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CNNChinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials
A highly skilled group of Chinese government-linked hackers has in the last several months infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in a likely search for sensitive information bearing on national security, multiple sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
- Reuters
Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems, WSJ reports
Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among the telecoms companies whose networks were breached by the recently discovered intrusion, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter. The hackers might have held access for months to network infrastructure used by the companies to cooperate with court-authorized U.S. requests for communications data, the Journal said. China's foreign ministry responded on Sunday that it was not aware of the attack described in the report but said the United States had “concocted a false narrative” to “frame” China in the past.
- The Independent
Airline apologises after ‘sexually explicit’ film played to every passenger – with no way to turn it off
In-flight entertainment system on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Tokyo was impacted by technical issues
- Fortune
An $803-billion company most people have never heard of just knocked Tesla out of the Magnificent 7
Broadcom has flown under the radar for years, but it's about to become a household name.
- The Independent
Voices: After the Elon Musk/Donald Trump rally, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’
Now that the former president and Tesla CEO have teamed up, there’s only one way to describe the American political right in its current form...
- Hello!
Meghan Markle stuns in bold figure-hugging dress for glamorous solo appearance
Meghan Markle looked sensational on Saturday evening as she attended the LA Children's Hospital Gala. For the special occasion, the Duchess recycled her striking Carolina Herrera gown. See photos...
- People
Meet Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi's 2 Kids: All About Son Jaden and Daughter Jaz
Grand Slam champions Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi share two children
- The Independent
Revealed: The real reason why people are leaving Donald Trump’s rallies as he is still on stage
Over the past months the former president has seemingly become more and more obsessed with attendance – amid claims that his fans are leaving early ‘out of frustration and boredom’
- The Telegraph
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been silent for months - now some Israelis believe he has been killed
In a windowless room, somewhere in the bowels of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters, Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi jabbed his index finger forward.
- Moneywise
My wife and I lost our multimillion-dollar home in a landslide — but the bank still chases us for our mortgage
They want us to keep paying $6,950 a month. Don’t we get forgiveness if our home is destroyed?
- CNN
Professor who correctly predicted 9 presidential elections weighs in on ‘October surprise’
CNN’s Michael Smerconish asked presidential historian Allan Lichtman about the October surprise and if it ever impacts his prediction for who will win the race for the White House.
- Evening Standard
Pep Guardiola labels Fulham star 'unstoppable' after nervy Man City win
Saturday’s result at the Etihad could have been very different
- The Independent
Taiwan president says ‘impossible’ for mainland China to be the motherland
President says Republic of China has older historical roots than communist People’s Republic of China
- The Daily Beast
Michael Moore Warns This Move Could Cost Kamala Harris The Election
On the same day Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Flint, Michigan, filmmaker Michael Moore is warning of a fatal “mistake that could be made in these final 4-5 weeks” until Election Day.“If Harris is advised by her wealthy donors to shun the left and drop her more progressive positions in favor of a ‘move to the center,’” Moore writes in a new Substack post, it could “reduce or depress the vote.” The Fahrenheit 9/11 director grew up in the suburbs of Flint, and made the Midwestern c
- SETHLUI.COM
JB’s ‘haunted’ nasi lemak spot temporarily closing until mid-Nov
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- The Telegraph
How Hezbollah turned Lebanon into a mafia state
Lokman Slim – intellectual, writer and Hezbollah critic – eased his frame into the front of the black Toyota hire car and pointed it in the direction of home.
- Hello!
Victoria Beckham twins with daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz in thigh-hugging jeans for rare London outing
Victoria Beckham oozed cool-mum chic as she stepped out matching with her daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz on Friday night. See details.
- People
Plane Passenger Calls Out 'Seat Stealer' for Trying to Sit in 8D, Sends Them Back to Row 35: 'Small Victories’
The passenger wrote on Reddit that it "felt good to put [the] seat stealer in her place" after complaining about "all the things people try to pull on flights these days"
- SETHLUI.COM
This new kopitiam at Rivervale Shores has claypot briyani, rice bowls & zi char
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- The Guardian
Escalation with Iran could be risky: Israel is more vulnerable than it seems
Intelligence analysis of Tehran’s attack suggests that much-touted Israeli missile defences are not, in fact, impregnable