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(Indonesia) Making Indonesia’s carbon neutrality a reality (East Asia Forum)

Abidah Setyowati, Delft University of Technology, writes for East Asia Forum: In May 2021, Indonesia’s biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase...
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(USA) Inclusive and equitable tech reskilling at LaunchCode in St. Louis (Brookings)

Jason Jabbari, Wenrui Huang, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss write for Brookings: During the pandemic, the employment gap between Black and Hispanic Americans and white Americans reached record highs....
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(Cybersecurity) Joker billing fraud malware found in Google Play Store (ZD Net)

Charlie Osborne writes for ZD Net: Malicious Android apps harboring the Joker malware have been discovered in the Google Play Store. On Tuesday, cybersecurity...
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(Australia) IT service provider Interactive hits out at tech companies for monopolistic firmware tactics (ZD Net)

Aimee Chanthadavong  writes for ZD Net: Australian IT service provider Interactive has expressed serious concerns that tech manufacturers are using tactics such as "digital...
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(Australia) ASX issues caution for Aussies investing in crypto and contemplates exchange regulation (ZD Net)

Asha Barbaschow writes for ZD Net: The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has issued a warning to investors keen to buy into the crypto scene,...
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(Economies) Economic Attitudes Improve in Many Nations Even as Pandemic Endures (Pew Research Center)

SHANNON SCHUMACHER AND J.J. MONCUS writes for Pew Research Center: As the global economy shows signs of rebounding, positive assessments of the economic situation have risen in several...
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(USA) 56% of Americans support more regulation of major technology companies (Pew Research Center)

EMILY A. VOGELS writes for Pew Research Center: Growing shares of Americans think major technology companies should face more government regulation, and a majority...
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(Belarus) Minsk Retaliates Against European Sanctions by Ridding Country of ‘Agents of Western Influence’ (Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe writes for Jamestown Foundation: In Belarus, the government’s assault on media outlets and other entities with Western funding continues. Just on July...
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(Ukraine) President Zelenskyy Reshuffles Government, Drops Powerful Interior Minister (Jamestown Foundation)

Oleg Varfolomeyev writes for Jamestown Foundation: Two years after taking office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to reshuffle his government again. Unlike in...
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(China/Central Asia) Beijing Expanding Size and Role of Its ‘Private’ Military Companies in Central Asia (Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe writes for Jamestown Foundation: For the last several years, China has made use of its own private military companies (PMC) to guard...
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(USA/Ukraine) Counselor Chollet’s Trip to Ukraine (US Department of State)

Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, and...
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(Cybersecurity) Kelihos botmaster Peter Levashov gets time served (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: A US federal judge sentenced Russian hacker Peter Levashov to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised...
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(Cybersecurity) LPE flaw in Linux kernel allows attackers to get root privileges on most distros (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: Experts discovered a Local Privilege Escalation, tracked as CVE-2021-33909, that could allow attackers to get root access on most...
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(USA/Cuba) The US embargo on Cuba has failed (Al Jazeera)

Christopher Rhodes writes for Al Jazeera: For nearly 60 years, the United States has enforced an embargo against Cuba, severely restricting the flow of...
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(Afghanistan) ‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters (Al Jazeera)

Robyn Huang and Matt Reichel writes for Al Jazeera: It was about 8am on a Monday morning in April 2018 when Bushra Seddique felt the multi-storey...
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(Tanzania) Tanzania’s Chadema party says leader Freeman Mbowe arrested (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema has said its leader and other members were arrested before a planned conference to demand constitutional reforms. Freeman...
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