World War 4.0: How future global conflict will be fought online
9/8/2018, 2:17:30 PMTHE WORLD should prepare for a global war fought in cyber space, an expert has warned. ✔ Such attacks are possible because of interconnected systems coupled with our growing dependence on computer systems, he believes ✔ Governments and companies now understand that in some cases it is much cheaper and more effective to just hire ten talented students and give them a laptop than it is to build an aircraft carrier or missiles ✔ If you want to be protected, keep you head switched on and employ effective anti-versus software
Pentagon chief Mattis holds talks in UAE after Yemen warning
9/8/2018, 2:02:55 PMAbu Dhabi's crown prince says 'defence and military ties' and 'issues of mutual interest' discussed in the meeting. ✔ Last month, Mattis said that the US has been working with Saudi Arabia and the UAE to improve targeting and recognises that tragedies have occurred ✔ According to the UN, more than 10,000 people have been killed in the war in Yemen - a death toll that has not been updated in years and is certain to be far higher
French actor Gerard Depardieu spotted in North Korea ahead of regime's 70th anniversary
9/8/2018, 1:31:55 PMGérard Depardieu, the enfant terrible of French cinema, has been spotted in the North Korean capital Pyongyang hours before the 70th anniversary of the country's birth. ✔ But, a delegation from the Turkish friendship association was kind enough to share this selfie taken at the airport pic.twitter.com/TuBbJf2Iuu Oliver Hotham (@OliverHotham) September 7, 2018 Scores of pro-North Korea friendship organisations and government delegations have been arriving in the North Korean capital in the past few days for the event
Kim Jong-un readies ‘North Korea's biggest missile EVER’ to break 285 day silence TONIGHT
9/8/2018, 3:07:35 PMNORTH Korea is feared to be preparing its biggest missile test ever after 285 days of silence to mark Kim Jong-un’s kingdom’s 70th birthday. ✔ Pyongyang brought the world terrifyingly close to war last year as Kim fired missile after missile and detonated a hydrogen bomb ✔ GETTY PALS: Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump appear to have a friendly relationship 38North have however not noted any missile launch preparation despite the warnings from defectors earlier this year
Can Trump Win If He Escalates His China Trade War?
9/8/2018, 1:25:00 PMPresident Donald Trump is threatening to intensify an ongoing trade war by rolling out tariffs on $267B worth of Chinese exports to the U.S. ✔ Trump later said duties on Chinese imports are justified after decades in which China tilted the playing field, including by devaluing its currency and forcing American companies to share their technology ✔ Some practices are blatant, such as quotas and subsidies for domestic industries (which Trump also accuses China of doing); others are less obvious, such as unusual product specifications, lengthy inspections of goods at entry ports and intricate licensing requirements
Full horror of the Holocaust revealed in heartbreaking colourised photos of starving death camp victims
9/8/2018, 3:34:43 PMTHESE colourised images shed new light on the horror of the holocaust. Many images of the World War Two genocide were shot in black and white but thanks to the skills of a teenage photographer, som… ✔ The original black and white photographs were colourised by Joel Bellviure, aged just 17, who lives between Palma, Mallorca and Barcelona, Spain ✔ He said:A colourised Holocaust picture can raise awareness that, although being seventy years old, the essence of evil will never evolve, that death doesn't need to be romanticised because of being in black and white ✔ This was around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945
In Burkina Faso, the terrorist threat is spreading to the east
9/8/2018, 2:56:18 PMBurkina Faso has become a frequent target for terrorist attacks. But while jihadist activity was previously confined to the north of the country, it is now moving to the east, a region already suffering from rampant organised crime. ✔ In March 2018, a coordinated pair of terrorist attacks struck the French embassy in Ouagadougou and the General Staff of the Burkinabé armed forces, killing eight soldiers and wounding 60 people – and exposing the vulnerability of the fledgling democracy, after 27 years of Compaoré’s strongman rule
Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead
9/8/2018, 2:48:14 PMClashes erupted on Saturday between U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Syrian troops in the centre of the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria that left at least 18 people killed, Kurdish forces said. ✔ Fighting in Qamishli, near the Turkish border, which erupts occasionally, disturbs a peaceful co-existence where the Syrian state has slowly expanded its influence, residents say ✔ Syrian President Bashar al Assad has turned a blind eye to YPG control of Kurdish-populated cities since the 2011 uprising in which his army has focused on fighting mainly Sunni rebel factions seeking to topple his rule ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib
