Image copyright AFP via Getty Image caption Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pressure to secure the release of the two detained Canadians Canada's prime minister is rejecting calls to step in to end the extradition trial of a Chinese Huawei executive.Justin Trudeau said doing so would "imperil" Canadians abroad by opening them to potential…
Driller, baby, driller — Japan-only GameCube gem now out on PC, Switch, is an ode to Namco's arcade heyday. Sam Machkovech - Jun 25, 2020 7:00 am UTC Enlarge / Right about now sounds good for a blast of 2002's best arcade-puzzle gaming.Bandai Namco In recent years, Japanese game makers have tried to revive the…
Image copyright Getty Images A US prosecutor will tell Congress that Department of Justice (DOJ) officials inappropriately tried to reduce punishment for Trump aide Roger Stone.According to a prepared copy of the testimony, Aaron Zelinsky will say that "political considerations" led top DOJ officials to seek a lesser sentence.A judge sentenced Stone to 40 months…
BANISHED — Permanent suspension comes for violations of rules against tweeting hacked materials. Dan Goodin - Jun 24, 2020 1:28 am UTC Aurich Lawson / GettyFour days after leak publisher DDoSecrets circulated private documents from more than 200 law enforcement agencies across the United States, Twitter has permanently suspended its account and falsely claimed that…
Image copyright Counter Terrorism Policing North East Image caption A 16-year-old boy who cited the group as an influence was jailed this year for planning a terror attack in the UK A US soldier has been accused of plotting an attack on his own unit by sending information to an obscure Nazi Satanist organisation called…
BLUELEAKS — Document dump comes almost 4 weeks after murder by police of George Floyd. Dan Goodin - Jun 23, 2020 1:29 am UTC Enlarge / Minneapolis police fire tear gas at those protesting the May 25 death of George Floyd.Millions of law enforcement documents—some showing pictures of suspects, bank account numbers, and other sensitive…
Image copyright Yevgeny Sofroneyev Image caption Wildfires have been made more severe by high temperatures and strong winds in the Arctic Temperatures in the Arctic Circle are likely to have hit an all-time record on Saturday, reaching a scorching 38C (100F) in Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town.The record still needs to be verified, but it appears…
Manners maketh man — "This will not be a war of heroes. Nations will slaughter each other while we get rich." Jennifer Ouellette - Jun 21, 2020 11:38 pm UTC Ralph Fiennes stars in The King's Man, a prequel to the successful Kingsman franchise.Any trailer that features Rhys Ifans chewing up the scenery as the…
The man held on suspicion of killing three people at a park in Reading was known to MI5, security sources say.Khairi Saadallah, 25, from the town, was arrested at the scene on Saturday and police say they are not looking for anyone else over the terror incident.Sources told the BBC he is originally from Libya…
House of horror — Director David Koepp talks about the challenge of making internal mental states external Jennifer Ouellette - Jun 20, 2020 8:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Kevin Bacon reunited with Stir of Echoes director David Koepp for the new horror film You Should Have LeftUniversalKevin Bacon stars as a middle-aged man forced to…
