Recent Posts

El Salvador deploys troops to combat gangs

  Bloomberg El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has deployed 10,000 security forces to confront the threat from gangs in a suburb of the capital, San Salvador. Soldiers and security agents surrounded the municipality of Soyapango to remove gang members in the area, according to a statement issued by the presidency. “8,500 soldiers and 1,500 agents have surrounded the city, while ...

Read More »

Russian cyber attacks against Ukraine likely, says Microsoft

Bloomberg Moscow will intensify its cyber efforts to pressure the sources of Ukraine’s military and political support both domestic and foreign, according to Microsoft Corp. In a post on the company’s “On the Issues” blog, Clint Watts, general manager of Microsoft’s digital threat analysis centre, urged customers to prepare for more Russian cyber attacks over the winter. “Russian military intelligence ...

Read More »

Europe aims to counter new US climate law

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) should improve its state aid rules and consider more green-transition funding to offset possible distortions from the new US climate and tax law, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Her remarks came a day before the US-EU Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting to be held at the University of Maryland, where the ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend