Venezuela: police helicopter attacks supreme court with grenades
President says explosives failed to detonate in incident following months of increasing violence against his rule
A police helicopter launched grenades at Venezuela’s supreme court building on Tuesday evening following months of protests against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro said “terrorists” had lobbed two grenades that failed to detonate, but some reports put the number higher. Local media suggested a former police intelligence officer had carried out the attack.
Videos circulated on social media showed a man piloting the helicopter while holding a banner that read “Liberty. Article 350”, in reference to the part of the Venezuelan constitution that allows citizens to declare themselves in civil disobedience in front of “any regime that runs counter to democratic guarantees or undermines human rights”.
Wave of new cyberattacks spreads, hitting multinationals
A Cadbury chocolate factory in Australia has become the latest victim of a global cyberattack targeting multinational companies. The virus, ransomware initially dubbed "Petya," first struck in Eastern Europe.
More multinational companies across the world have said they have been affected by a cyberattack that first struck in Russia and Ukraine.
Mondelez, a company that owns snack makers such as Oreos and Cadbury, reported power outages across its factories, including halting production at a Cadbury factory in Australia late Tuesday. A terminal operated by Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai was also affected.
Ukraine's central bank said several domestic lenders - including the largest bank Oschadbank - had been hit on Tuesday morning, hindering operations and leading the regulator to warn other financial institutions to tighten security measures.
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Japan carrier forces wheelchair-bound man to crawl onto plane
A Japanese budget airline apologised Wednesday for forcing a wheelchair-bound man to crawl up a set of stairs to board his flight.
Hideto Kijima, 44, was returning last month to Osaka from a vacation in Amami, a small island off southern Japan, when an Vanilla Air employee told him that company safety rules banned anyone from carrying him up the stairs.
There was no lift at the small airport to move disabled passengers from the tarmac up to the jet's door.
Kijima, who is paralysed from the waist down, said in a blog he was forced to crawl up the stairs using only his arms.
The Asahi newspaper said the man pulled himself up some 17 steps.
Building North Korean infrastructure makes sense
Such projects will yield huge benefits for all North Korean citizens and reduce the cost of future reunification of the peninsular
JUNE 28, 2017 8:56 AM
Not gaining much space in the international news cycle were two articles in May regarding South Korea’s desire to help develop the infrastructure of North Korea.
Both discussed how doing so now would decrease the cost of reunification in the future.
The first article (paywall) looked at the North’s inadequate rail system, deficient electrical power network, and undeveloped natural resources. The second (paywall) focused on hydro resources, citing the need for flood and drought control as well as stabilizing water supplies to citizens.
These ideas make sense. In addition to reducing the expected astronomical costs of reunification, such projects would greatly improve the lives of ordinary North Korean citizens.
Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous art
A vibrant animation telling stories of indigenous Australia will be projected on to the Sydney Opera House every night at sunset.
The seven-minute show, beginning on Wednesday, will turn the works of five prominent indigenous artists into a permanent part of the city's skyline.
The show, Badu Gili, means "water light" in the language of the site's traditional owners, the Gadigal people.
Organisers say it celebrates time-honoured stories with contemporary art.
"It combines music and images to create a gateway to Australia's First Nations history and culture for the 8.2 million people who visit the opera house each year," said curator Rhoda Roberts.
England 2018 World Cup bid team broke Fifa rules, finds Garcia report
A discussion of vote "collusion" involving David Cameron, the then-Prime Minister, was also examined by the Garcia report
The England 2018 World Cup bid team was found to have "accommodated or at least attempted to satisfy the improper request" of Fifa executive committee members, including former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, by the Garcia report.
Fifa's long-awaited report into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process was published by football's world governing body on Tuesday, and identified "conduct by England 2018 that may not have met the standards set out in the FCE (Fifa code of ethics) or the bid rules".
The report also examines a discussion of vote "collusion" between England and South Korea during a meeting at which Prince William and former Prime Minister David Cameron, both part of the England 2018's lobbying party, were present.
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