Tue 15 February 2022: SentinelOne, a cyber security platform based in the United States, has found a hacking tool that has been used to plant fake digital evidence on the target’s devices. Victims of this attack have been identified as human rights activists, journalists, professors, and attorneys based in India, including Rona Wilson, an activist […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: On Tuesday, the European Union’s data protection watchdog urged for the controversial spyware tool Pegasus, produced by the Israeli-based NSO Group, to be banned. The EDPS said use of Pegasus might lead to an “unprecedented level of intrusiveness, able to interfere with the most intimate aspects of our daily lives.” Israel […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday signed 13 agreements in various fields during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the Gulf country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the United Arab Emirates for the first time in nearly a decade, as ties improve between the two countries. […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted a further extension of the National State of Disaster on COVID-19, until 15 March 2022. The Ministry on Monday said the extension followed a special Cabinet meeting to determine the extent to which the management of the COVID-19 […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: Canada’s PM says move aims to support, strengthen law enforcement amid ongoing anti-government blockades and rallies. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked an emergency measure for the first time in the country’s history to give his government more power to respond to ongoing anti-government trucker protests. In a news conference on […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: The United Kingdom’s foreign minister has said Russia could invade Ukraine “at any moment”, citing the latest intelligence seen by London. “Latest information suggests Russia could invade at any moment and we urge the Kremlin to deescalate,” Liz Truss tweeted following a meeting of the government’s crisis response committee (COBR). “Our […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: Natural gas prices in March futures contracts in Europe started the first trading day of the week with a 14% increase, with the escalation in tension between Russia and Ukraine. The price of March futures contracts traded at TTF, the Netherlands-based virtual natural gas trading point, closed last week at around […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: Karnataka schools (up to Class 10) re-opened today amid controversy over the state barring Muslim students from wearing a hijab during classes. Classes 11 and 12 are closed till Wednesday. Petitions against the ban are being heard by the High Court. “Schools up to Class 10 will re-open from Monday. I […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: On Sunday, Canadian police arrested many demonstrators as they cleared protesters and vehicles that had blocked a crucial commerce route on the US-Canada border. However, by the time this report was published on Sunday, the bridge had not been reopened to traffic. Since Friday, police and protesters have been locked in […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: According to a statement released by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, a communications infrastructure used for drone attacks and located near the telecoms ministry in Sanaa was destroyed on Monday. In 2015, Riyadh entered the Yemeni civil war to aid the government in its fight against the Houthi […]
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