Social event planning app Partiful, which calls itself “Facebook events for hot people,” has firmly replaced Facebook as the go-to platform for sending party invitations. But what Partiful also has in common with Facebook is that it’s collecting a tsunami of user data, and Partiful could have done better at keeping that data secure. On...
Shabana Mahmood: “This is not about a ban, it’s about restrictions and conditions” Police forces will be granted powers to put conditions on repeat protests, the government has announced, a day after nearly 500 protesters were arrested. Senior officers will be able to consider the “cumulative impact” of previous protests, the Home Office said, which...
The United States is deepening its military presence in the Philippines with a planned upgrade to a naval base in Palawan, a strategically vital island facing the South China Sea that already hosts American-funded boat hubs and airstrips. While some observers view the growing American presence as a pragmatic move to enhance the Philippines’ defence...
North Korean state propaganda is promoting another new beach facility on the east coast this week to improve “the people’s wellbeing,” using a site where the DPRK military previously carried out live-fire artillery drills, NK News analysis shows. The Jasan Bathing Beach reportedly officially opened on July 23 to a crowd of a couple hundred...
Andrea AdelsonOct 5, 2025, 01:27 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After No. 3 Miami hung on to defeat No. 18 Florida State 28-22 on Saturday night, several Hurricanes players paraded around their sideline with white placards that read BACK TO BACK STATE...
With the series now tied at one apiece, there’s an argument to be made that a trilogy between Ankalaev and Pereira is in order. The two are still the best in the division and the rubber match would certainly generate interest. However, adding some new blood to the title picture could generate more interest. Carlos...
When I arrived in the US four years ago to start my doctorate at Cornell University, I thought I’d be the last person to be hunted down by the immigration authorities. As far as I could tell, “the special relationship” meant that a British passport carried a sort of immunity akin to that enjoyed by...
Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, a landmark moment in the country’s fragile transition after nearly 14 years of war. Members of Syria’s electoral colleges gathered on Sunday to vote for the new lawmakers in a process being criticised as undemocratic, with a third...
Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000...
A U.S. court has sentenced an American national to more than eight years in prison for facilitating a massive fraud scheme that helped North Korean information technology (IT) workers generate millions in illicit funds for Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. The U.S. District Court for the District Columbia on Thursday delivered the 102-month sentence against Christina Chapman...