Donald Trump: New attack on US intelligence over Russia hacking
US President-elect Donald Trump has made a fresh assault on America's intelligence community.
He said on Twitter that an intelligence briefing he was due to receive on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election - which is said to have benefited Mr Trump - had been delayed.
"Perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!" he wrote.
But US intelligence officials insisted there had been no delay in the briefing schedule.
Several US agencies including the FBI and the CIA believe Russia directed hacks against the Democratic Party and the campaign of its presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, releasing embarrassing information through Wikileaks and other outlets to help Mr Trump win the election.
Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology
The use of facial recognition software for commercial purposes is becoming more common, but, as Amazon scans faces in its physical shop and Facebook searches photos of users to add tags to, those concerned about their privacy are fighting back.
Berlin-based artist and technologist Adam Harvey aims to overwhelm and confuse these systems by presenting them with thousands of false hits so they can’t tell which faces are real.
The Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles, which then appear to have eyes, mouths and other features that a computer can interpret as a face.
Investigating Trump: How one reporter spent a year uncovering the truth behind the President-elect’s charity dealings
The billionaire philanthropist has given ‘many tens of millions’ to good causes. His charitable foundation has helped many hundreds of organisations. Everyone says so. But it it true? Or is the main benefactor of the Donald J Trump Foundation’s largesse actually... Donald J Trump?
“Arnold and Tim, if you’d come up, we’re going to give you a nice, beautiful cheque,” Donald Trump said. He held up an oversize cheque, the kind they give to people who win golf tournaments. It was for $100,000 (£82,000). In the top-left corner the cheque said: “The Donald J Trump Foundation”. Along the bottom, it had the slogan of Trump’s presidential campaign: “Make America Great Again”. This was in February. The beginning of it.
Trump was in Waterloo, Iowa, for a rally at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Centre – named for five local siblings who had been assigned to the same Navy cruiser in the Second World War. They all died when the ship went down at Guadalcanal.
Berlin proposes policing overhaul to tackle Islamist attacks
Christmas market suspect known in western Germany but details not passed to capital
Germany’s growing terror threat has prompted calls for the most radical overhaul of the country’s decentralised police and intelligence services of the post-war era.
Two weeks after 12 people died in an attack on a Berlin Christmas market, federal interior minister Thomas de Maizière has argued that the Islamist threat demands a reweighting of police and anti-terror powers back in favour of Berlin.
Opposition and state politicians have sounded the alarm to his proposals, accusing Mr de Maizière of disregarding the lessons of the Nazi era, which shifted powers in policing and security matters away from Berlin to Germany’s 16 federal states.
The website daring to mock the Eritrean regime
OBSERVERS
Eritrea has been in the grip of a dictatorship for over 20 years. Democracy in the African country is non-existent, and it has been in last place on the World Press Freedom Index for the last eight years. Under these circumstances, the creation of a satirical and parodic website called The Awaze Tribune is not only unusual, but courageous.
The Awaze Tribune launched in early 2016 and publishes humorous ‘news’ stories to appeal to an African audience, in the style of British satirical site The Daily Mash, or The Onion or the Borowitz Report in the United States. It is the first publication of its kind in the country, and its contributors risk harsh repercussions from the regime. Whilst many on the editorial board are living outside of the country, some contributors and family still live in Eritrea.
The Awaze Tribune launched in early 2016 and publishes humorous ‘news’ stories to appeal to an African audience, in the style of British satirical site The Daily Mash, or The Onion or the Borowitz Report in the United States. It is the first publication of its kind in the country, and its contributors risk harsh repercussions from the regime. Whilst many on the editorial board are living outside of the country, some contributors and family still live in Eritrea.
Philippine police arrest surrogate mothers-to-be in human trafficking crackdown
Bangkok: A "human trafficking syndicate" has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians, Philippine authorities say.
Four women were detained at Manila's international airport on New Year's Day while about to depart for Phnom Penh, indicating that surrogacy clinics are still operating in the city despite a crackdown on commercial surrogacy there.
Philippine authorities have also been put on alert for another group of surrogates who have been hired to travel to Phnom Penh on an undisclosed date, officials said.
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