State-sponsored programs from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea pose the greatest high-tech threats to Canada, a report from the nation’s authority on cybersecurity warned Wednesday. “The number of cyber threat actors is rising, and they are becoming more sophisticated”, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said. The center found that those four countries are […]

Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday. If he were to run and be reelected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029. With two months to go before he even gets the keys to the Oval […]

Eight people died while 20 others injured as roof collapsed at a wedding ceremony on Wednesday in Pakistan’s northwest Kurram Tribal District, local media reported. According to the reports, the roof collapsed at the wedding ceremony in Pewar area of Parachinar Region of Kurram, a tribal district in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The […]

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), on Wednesday approved the extension of an emergency decree for 45 days to stem the spread of COVID-19.   The extension will span through the New Year festival and an international badminton tournament, CCSA spokesman, Taweesin Visanuyothin confirmed.   Taweesin also said that the CCSA had also approved […]

Iran’s launch of next-generation uranium enrichment equipment last week amounts to blackmail, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday. Tehran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, said earlier that there was a realistic chance of mending the 2015 fraying nuclear accord under the upcoming U.S. presidency of Joe Biden. However, his conciliatory message came as the International […]