Month: January 2024
Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus
Members of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who fled to Belarus after last June’s failed coup have the support of Belarusian security forces and propagandists. At the end of June 2023, the former head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed mutiny against Russian military leadership. He was marching toward Moscow with part
The nitrogen hypoxia
Hypoxia is a form of asphyxiation.Lethal injections were introduced in 1982 in the US, where they are the most common method of execution. Lethal injections contain one or more drugs, including anesthetics, barbiturates and paralytic agents. Lots of nitrogen is in the air around us, and it’s safe when it’s correctly balanced with the oxygen
The Russian plane carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs Shot after Kharkiv city attack
With the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line largely static amid icy weather and as both sides seek to replenish their weapons stockpiles, the war recently has focused on long-range strikes. Russia’s onslaught, which included targets in the capital Kyiv and second-largest city Kharkiv, was the heaviest in weeks and lent weight to Zelensky’s appeals for Western
The depleted uranium shells to be send to Ukraine
Ukraine was set to receive 120mm depleted uranium shells for use with the 31 American-supplied Abrams M1A1 main battle tanks the US was handing over to Kyiv. Depleted uranium shells were meant to enable Ukraine’s soldiers to be more effective on the battlefield but supplying the Ukrainians with the shells came with a whole host
Polish president pardons two political prisons
Ministers Kaminski and Wasik were convicted of abuse of power for actions taken in 2007, when they served in an earlier PiS-led government. Duda pardoned them in 2015, though legal experts argued that such pardons are reserved for cases that have gone through the appeals process. Kaminski and Wasik, took refuge in the president’s palace
The gaming crackdown in China
China’s largest crackdown on gamers came in 2021 when children were banned from playing for more than an hour on certain days. That same year, the government stopped gaming licences from being granted for eight months. China seems to have backtracked on strict rules to combat what the regulator deemed “obsessive” gaming. The National Press
Netflix sign Up boom after password crackdown
Many of its new members opted for the company’s cheapest plan, undeterred by the prospect of seeing advertisements. Netflix sign-ups boomed at the end of last year as customers prodded by the firm’s crackdown on password-sharing created their own accounts. The streaming giant added more than 13.1 million subscriptions in the three months ended in
Gaza impact after the war
This is Israel’s worst war in half a century in terms of casualties and its most prolonged since the conflict in 1948-49 which the country calls its War of Independence. Israel’s generals are calling 2024 a “year of warfare”. That is quite a prediction, given the bloodshed of 2023. They believe it will take many
America’s and Britain’s strikes on Houthis
Early on January 12th American and British warplanes bombed dozens of targets in Yemen. More allied strikes could take place. The strikes followed almost two months of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The group says these are a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, and that it is only targeting
SIM swap on Sec X account request
In a Sim-swapping attack, typically a hacker will call a mobile phone operator claiming they have lost the phone they are targeting and need a new Sim card sent out to them. Sometimes, the hackers will go into a store in person to carry out the con. The Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed the