Lithuania tells citizens to throw away Chinese phones

Due to concerns over devices being able to detect and censor certain terms, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry has recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones. And for those that already have smartphones manufactured by brands like Xiaomi and Huawei, they advised owners to throw away those devices. This is the latest development in the … Read more

Lithuania tells citizens to ditch Chinese phones after report finds built-in censorship capabilities

Lithuania tells its citizens to throw away their Chinese mobile phones after report found devices had built-in censorship capabilities Cybersecurity body report found Xiaomi devices could detect and censor terms ‘Free Tibet’, ‘Long live Taiwan independence’ or ‘democracy movement’ among terms included in the feature, which was turned off for EU region However, it could … Read more

Stop treating scammers’ victims as second-class citizens, say experts

Consumer champion Martin Lewis says there is not enough sympathy for fraud victims, and is calling for a police crackdown on the ‘almost unpunished crime’. The Money Saving Expert founder warns that those who fall prey to scammers are seen as ‘lesser victims’ because people wrongly assume that they have the money to spare. He … Read more

Campaigners call on Priti Patel to intervene over mechanic jailed for attempted citizen’s arrest

Campaigners call on Priti Patel to intervene in case of mechanic serving 38 months in jail for attempted citizen’s arrest that ended in death of hammer-wielding man Petition demands Home Secretary Priti Patel intervene in case of Benjamin Hunt Hunt, 32, is serving a 38-month prison sentence after admitting manslaughter He had attempted to make … Read more

Olivia Munn looks gorgeous in silky gold pant suit for appearance at Global Citizen’s Vax Live in LA

Olivia Munn looks gorgeous in silky gold pant suit for appearance at Global Citizen’s Vax Live in LA By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 07:28 BST, 3 May 2021 | Updated: 07:28 BST, 3 May 2021 She’s recently been speaking out against anti-Asian racism. And on Sunday, Olivia Munn lent her celebrity to another cause … Read more

Queen thanks German citizens who set up memorial to lieutenant who guarded her during war

He spent nine months guarding the young Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret before being tragically killed just days before the end of World War Two. Lieutenant Robin Tudsbery was just 25 when the armoured car he and two comrades were traveling in was blown up by a mine in the German town of Kutenholz … Read more

Man who killed vandal during citizen’s arrest is jailed as victim’s mother says sentence is a ‘joke’

The mother of a young man who died after he was pinned down in a citizen’s arrest has branded his killer’s sentence ‘a joke’. Stafford Crown Court heard Benjamin Hunt chased 25-year-old Christopher Walters after he had damaged a car with a hammer in Longton in May 2019. Hunt, aged 32, then held Mr Walters … Read more

Man who killed vandal during citizen’s arrest is jailed as victim’s mother says sentence is a ‘joke’

The mother of a young man who died after he was pinned down in a citizen’s arrest has branded his killer’s sentence ‘a joke’. Stafford Crown Court heard Benjamin Hunt chased 25-year-old Christopher Walters after he had damaged a car with a hammer in Longton in May 2019. Hunt, aged 32, then held Mr Walters … Read more

Russia warns ‘the beginning of the end of Ukraine’ will be imminent if it ‘has to defend citizens’

A senior Kremlin official today warned that if Russia is forced to defend its citizens in the disputed Donbass region it would be ‘the beginning of the end Ukraine.’ Tensions have soared in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks after Vladimir Putin dispatched tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy flew … Read more

British citizens are told to flee Myanmar due to ‘rising levels of violence’

Britain on Friday advised its citizens to flee Myanmar, as a UN expert warned the junta is likely committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in its attempt to stay in power. The military authorities are cracking down with increasing severity on daily protests against their February 1 coup, with at least 70 people killed according to the … Read more