Global Poverty Set for Alarming Increase,...

The forecasts make for dismal reading. The coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the globe but one of the most alarming consequences of the potentially deadly pathogen will be a likely dramatic increase in poverty. According to major charities, banks and international agencies,as many as 420 million more people will slip into poverty this year — …

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Echoing Their Government, ‘Wolf Warriors’ Howl...

An article by Yu Gui writing on qq.com has collected some of Zhidao Xuegong’s more outrageous articles, with the author commenting, “In my opinion, the principle of this account is that ‘there are no rumors too wild to spread; there are only rumors that you fail to think of.’”

Mental Health, Juvenile Delinquency and Youth...

During the past decade, crime scheme keeps increasing in a geometric rate within the academic milieu, students as well as teachers are been victimized. This social exacerbation or adolescent misconduct is related but not limited to: illicit drugs smuggling and substance abuse, weapons brought to school, bullying, non-respect of educational norms, and challenging school authorities (Masitsa, 2008: 236 – 237). For example, the knife carrying culture in the United Kingdom, of adolescent delinquents has caused more injuries and deaths than gunshot incidents (2008: 39). Where as in South Korea, youths are engaged in cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse, linking it to the new economic cancer ‘cyber-crime’, which pose a serious challenge to the deeply conservative nation (Kim & Kim, 2008: 1– 15).

A New Ebola Outbreak in Western...

Addressing reporters on 1 Jun in Geneva, Tedros said the Congolese Government announced today that a new Ebola outbreak was detected near the city of Mbandaka in Équateur Province.

Chinese Police Target Activists Who Supported...

Xiao’s friend and fellow activist Liao Jianhao told RFA that his family were informed that he is under criminal detention when they went to inquire after him at the police station

Protesters in Some Cities Target Confederate...

In Charleston, South Carolina, protesters defaced a Confederate statue near The Battery, a historic area on the coastal city’s southern tip. The base of the Confederate Defenders statue, erected in 1932, was spray-painted, including with the words “BLM” and “traitors,” news outlets reported. It was later covered with tarp, photos show.

AU, UN Officials Voice Outrage at...

In the statement, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, “strongly condemns” police conduct in the Floyd case and extended his “deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Taiwan President Visits Hong Kong Bookseller’s...

Tsai’s visit came as Taiwanese lawmakers issued a cross-party joint statement criticizing Beijing’s plan to impose a draconian sedition and subversion law on Hong Kong, bypassing the city’s Legislative Council (LegCo)

Zero Deaths from Covid-19, But a...

Laos has achieved a number of ambitious development goals thanks to the market liberalization reform plan (the “Chintanakhan Mai”) introduced in 1986. Poverty levels have halved from 46.0% in 1993 to 23.3%. 2013 and GDP growth has averaged 7.8% over the past decade, with marked improvements in education and health. In 2018 the results of this growth,

Policing the Next Enemy: From Cyber...

The availability of security device and software in the black market is a prerequisite for the perpetration of cybercrimes such as credit card theft, online scams or identity theft. Cybercriminals and terrorists have a great advantage to coordinate large scale attacks and crimes with the help of information and communication technologies with minimal effort such as generating funds from small value transactions in order to finance terrorist attacks (Webb & Tomalewicz, 2016). The speed and anonymity of cyber-attacks makes it distinctive among perpetrators (terrorists, criminals, and nation states). Jihadist tendencies usually require little finance, for example the United Nations evaluated London bombings in 2005 at around $14,000, while the French Finance Minister Michel Sapin evaluated that of the Paris attacks in November 2015 to approximately $32,000. Contrary to coordinated attacks of 9/11 which were reported to have cost between $400,000 and $500,000 according to the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. There has been a large increase in the volume of cyber-attacks by organised criminal networks