World powers have often been known to intervene, overtly and covertly, to overthrow other countries’ governments, install pliant regimes, and then prop up those regimes, even with military action. But, more often than not, what …
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The Beat Talk to the camera (respectfully) Police using body cameras generate data, and lots of it. But until this week there’s never been a systematic effort to mine through it. Now, linguists, psychologists and …
China’s new cybersecurity law enters into force this week, less than a month after the implementation of additional measures for security reviews of critical network products and services. (See here for some background on the …
In a tragic twist of timing, the report on Australia’s worst terrorist incident in recent years was handed down only hours after the suicide bombing in Manchester Arena, the first mass-casualty jihadist terrorist attack in …
The Beat First responders fear fentanyl The rising incidence of fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic painkiller that can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, is changing how first responders in the US conduct their …