The Treasury Department announced sanctions Friday against a prominent Shanghai-listed Chinese network security company for its role in a global attack affecting at least 260,000 internet-connected devices, roughly half of which were located in the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed his new defense minister as a “man of action” with a combination of “rich experience” and “executive capabilities.” But analysts describe Mr. Israel Katz as primarily a yes-man who will provide Netanyahu more freedom in pursuing wars on multiple fronts — and the path to the prime minister’s own political survival.
Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday. The lawsuit alleges TikTok's algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster franceinfo.
Timothy Lenderking, President Joe Biden’s special envoy to Yemen, has made several appeals to the Egyptians in recent months. He has done the same with the Saudis and other Arab partners, and each time his message is more or less the same.
LONDON — In a groundbreaking civil case, the British government settled out of court Thursday with the mother of a 9-year-old girl who was the first to have “air pollution” recorded as a cause on her death certificate. Environment Minister Emma Hardy met with the family and apologized on the behalf of the government, although she did not offer any new policy commitments.
United Nations report released Thursday said that nothing short of a “quantum leap in ambition” will suffice at a time when the world is on course to blow past all targets for limiting warming.
