Pakistan has been ordered to halt the execution of a former Indian naval officer by thee International Court of Justice till the final decision is arrived by the court. In a case that has raised tensions between the nuclear-armed South… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Investors getting increasingly trepid on ‘Trump Trade’
The firing of the former FBI Director, James Comey, by U.S. President Donald Trump, has unleashed a wave that is threatening to drown the Trump’s presidency. The resulting economic uncertainties is what the market is worried about. With U.S. President… Read More ›
Investors and lobbyists are increasingly worried on the Trump’s Administration’s ability to push legislative agendas
This essentially sums up the mood “less drama from the White House”. With U.S. President Donald Trump increasingly getting tangled in scandals and controversies, Republican lawmakers and lobbyists are of the view that the prospects for passing sweeping tax cuts,… Read More ›
Trump extends sanctions relief to Iran under U.S.-Iran nuclear deal
Trump has however sanctioned a Chinese man and three Chinese companies along with two senior Iranian defense officials for supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program. In a move that has caught many by surprise, U.S. President Donald Trump has extended wide… Read More ›
The Chief of U.S. Pacific Command visits Japan’s East China Sea radar station
The move comes in the wake of North Korea show casing its ICBM capabilities. In a move that is likely to needle China, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command has visited a Japanese radar station on the edge of… Read More ›
Capitol Hill witnesses a flurry of activities as the Trump Administration prepares to trigger NAFTA renegotiations
Although Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross prefers bilateral deals with Mexico and Canada, senate participants have disclosed that things are leaning towards trilateral negotiations. Several members of the Senate Finance Committee have disclosed that the Trump administration aims at keeping the… Read More ›
Only $50,000 Worth Of Bitcoin Made By Hackers Who Infected 200,000 Machines
Despite the large scale of the attack, an industry source told the media that hackers who locked files on 200,000 computers globally and asked for a bitcoin ransom payment to unlock them, have only made around $50,000. Machines across 150 countries were… Read More ›
Intelligence sharing pact with U.S. ally at risk
The Washington Post has reported that U.S. President Donald Trump shared intelligence with Russians without first consulting the source who supplied that piece of intelligence thus endangering intelligence sharing ties amongst U.S. allies. Reuters has reported that U.S President Donald… Read More ›
Cyber tech stocks surge in the wake of the WannaCry attack
Investors are focusing on opportunities that the attack has presented for Tech companies. Cyber security experts have found evidence that point to a North Korea link in the WannaCry “ransomware” global cyberattack that has infected 300,000 devices across 150 countries,… Read More ›
Microsoft slams government for its duplicity on vulnerabilities
The attacks stem from a collection of vulnerabilities collected by the NSA, which collected vulnerabilities and created tools to use the exploits for espionage and cyber attack purposes. The vulnerabilities and the tools were released by a hacking group known… Read More ›
