Author: Anadolu Agency
Apple on Friday announced it will remove its highest level of data security, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), for users in the UK following government demands for access to encrypted user data. The decision, described by Apple as “gravely disappointing,” means that UK customers will no longer be able to activate the feature, which provides end-to-end encryption for data stored in iCloud. Existing users who have already enabled the feature will see it disabled at a later date, though Apple has not specified when. The move follows a demand from the UK Home Office earlier this month under the Investigatory Powers…
The US and 10 other countries, including South Korea, vowed to fully implement the UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea. This came after Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and US held the inaugural meeting of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) Steering Committee in Washington on Wednesday and discussed the council sanctions against Pyongyang. “The participating states of the MSMT are aligned in our commitment to uphold international peace and security, safeguard the global nonproliferation regime, and address the threat arising from the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) weapons…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met on Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, to reaffirm their strong bilateral diplomatic and strategic partnership. The ministers praised the high level of dialogue and practical cooperation between their countries, emphasizing ongoing efforts to strengthen ties in various sectors, according to a statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry. They confirmed plans to further advance bilateral cooperation based on agreements made during meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Moscow and Kazan last year.…
President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to absorb Canada into the US as its 51st state. “I think Canada, you know, they’re gonna have to pay tariffs on automobiles, lumber and oil and gas, etcetera, and they get 95% of their product from the United States,” Trump said at the Republican Governors Association Meeting dinner in Washington, DC on Thursday. “I think they have to become the 51st state,” he added. Turning to an international hockey game in Montreal, where Canadians booed the US national anthem ahead of the match, Trump said he thinks that “ultimately” they’ll be praising the…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he met with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. “Yesterday, I had Tim Cook in the office, from Apple. He’s investing hundreds of billions of dollars,” Trump told governors at the White House. Cook is shifting Apple manufacturing from Mexico to the US, according to the president. “We’re going to have a lot of chip makers coming in, a lot of automakers coming in. They stopped two plants in Mexico… They just stopped them. They’re going to build here instead, because they don’t want to pay the tariffs. The tariffs are amazing. It’s good,”…
The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster stated that it is conducting “further due diligence” following mounting scrutiny. The film, which aired on BBC Two on Monday, follows 13-year-old Abdullah Al-Yazouri as he describes life in Gaza. However, it later emerged that his father, Ayman Alyazouri, serves as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture. In a statement on Friday, the BBC defended the documentary’s value but acknowledged concerns. “There have been continuing questions raised about the programme,…
US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, claiming that he “destroyed” his country. “Justin’s a loser, always has been,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Radio, arguing that the Canadian prime minister has “done a very bad job for Canada. He’s taking it radical left.” Trump welcomed Trudeau’s decision to not run in the upcoming elections in Canada, and said: “That’s a smart move, because he wouldn’t have a chance of winning.” Asked about US anthem being booed at games with Canada, Trump said “we have a good relationship with Canada, not with…
Sen. Thom Tillis called Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “cancer” after US President Donald Trump criticized his Ukrainian counterpart over the ongoing war. “Look, I’m a Republican, I support President Trump, and I believe that most of his policies on national security are right. I believe his instincts are pretty good. “But what I’m telling you: Whoever believes that there is any space for Vladimir Putin in the future of a stable globe better go to Ukraine. They better go to Europe; they better invest the time to understand that this man is a cancer and the greatest threat…
A US jury has found Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022, guilty of attempted murder following an eight-day trial, according to US media. During the trial, Rushdie testified that he initially thought he was being punched but soon realized he was bleeding heavily, NBC News reported. “But I saw a large quantity of blood pouring onto my clothes,” Rushdie was quoted as saying. “He was hitting me repeatedly. Hitting and slashing.” Prosecutors reportedly argued that the attack was intentional, presenting slow-motion video footage to emphasize its targeted nature. Matar’s lawyer contended that there was no…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met on Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, to reaffirm their strong bilateral diplomatic and strategic partnership. The ministers praised the high level of dialogue and practical cooperation between their countries, emphasizing ongoing efforts to strengthen ties in various sectors, according to a statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry. They confirmed plans to further advance bilateral cooperation based on agreements made during meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Moscow and Kazan last year.…