German government agency warns of heightened health risks posed by climate change

As Germany experiences extended periods of cloudless weather, lung diseases caused by forest fires and agricultural dust, as well as skin cancer due to an increase in ultraviolet radiation, may become a growing concern, according to the Robert Koch Institute.

The German agency for disea...

In spite of economic gloom and cyber threats, French start-ups are hopeful about the future

French start-ups are confident in their future despite the current economic climate, job cuts in the technology industry, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. A report by EY and France Digitale, published on Tuesday, found that over 40% of French start-up CEOs expect thei...

North Korean leader inspects Hwasong-17 ICBM test launch and promises firm nuclear reaction to threats

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged a firm nuclear reaction to US threats during an on-site inspection of the country's test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, according to Pyongyang's state media.

According to the Korean Cent...

Increased funding for a defense system against North Korean threats

According to North Korea's increasing missile and nuclear threats, the South Korean Defense Ministry has requested a rise in spending on developing a domestic three-axis defense system of 9.4%, but has left out of the budget a contentious plan to locally construct a light aircraft carrier.

FRANCE TO INVESTIGATE MOSQUES SUSPECTED FOR PROVOKING SEPARATISM

Highlights:

• France will be investigating dozens of Mosques which are suspected of provoking the separatism
• The government has this investigation known as the unprecedented action against separatism

On Thursday, Gerald Darmanin, who i...

NEW PLAN TO DEAL WITH MISSILE THREATS BY END OF THE YEAR; JAPAN

Highlights –

• New plan to deal with missile threats by the end of the year; Japan.
• Outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had commented the same on Friday.
• He mentioned that there has been no change to Japan’s exclusively defense-or...

Altice Portugal MEO chooses Allot Safe to deal with cyber threats

Altice Portugal's MEO, the country's largest fixed broadband and mobile service provider, has chosen Allot Safe, a Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) system for protecting mobile users from cyber threats and ensuring parental control on and off the network.

The Allot Safe system com...

The future is critical

The stock market hit record highs on Monday, it's the future that counts.

Last week saw the resolution of the two main political threats that investors still face in 2019—the U.S.-China trade battle and Brexit— and this week started with a few optimistic readings on the ...

Extinction Rebellion activists guilty over train glue protest

Three climate activists Cathy Eastburn, Mark Ovland and Luke Watson protested to climate change and extinction in a completely bizarre way by gluing themselves to the train. This has been the main reason why they have been charged and have been found guilty.

The three culprits were char...

Discovery could provide analysis on different disease threats in African Americans

According to a new study by Northwestern Medicine, the amount of African descent in a person's genome determines the level at which those genes are expressed.

The findings could provide insight into the particular threat of diseases in African Americans as well as a different reacti...

Cyber threats to banking

Banking in the United States is changing, and the most important factor of the change is that it is going digital just as the rest of the world is doing. The change in the banking sector of the United States has been mostly driven by the rise in the financial technology of the world, and there ha...

Implementing cybersecurity maturity at financial institutions

Financial companies are increasingly in the quest to stay abreast of the current cyber and business threats. A recent study conducted by FS-ISAC and Deloitte draws attention to some of the strongest cybersecurity programs.

In today’s era, the companies are seeking for a combinatio...

Norad on cyber threats

North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) has asked the Canadian military to initiate an inventory of its bases and of its civilian infrastructure, especially to highlight the critical systems more prone to cyberattack. Cyber experts suggest the results speak in support of both the defence...