Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

China/USA – US ‘rules-based intl order’ is ‘law of the jungle’ to contain others: Chinese vice FM tells US envoy (Global Times)

Global Times writes: The fundamental reason for the deadlock in China-US relations is that some in the US always see China as an "imaginary...

China/USA – China, US to start dialogue amid new tensions and high attention (Global Times)

Fan Anqi and Chen Qingqing write: In a break from the past approach, when the Chinese side often released a goodwill gesture before a...

Cyber – Microsoft publishes mitigations for the PetitPotam attack (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes: Microsoft published mitigations for the recently discovered PetitPotam attack that allows attackers to force remote Windows machines to share their password hashes. go to Security...

Cyber – Threat actor offers Clubhouse secret database containing 3.8B phone numbers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: A threat actor is offering for sale on hacking forums the secret database Clubhouse containing 3.8B phone numbers. go to...

Cyber – Crooks target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to deploy miners (Security Affairs)

Security Affairs writes: Threat actors target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to cryptocurrency miners, security researchers from Intezer warn. go to Security Affairs: Crooks target Kubernetes...

Cina/USA – China blames US for fraught relations as talks begin (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: China has blamed the United States for what it called a “stalemate” in bilateral relations as high-level face-to-face talks began in the...

Pakistan – ‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: When the first bullet whizzed past Sheikh Nasir Ahmad’s ear, he brushed at it, thinking it was a mosquito, out on an...

Pakistan-administered Kashmir – PM Imran Khan’s party wins Pakistan-administered Kashmir polls (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has won a majority of seats in elections for the legislative...

Afghanistan – ‘Unprecedented’: UN says Afghan civilian deaths up by 47 percent (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces...

Tunisia – Protests in Tunis over deteriorating economy, health system (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Violent demonstrations broke out on Sunday in several Tunisian cities as protesters expressed their anger at the deterioration of the country’s health,...

Tunisia – Tunisia’s democracy is in crisis. Here’s a timeline of key events (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the government and frozen the parliament in one of Tunisia’s biggest political crises since the 2011...

Tunisia – Kais Saied: The Tunisian political outsider accused of a coup (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s president described his election victory in 2019 as “like a new revolution” – and on Sunday night he brought huge crowds...

Belarus – Belarus’s Energy Sector Faces Challenging Times (GMF)

Aliaksei Patonia writes: As one of the world’s least energy self-sufficient countries, Belarus has always been extremely reliant on the import of Russian oil and...

Belarus/Ukraine – Belarus and the Ukraine Trap (GMF, War on the Rocks)

Michael Kimmage writes: Belarus is among the most likely places where a war could break out between Russia and the West. News from Belarus...

Cyber – Beijng Rejects Cyber Hacking (GMF)

GMF writes: Bonnie Glaser, Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund says Microsoft hack allegation is a good example of the Biden...

Cities – Cities Managing Migration: the State of Affairs (GMF)

Christiane Heimann, Janina Sturner, Paul Costello writes: After migrants and refugees have crossed national borders, they settle in local communities and increasingly in urban...