Uber says hackers behind 2016 data breach were in Canada, Florida The two people who hacked ride-hailing firm Uber’s data in 2016 were in Canada and Florida at the time, a company security executive told a U.S. congressional committee on Tuesday. About 25 million people whose data was compromised in […]
Apple brings Alibaba-linked payment system into China stores amid market push Apple Inc will accept Chinese mobile payment app Alipay in its local stores, boosting its ties with giant e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd amid a push by the iPhone maker to revive growth in the world’s No.2 economy. […]
ASEAN hopes to expedite code of conduct on South China Sea: Singapore The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is hoping to expedite negotiations on a code of conduct with China for the disputed South China Sea but it isn’t realistic to expect an agreement within a year, Singapore’s defense minister […]
German coalition negotiators push through until dawn German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) negotiated through the night into Wednesday in a marathon final push to try to nail down a new coalition agreement. Negotiators from the two blocs remained locked in talks just before dawn at […]
Polish president signs Holocaust bill, triggers Israeli, U.S. criticism Poland’s president signed into law on Tuesday a bill that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, prompting sharp criticism from Israel and the United States. Andrzej Duda said in a televised address the legislation would […]
Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement: military A Palestinian assailant was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said. The civilian guard, stationed at the Karmei Tzur settlement north […]
Pence views Japan’s missile defense with North Korea on agenda for talks U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan’s last line of defense against any possible North Korean missile strike, in Tokyo on Wednesday on his way to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. […]
At least 4 dead in Taiwan earthquake, 145 missing Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 145 people missing after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien overnight. At least four people […]
European economy can help BNP clear low return bar Europe’s recovering economy can help BNP Paribas clear a low return bar. Aiming for a return on equity of 10 percent – roughly in line with the French bank’s cost of capital – over the next two years might suggest a […]
Appeals court rejects challenge to Trump University settlement A federal appeals court has upheld the $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to in a bid to resolve long running lawsuits claiming fraud in his Trump University real estate seminar venture. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a […]
