FBI 'may be able to unlock San Bernardino iPhone'
- 22 March 2016
- US & Canada
The FBI says it may have found a way to unlock the San Bernardino attacker's iPhone without Apple's assistance.
A court hearing with Apple scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed at the request of the US Justice Department (DOJ), Apple has confirmed.
The DOJ had ordered Apple to help unlock the phone used by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook.
But Apple has continued to fight the order, saying it would set a "dangerous precedent".
Rizwan Farook and his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last December before police fatally shot them.
Obama in Cuba under pressure to criticise human rights violations
Dissidents call on US president to voice solidarity with those who have been silenced and detained under ‘totalitarian dictatorship’
Cuban dissidents are calling on Barack Obama to sharply rebuke his “totalitarian” government hosts when he makes what is billed as one of the most important foreign policy speeches of his administration in Havana on Tuesday.
The US president, whose address to the Cuban people is expected to be carried live on state television, is under new pressure to ramp up his criticism of the island’s human rights record following awkward scenes at a joint press conference on Monday.
After berating the US for its own civil rights record, Cuban President Raul Castro moved to hoist Obama’s arm in the air, forcing the American president to let his hand go limp to show non-compliance in a photo opportunity that would have lent much credibility to the communist regime.
Senegal student mob chases down 'gay' classmate
When rumours spread that a male student had hit on a classmate in the showers of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, all hell broke loose. A mob formed to track down the suspected homosexual, causing serious damage to buildings on the campus.
The events took place last Tuesday on the campus of Dakar’s main university. Amateur videos that later circulated on social media showed a group of students harassing a young man in the campus locker rooms. The students accused him of having hit on another man in the campus showers.
“You homosexual!” they yell, telling the accused to show his face to the camera. Before he manages to escape, one of his assailants jeers: “Am I dreaming or what? This bastard is crying!”
Missing: Chinese journalist Jia Jia linked to call for Xi Jinping's resignation
March 22, 2016 - 12:05PMPhilip Wen
China correspondent for Fairfax Media
A lawyer for a Chinese journalist who was detained last week after being linked with an online petition calling for the resignation of President Xi Jinping says his client's exact whereabouts remain unknown after police blocked his efforts to meet his client.
Jia Jia, a 35-year-old freelance writer, was preparing to board a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong on March 15 when he was taken away by airport police. He has had no contact with family or lawyers since.
His lawyers, Chen Jiangang and Yan Xin, said police had confirmed only that Jia was taken away to "assist with an investigation", but provided no other details, including which detention centre he was being held in.
Profiting off illusions: How soda brands are selling lethal dreams in Pakistan
ZAID NOORSUMAR
I developed an emotional connection with Pepsi in my childhood, thanks in large part to the endorsements it received from the likes of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Junaid Jamshed.
Unaware of the adverse effects of soft drinks, Pepsi even became my preferred drink when competing in local tennis tournaments as a pre-teen.
The dichotomous nature of cola consumption, strongly promoted by the soft drink industry and exacerbated by the Cola wars of the 90’s, naturally helped cultivate my aversion for Coke.
When the World Cup came to Pakistan in 1996, I was dismayed about Coca Cola being the official sponsor, though Pepsi’s innovative “There’s nothing official about it” counter-campaign gave me reason to rejoice.Islamic State: How Iraqi widow's resistance became a symbol of hope
OVERCOMING DIVISIONS
The self-sacrifice of Um Qusay, a widow whose Sunni tribespeople sheltered hundreds of mostly Shiite soldiers in 2014 from IS fighters, has won national acclaim. But the fight is far from over.
AL-ALAM, IRAQ — When Khalid Ismael got a desperate call from an army friend saying jihadists had surrounded him and five other soldiers, his mother didn’t hesitate. She ordered her son to take his sister and drive through 30 miles of enemy territory to rescue them.
The sister was there for a reason: the jihadists known as Islamic State (IS) weren’t stopping vehicles with women. And the mother, Alia Khalaf al-Jabouri, was to become a folk hero.
“I told Khalid ‘you have to go – Iraq needs its sons,’” says Ms. Jabouri, known as Um Qusay.
While the town would eventually save 850 soldiers from IS, Um Qusay went above and beyond the role played by townspeople in sending her children on the dangerous rescue mission and then sheltering 64 soldiers in her home.
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