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India's cyber agency sets clock at 12 hours to tackle exploited bugs as AI turns up the heat
CERT-In says internet-facing or critical systems should be patched, mitigated, or cut off within half a day where feasible
"PATCH" · 총 143건
필터 보기현재 지수
50.3
0 = 부정 우세
50 = 중립
100 = 긍정 우세
최근 7일 기준 87,100건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.2(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,463건(5.1%)·중립 80,458건(92.4%)·부정 2,179건(2.5%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 15.3(중도 균형)입니다.
CERT-In says internet-facing or critical systems should be patched, mitigated, or cut off within half a day where feasible
Over the past decades, Binhai New Area, a coastal area of Tianjin, has transformed from a patch of saline-alkali wasteland into a modern, eco-friendly district, and is now shaping a new growth model centered on green development, officials said.
Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,553.
The Department of Health on Wednesday said the current smoking rate of Hong Kong stands at 8.5 percent, marking the lowest number of smokers on record. Manny Lam, head of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office, attributed the decline to the government's multi-faceted approach in introducing tobacco control measures over the years. "Among all these years, we continued to introduce new measures, such as [in] 2024, we introduced the 10 tobacco control measures and most of them have already been implemented," Lam said. "We expect there will be a continuing decrease in the smoking prevalence in the coming years." The department also noted that nearly 40 percent of smokers smoke flavoured cigarettes and the situation was prevalent among females and younger adults. “Flavoured cigarettes have a very significant effect in attracting females and also our young generation to start smoking and to continue to use these products because these flavours will reduce the harshness of the smoke. “Evidence also showed that people who use flavoured cigarettes will [find it] more difficult to stop smoking,” Lam added. Lam said the department is working out measures to ban flavoured cigarettes. “We already have a plan to introduce a ban on flavoured cigarettes after the implementation of the coming measures including the plain packaging and also the duty stamp for the cigarettes,” Lam said. The chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, Henry Tong, added that flavoured cigarettes are “sugar-coated poison”. “Flavoured cigarettes are really poisonous and harmful to people, but they have a sugar coat. “The people who smoke [flavoured cigarettes] don’t notice and they actually feel that because of the sugar coat and the flavour, the harm is smaller, which is completely misleading,” Tong said. Tong suggested there is a need for better education and enforcement in banning flavoured cigarettes in Hong Kong. As in previous years, the department has also launched its “Quit in June” campaign, aiming to encourage and support smokers in their efforts to quit. Measures include the distribution of free one-week trial packs of nicotine replacement therapy drugs as well as Chinese medicine ear points patches. Edited by Tony Sabine
Yellow alert in force as heavy rain, thunder and 40–50 kmph winds lash the city today; Thursday and Friday bring patchy showers before the weekend turns wetter.
PARIS: Iranian authorities partially restored internet connectivity on Tuesday after an almost three-month shutdown imposed after the US-Israel invasion on Feb 28. The shutdown left Iranians largely cut off from international networks, with only a domestic intranet working for daily tasks like shopping, ride-hailing and education. “Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in Iran on day 88,” of the shutdown, monitor NetBlocks said on X, saying it was “unclear” if this meant a permanent end to the “longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history”. Earlier during the day, Iran’s judiciary suspended a fledging presidential body that had ordered restoration of the internet. Judiciary suspends a presidential body that took the decision The Special Headquarters for Organising and Governing the Country’s Cyberspace was formed on May 12 by Pezeshkian. The body had on Monday reached a decision to “restore the internet”, according to government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani, after local media reported that Pezeshkian had decreed the measure. Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said in a post on X that the “first step toward free and regulated access to cyberspace has been taken”, adding that the demands of Iranians “will be fulfilled”. State news agency IRNA and Fars news agency said “full international internet connectivity has been restored” for users of fixed broadband services, but this had not been confirmed by internet monitor NetBlocks. Witnesses inside Iran said mobile internet remains cut, but home internet with Wi-Fi had been restored, even though VPNs were still needed to access some social media. “A few minutes ago I could open international websites using my home internet provider,” said a 22-year-old woman from the western city of Kermanshah. A user in Tehran said the internet service for his company has been restored, but “mobile connection remained the same” without any access. Others reported that general access remained extremely patchy. Closure in January The shutdown imposed three months ago followed a similar blackout imposed on Jan 8 after the country was rocked by mass anti-government protests. Activists said that the January closure was aimed at masking the scale of a crackdown on the protests, as well as preventing more demonstrations. Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2026
• Beijing’s envoy already laying groundwork to continue Islamabad-Kabul mediation efforts • Pakistani circles ‘fed up’ by failure of bilateral efforts, pin their hopes on Chinese shepherding the process CHINA’S diplomatic mediation between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is keeping hopes alive for a possible rapprochement. After hosting their first meeting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, in April — aimed at bringing an end to the Islamabad-Kabul animosity — Beijing now intends to hold a second meeting to keep the process on track, according to people familiar with discussions. For the better part of the year, conflict between the two neighbours has badly affected trade, transit, cross-border movement of common people, and those living in the border regions. Both sides seem to be inflexible on core issues, such as opening bilateral government channels, trade and movement of people. While the signals from Kabul regarding the ‘Urumqi process’ have been somewhat positive, Pakistani circles have remained tight-lipped until recently – in expectation of some positive impact on the security situation in the country, especially the militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Pakistan officially broke its silence on the issue in the Joint Statement issued on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrapped