WEBSITE OF THE YEARAPP OF THE YEARWorld25 Jan, 2022 05:29 PM3 minutes to readNew mask mandates, schools prepare for teaching under red and Russia massing troops on the Ukraine border in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ HeraldAuthorities have warned of QR code scams targeting the public.The barcode-style tech has offered a…...
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With “Partygate” still dominating the headlines it was always going to be a tough start of the working week for Boris Johnson. The prime minister’s Monday, however, got even worse when his counter-fraud minister quit over the government’s decision to write off £4.3bn in fraudulent Covid loans.At the dispatch box in the House of Lords…...
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Data theft from the Red Cross, a US Labor Department scam and a new firmware bootkit found.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, January 19th. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.The International Committee of the Red Cross is the latest victim of a supply chain cyber attack. The humanitarian agency…...
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National "I knew he was a real scammer. I just knew he wasn't going to scam me." By Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post January 24, 2022 Jean, a 73-year-old grandmother, was at her Long Island home Thursday morning when she received a phone call from a man claiming to be her grandson. He was in jail…...
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A quick-thinking grandmother from Long Island turned the tables on a suspected elder scammer after he called her up last week and pretended to be her grandson in desperate need of bail money following a DUI arrest. The woman, who identified herself as Jean, from Seaford, New York, saw right through the ruse. 'He starts calling me…...
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The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has called for absolute transparency regarding the housing beneficiary list, to ensure that beneficiaries know their place on the waiting list. The committee highlighted this during the first day of its oversight visits in Gauteng to assess progress in the implementation of human settlements targets by all spheres of…...
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By KANISHKA SINGH, Reuters Published January 26, 2022 7:02am An appeals court judge on Tuesday granted a stay in an appeal over mask mandates in New York, keeping the rule in effect during the legal process, New York Attorney General Letitia James said. A day earlier, a judge had struck down the state's mask mandate,…...
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PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s (pix) intention to appoint a Queen’s Counsel (QC) from the United Kingdom is because the QC has the experience and expertise to assist the former premier in complex issues and legal questions in his appeal to strike out his conviction and 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine for…...
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In headbands and tie-dye, they came out of the smoky shadows to celebrate Tuesday. Weed enthusiasts gathered in a celebratory mood to roll spliffs and get a head start on the legalization of recreational weed hours before it was officially announced in the late afternoon, with a cheer going up at 4:55pm. Among them was…...
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At least six vehicles conveying illegally refined crude oil have been destroyed by soldiers attached to144 Battalion of the14 Brigade of Nigeria Army in Ohafia, Abia State. The vehicles were intercepted at three locations within Owaza community in Ukwa West Local Government Area and along the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by soldiers on routine patrol, a source…...
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