9/8/2018, 1:43:10 PMBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province with the "most intense" airstrikes in weeks, according to activists ✔ BEIRUT (AP) Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province with the most intense airstrikes in weeks, according to activists and a war monitoring group, ratcheting up military pressure on the densely populated rebel-held bastion ✔ Occasional clashes erupt there over turf control and authority, reflecting deepening political tension between the uneasy partners
Auschwitz and Buchenwald bought to life in colourised images
9/8/2018, 12:52:24 PMWARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Piles of dead bodies and golden wedding bands taken from prisoners at Buchenwald have been colourised in this project made to remind of the evils of war. ✔ The women had been buried in shallow graves in Volary, and the bodies were exhumed by German civilians working under direction of medical personnel of the 5th Infantry Division, to rebury them in a local cemetery The Holocaust was a genocide during World War Two in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945
German investigators say Chemnitz attack video genuine
9/8/2018, 1:26:23 PMBERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors leading the investigation into a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz said Saturday there's no evidence a video showing protesters chasing down and attack ✔ BERLIN (AP) Prosecutors leading the investigation into a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz said Saturday there's no evidence a video showing protesters chasing down and attacking a foreigner is fake, despite comments from Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic spy chief questioning its authenticity ✔ Maasen will now have to explain how he came to his assessment and why he made it known in the media, Sensburg told the Handelsblatt newspaper
For two years Australia has been without a US ambassador, but that may not be a bad thing
9/8/2018, 2:13:17 PMTrump appointees have already caused difficulties for their hosts elsewhere. ✔ Director of the Lowy Institute Michael Fullilove does not believe the Asian summits will suffer for Trump’s absence ✔ This was perceived as a threat and a serious breach of diplomatic norms ✔ As one senior Australian official put it: Don’t hold your breath
GRU: Attack dog of Russian intelligence
9/8/2018, 2:39:04 PMThe storyline's straight out of a spy thriller: two men allegedly dispatched from Moscow to eliminate a defector in a quiet English city -- but leaving traces of their movements everywhere to be painstakingly recreated by the intrepid British police. ✔ MUST WATCH 2 Russians to be charged in Novichok poisoning 02:01 London (CNN)The storyline's straight out of a spy thriller: two men allegedly dispatched from Moscow to eliminate a defector in a quiet English city -- but leaving traces of their movements everywhere to be painstakingly recreated by the intrepid British police ✔ Thomas Rid, currently a Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University, told a US Senate panel last year that by early 2015, GRU was targeting military and diplomatic entities at high tempo, especially defense attachés world-wide
Where is bin Laden's partner in crime, Ayman al-Zawahiri?
9/8/2018, 12:30:27 PMMichael Smerconish writes that as we reach the 17th anniversary of 9/11, it's vital to keep the search going for al Qaeda's leader, who helped launch the terrorist group with Osama bin Laden ✔ MUST WATCH Al Qaeda leader calls for U.S. attacks 02:28 Michael A ✔ Last week, I asked Bergen for his thoughts as to Zawahiri's whereabouts ✔ Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told members of the Senate in March that al Qaeda remains a serious and persistent threat to U.S. interests worldwide, and in South Asia, retained the intent and limited capability to threaten coalition and Afghan forces and interests in the region
‘Developing nation’ US can’t afford to subsidize India & China, says Trump
9/8/2018, 2:49:46 PMPresident Donald Trump says the United States is a “developing nation” and can’t afford to subsidize countries like India and China anymore. He said the US is going to stop the “crazy” practice. ✔ Trump was addressing a cheering crowd at a fundraiser in Fargo, North Dakota on Friday and announced that he wants to stop helping to fund growing economies like India and China, focusing on the US instead ✔ Like India, like China, like others we say, ‘Oh, they’re growing actually ,’ President Trump said
Read the Latest Edition of CEO Daily
9/8/2018, 1:57:40 PMThe special Sino Saturday edition by Clay Chandler. ✔ The measures include upgrading an app function that allows passengers to call the police, increasing driver background checks and trialling in-trip audio recording ✔ Shanghai Phoenix, a Chinese bicycle manufacturer, has sued Alibaba-backed bike sharing start-up Ofo for $10 million in unpaid bills ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here
Is living overseas all it’s cracked up to be?
9/8/2018, 2:02:44 PMLiving abroad for work conjures images of amazing experiences and grand adventures – but does the reality match the promise? ✔ That was a hugely significant moment for him and for the team ✔ My husband Travis and I also wanted to give our two sons an international upbringing ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and the Sunday Age on sale September 9
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