TOKYO (AP) – A North Korean ambassador to the United Nations says the U.S. claim that Pyongyang was behind the Wannacry ransomware attack earlier this year… Via: North Korea UN ambassador demands US prove ransomware…
Updates from the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCGGet in touch with Adam on email or fire him a tweet @collinsadam 1.38am GMT 28th over: Australia 102-0 (Bancroft 19, Warner 83). As is the custom, the spinner Moeen Ali gets to deliver final over before lunch. Read more
Vitaly Mutko also considering resigning as local World Cup organiser as he appeals against Olympic life ban Vitaly Mutko, the Russian deputy prime minister who was banned for life from the Olympics this month, has said he is temporarily stepping down from his role as head of the country’s football Read more
Study finds interpreters working with the Syrian refugee resettlement programme in Scotland need ‘priority’ support due to stress and depressionInterpreters for Syrian refugees should be given psychological support as a “priority” due to the stress the work causes, according to a study.Researchers looked at how the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Read more
Two Swiss died in the Valais region while a Frenchman was killed attempting the 2,376m Glattwang in the country’s eastThree mountain climbers from Switzerland and France have been killed in avalanches in the Swiss Alps in the past three days.The latest incident involved a group of five climbers in the Read more
Russian naval activity near Britain increases in the holiday period, only a few days after foreign secretary Boris Johnson’s trip to MoscowA British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain Read more
Interpreters report breaking into tears and suffering bouts of depression as result of work they do under Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme Via: Syrian interpreters need more government support as 'only available staff' to traumatised families
The law, introduced by Labour in 2004, bans the use of dogs to hunt foxes and other wild mammals in England and Wales Via: 85% of the British public are opposed to repealing fox hunting ban, poll reveals
'In universities in America and worryingly in the UK, we have seen examples of groups seeking to stifle those who do not agree with them,' Mr Johnson will say Via: Universities must be places that 'open minds, not close them', Jo Johnson warns
Prison service urged to 'get a grip' as figures show more than £850,000 of taxpayers money awarded to inmates over last four years due to lost or damaged property Via: Prisoners receive hundreds of thousands of pounds for lost property