US, Allies Accuse China of Working with Criminal Hackers
July 19, 2021
In this file illustration photo, computer code is seen on a screen above a Chinese flag. Image created on July 12, 2017. (REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo)
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hackers to carry out major computer attacks worldwide.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday, that China had shown “irresponsible,
disruptive, and
destabilizing behavior in cyberspace.” Such activities present “a major threat to our economic and national security,” he added.
Joining the U.S. in condemning China’s actions were NATO, the European Union, Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
South Korea Bars Fast Exercise Music
July 18, 2021
Gym member exercising at a fitness club in Seoul, South Korea, July 12, 2021. South Korea has added a requirement that gyms must not play music that is too fast. The government set a limit of 120 beats per minute. (REUTERS/Heo Ran)
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Many people who exercise need good music to get themselves through their workout. But in South Korea, their choice of music had been reduced under new COVID-19 rules.
The country has increased social distancing and travel restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Now, South Korea has added a requirement that
How Job Training for US Students Can Get Better
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Monica Bentley is the administrator for Edison Academy in the American state of Virginia. The academy helps students learn about things like computer security, car repair, hair and beauty care and supervising a professional kitchen.
Bentley has many years of experience helping students learn about
careers. But she recently had trouble persuading one student her daughter to try out a job training class at the academy.
“She didn’t want to travel,” Bentley said of her daughter, whose main school is about 30 minutes away from the career training center. “I wasn’t going to make her do it, but I think it would have been a great opportunity.”
Britney Spears Wins Court Battle to Hire Her Own Lawyer
July 16, 2021
FILE - This April 12, 2018 file photo shows Britney Spears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Pop music star Britney Spears won court permission Wednesday to employ a lawyer of her choosing to represent her interests.
The decision came in a court hearing in Los Angeles, California.
Spears is under the care of a legal guardian agreement known, in the state of California, as a conservatorship. In some states, it is called a guardianship.
Families Flee Taliban Attacks in Northern Afghanistan
July 16, 2021
Fatima is a displaced Afghan woman in Afghanistan who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Taliban fighters are gaining control of many areas in northern Afghanistan causing families to flee.
The areas are home to many ethnic minorities. Thousands of families are crowding into camps because they fear living under the Taliban’s rule.
Afghanistan’s Refugee and Repatriations Ministry said, during a recent two-week period, 5,600 families fled their homes. Most were from the northern part of the country.