury he had ‘no ill motive’ behind Tesla tweet
Elon Musk testified on Tuesday that he had “no ill motive” when he tweeted in 2018 that he had funding lined up to buy out his electric car company Tesla Inc ...
Two British aid workers were killed during Ukraine evacuation
British voluntary aid workers Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw were killed during an attempted humanitarian evacuation in eastern Ukraine, Parry’s family said on Tuesday, weeks after they were reported ...
U.S. sees some Chinese companies helping Russia’s Ukraine effort -source
The United States has determined that some Chinese companies are providing non-lethal assistance to Russia for use in the Ukraine war and officials are noting their concern to the Chinese ...
Germany to send Leopard tanks to Kyiv, allow others to do so -source
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do so while the United States may supply Abrams ...
Twelve rescued after building collapses in India; more feared trapped
Rescue workers pulled 12 people, including two children, out of the rubble after a residential apartment block collapsed in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, but more were feared trapped inside, ...
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as California suffered ...
‘Elvis,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’ score Oscar best picture nods
The splashy “Elvis” biopic, dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and multiverse adventure “Everything Everywhere All at Once” landed nominations for best picture at this year’s Academy Awards on ...
Geely plans to turn maker of London black cabs into EV powerhouse
By Nick Carey
China’s Geely is planning a big investment to turn the maker of London’s iconic black taxis into a high-volume, all-electric brand with a range of ...
Florida manatees dying off at an alarming rate, experts say
By Maria Alejandra Cardona
Florida manatees, the gentle sea mammals known as “sea cows,” are dying in Florida at an alarming rate, mostly of starvation as their main staple of ...
Finland says time-out needed in talks with Turkey over NATO bid
Finland’s foreign minister said on Tuesday a time-out of a few weeks was needed in Finland and Sweden’s talks with Turkey on their application to join the NATO ...
WHO urges ‘immediate action’ after deaths from cough syrup
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three ...