Hackers target smartphones to mine cryptocurrencies
PARIS: Has your smartphone suddenly slowed down, warmed up and the battery drained down for no apparent reason? If…
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Reminder: Your smartphone is likely tracking your location
PARIS: A new lawsuit accusing Google of tracking people’s locations against their will has served as a reminder that…
Intense fighting erupts in Kabul after rockets fired
KABUL: Afghan security forces battled militants in Kabul’s old quarter yesterday, with military helicopters firing above a mosque to quell…
Over a million people in flood relief camps
CHENGANNUR, India: More than one million people have packed relief camps to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed more…
Speed of Rohingya return is up to Bangladesh — Suu Kyi
SINGAPORE: Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday it was up to Bangladesh to decide how quickly Rohingya refugees would return…
Aid agencies rush to help survivors of Lombok quakes
SUGIAN, Indonesia: Indonesian aid agencies and government officials rushed yesterday to help survivors after another series of powerful quakes rattled…
Venezuelans continue to flow into Brazil
PACARAIMA, Brazil: Venezuelans desperate to leave their collapsing country continued to flow into Brazil on Monday despite fear of anti-migrant violence…
Mali’s top court declares Keita president
BAMAKO: Mali’s Constitutional Court declared Ibrahim Boubacar Keita president after the 73-year-old incumbent won elections that his opponent, former minister…