According to the EU's foreign policy chief, to stump up what will be a hefty reconstruction bill in Syria, neither Russia nor the U.S. can be relied upon.   European Commission Vice-President Federica Mogherini said that Russia was weak economically even while acknowledging that Russia is a...

Experts warn there is more to come — including the ability to hack fingerprint readers, after a massive cyberattack that struck 300,000 computers in 150 countries earlier this month has begun to slow.   "It is going to get worse before it gets better because we've becoming more reliant...

With automated bots and the Twitter account of WikiLeaks also propelling a leak that came two days before France's presidential vote, U.S. far-right activists helped amplify a leak of hacked emails belonging to leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign, some researchers said...

In what is the latest drive by the social media giant to tackle malicious information ahead of a national election, Facebook has launched a British newspaper advertising campaign to warn users of the dangers of fake news.   During the U.S. presidential election last year, there were many...

How does Africa plan to conduct its industrialization over the next decade? With large disparities throughout the continent, in terms of needs and resources, and still areas of instabilities freezing development in some parts of Africa, the continent seems to be moving towards a two-pronged...

The clearest details yet on what some U.S. officials say is a symbiotic relationship between Moscow's security services and private Russian hackers was provided by Wednesday's indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc.   Allegedly working...

After Russia’s anti-monopoly agency said Apple Inc had arranged for retailers to co-ordinate the prices of its iPhone models, the US company has been found guilty of price-fixing in Russia.   In a charge that could lead to the California-based company being fined, Apple’s Russian subsidiary...

The tide is rising for Western economies. When they could easily rule the world market with their production capacities, just a few decades ago, or with their hegemonic technological advance, they have been forced into frantic development and much higher risk-taking, by the rise in competition's...

A U.S. think tank is of the opinion that in the disputed ­Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, China has upgraded its military ­infrastructure, suggests satellite images.   China now ­occupied 20 outposts in the ­Paracels, and that there had been an extensive military build-up on...

China isn't having enough babies, despite having the largest population of any country in the world.   In order to avoid significant demographic challenges in the coming decades, the relaxation of China's one-child-only policy has so far failed to boost the country's birth rate enough. This...

The kingdom of Denmark is full of surprises but who knew that it would be one day the guinea pig of the world for a cashless economy? Denmark is now likely to become the first country with no more circulating cash. Could the banks’ favorite dream become the citizens’ worst nightmare?