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GEOPOL 2020: Huawei was inevitably going to find it difficult to please an increasingly nationalistic Chinese leadership while not alarming nervous governments in Western capitals. HMM: China Imposes Limits on Large Transactions After Bank Runs. “The People’s Bank of China this month kicked off a pilot plan in Hebei province that would require retail and business clients to pre-report any large withdrawals or deposits, according to a statement. The two-year program will be expanded to Zhejiang and Shenzhen in October, encompassing more than 70 million people. COMMUNIST FRONT CORPORATION: TikTok Banned in US? SecState Pompeo Says We’re ‘Looking At’ It. |
JUL 20
Ransomware Gangs Don’t Need PR Help
We’ve seen an ugly trend recently of tech news storiesand cybersecurity firms trumpeting claims of ransomware attacks on companies large and small, apparently based on little more than the say-so of the ransomware gangs themselves. Such coverage is potentially quite harmful and plays deftly into the hands of organized crime.
Often the rationale behind couching these events as newsworthy is that the attacks involve publicly traded companies or recognizable brands, and that investors and the public have a right to know. But absent any additional information from the victim company or their partners who may be affected by the attack, these kinds of stories and blog posts look a great deal like ambulance chasing and sensationalism.
A Brisbane man has been granted bail on a tainted property charge after a routine traffic stop unearthed $4.35 million of cash in his car.
Police said Simon Andrew Cross, 37, was driving along the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains on Tuesday morning when he was pulled over.
A Brisbane man has been granted bail on a tainted property charge after a routine traffic stop unearthed $4.35 million of cash in his car.
Police said Simon Andrew Cross, 37, was driving along the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains on Tuesday morning when he was pulled over.
Top 1000 program - what attracts our attention guide
Assistant Commissioner Rajitha Srikhanta talks about our guide to what attracts
our attention and how businesses in our Top 1000 program can improve their
assurance ratings.
ICIJ: Attacks on press freedom across
the world continued last week – with reporters in our network being
challenged in Malaysia and Panama.
Our Malaysian member Steven Gan, editor of Malaysiakini, faces
jail time and fines at a trial set to begin next week. Gan stands charged with contempt of
court for five comments, left on the outlet’s website by
readers, that were allegedly critical of the country’s judiciary.
Meanwhile, in Panama our partner and leading newspaper La Prensa
has had $1.13 million worth of assets
frozen. The decision is in connection with an eight-year-old legal challenge
from former president Ernesto Pérez Balladares. No conviction has been made against
La Prensa in this case. Follow Mary Triny Zea
for all the latest.
The entire ICIJ family stands with our colleagues, as they fight
for justice. Journalism is not a crime! Here are this week’s stories:
SUPPORTED BY
SCIENCE
For so long women have complained about fatigue, memory loss,
joint and muscle pain – and claimed it was connected with their breast
implants. But the existence of breast implant illness has been dismissed as
scientifically unproven. Now, a new study for 750 women found that – within 30
days of having the implant removed – the patients had significant relief.
Published in a leading plastic surgery journal, the author says the data “speaks for
itself.”
TAX TEAR UP
First it was Senegal, now Zambia is ripping up its tax treaty
with Mauritius in hope of a better deal. As Mauritius Leaks exposed, the island
nation has become known for lopsided tax deals, shell companies with no
employees and organizations created, in part, to avoid paying taxes. A senior
Zambian official told us the treaty was “not balanced or
fair.” Tax experts say this move shows treaties can be
renegotiated to generate more benefits for each nation.
GLENCORE PROBE
Mining giant Glencore is under investigation in Switzerland for
its “failure to have the organizational measures in place to prevent alleged
corruption” in the Democractic Republic of Congo. The company was already under
investigation in the United Kingdom and United States over its
compliance with money-laundering and other laws. In 2017, Paradise Papers
revealed Glencore’s operations in the DRC and its close ties with Appleby, the
offshore law firm at the heart of the leak.
How Google Docs became the social media of the resistance - MIT Technology Review – “Facebook and Twitter might have the bells and whistles, but the word processing software’s simplicity and accessibility have made it a winning tool… In just the last week, Google Docs has emerged as a way to share everything from lists of books on racism to templates for letters to family members and representativesto lists of funds and resources that are accepting donations. Shared Google Docs that anyone can view and anyone can edit, anonymously, have become a valuable tool for grassroots organizing during both the coronavirus pandemic and the police brutality protests sweeping the US. It’s not the first time. In fact, activists and campaigners have been using the word processing software for years as a more efficient and accessible protest tool than either Facebook or Twitter…”
Though CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News carried Biden’s latest speech, the campaign has been frustrated when other events go uncovered. “The burden is on the…