up his three-day visit to China. “The Pakistani side spoke positively of the successful holding of the informal talks among China, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China in April 2026, and welcomed the Chinese side to provide a dialogue platform for communication between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” the statement said. Laying groundwork China’s Special Envoy for Afghan Affairs Yue Xiaoyong has already been laying the groundwork for the second meeting, something he discussed during a visit to Kabul earlier this month. “Both sides give positive assessment of the Urumqi process ready (sic) working together for peace, security and common [development],” Ambassador Yue wrote on X on May 13 following his meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and other officials. Muttaqi has, on a number of occasions, spoken about “progress” in the process. According to a statement issued after a meeting with the Chinese special envoy on May 11, he “emphasised that the success of the negotiation process (in Urumqi) depends on concrete measures, strengthening the atmosphere of trust, and keeping the level of tension low, and the Islamic Emirate has taken significant steps in these areas”. The Afghan functionary did not specify what “significant steps” his government had taken to address Pakistan’s security concerns. However, it is believed that he may have been referring to reports that Afghan authorities had detained members of Pakistan-facing terrorist groups in areas – including Khost, Paktia, Paktika and Kunar – and shifted them away from the border regions. However, these reports could not be independently verified, and Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid did not respond to a query about the reported action. Guns have fallen relatively silent over the past couple of months in the restive border region, and some progress has come on the back of deals struck at the local level – facilitated by tribal elders in Bajaur-Mohmand-Kunar and Chitral-Nuristan – that have managed to expel militant elements from their areas. These local arrangements highlight the key role tribal elders can play in bringing relations back on track. Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s former ambassador in Kabul, says that both countries continue to look at their relations exclusively through the prism of security and geopolitics, while ignoring the most important dimensions – leveraging civilisational interaction and regional connectivity to gain the desired results. Stated positions Action against terrorists who use Afghan soil to attack Pakistan has been one of Islamabad’s main and long-standing demands, and Pakistani officials have been seeking their arrest during bilateral negotiations, as well as in the presence of mediators, according to those who have been part of the talks. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Pakistani official told Dawn the Afghan Taliban had privately shared some information, but it remains to be seen what they do with those who have reportedly been detained. When asked what Pakistan wants the Afghan Taliban to do, the official summed it up thus: kill, arrest, disarm, hand-over or take Pakistani militants away from the border regions. On their part, the Afghan Taliban have suggested that Pakistan negotiate with the armed groups, calling it an “internal matter” for Pakistan. According to an Afghan Taliban official, the regime in Kabul does not want to open up a new front against Pakistan-facing militant groups, as they cannot afford a fresh conflict on their soil. Although Pakistan has been seeking of a written commitment that the Afghans will not allow the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or any other group to use their soil to stage attacks, such an assurance has yet to materialise. “The Afghan Taliban had agreed in Urumqi to mention the TTP in a possible agreement, but refused to use the word ‘terrorists’ to describe it and other militant groups,” according to sources privy to the China-hosted talks. From a bilateral to a multilateral track The Urumqi process has an added significance, as Pakistan has all but given up on pursuing a bilateral track with Kabul, saying that all previous such efforts had failed. In this backdrop, the Chinese efforts have assumed greater importance – not least because previous efforts by Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia did not yield the desired results, either. But Beijing’s involvement is being seen as a boon for Pakistan. Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a former senator and chairman of the Pakistan-China Institute, argues that Beijing’s role in the region is a factor for stability and a source of strength for Islamabad. “Just as Pakistan is engaged in a sincere and sustained effort to promote peace between the US and Iran, so too China wants peace and rapprochement between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as this volatile and unstable region cannot be another battlefield. This meets with the interests of both peoples as well as the region as a whole,” Mr Sayed told Dawn. In his view, China believes that promoting regional connectivity via the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) & China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and having a common approach on counter terrorism, dialogue and diplomacy, is the best way forward to defuse tensions and resolve issues, so that the situation doesn’t spiral out of control. According to Ambassador Khan, the former envoy to Kabul, Chinese mediation actually provides an opportunity to open bilateral channels of engagement in security/counter-terrorism, trade and people-to-people exchanges with a view to achieve mutual peace, progress and prosperity. Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2026
According to State Load Dispatch Centre data, Delhi touched a peak demand of 8,439 MW on Sunday.
China's dispatch of its Type 054B for its first far-seas training since entering service a year ago is a milestone in Beijing's push to punch further into the western Pacific.
JEHLUM: At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured after several houses were seriously damaged following a reported earthquake in Jhelum’s Pind Dadan Khan tehsil on Tuesday, the area administration said. According to Jhelum Deputy Commissioner Mir Reza Ozgen, the earthquake was reported in the Jalalpur Sharif area of Jhelum’s Pind Dadan Khan tehsil. Ozgen said around 10 houses were seriously damaged in the earthquake and confirmed that at least one person had died in the incident. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the scale was recorded at 7:06pm on Tuesday. The quake had a depth of 12 kilometres, with its epicentre located 58 kilometres southwest of Jhelum at latitude 32.59 north and longitude 73.23 east, the release added. “Police, rescue teams and the local administration are present at the site. Further search and assessment of the area is underway,” the DC said. Assistant Commissioner Pind Dadan Khan Ayesha Shafqat said 12 victims were shifted to the Rural Health Centre in Jalalpur Sharif, and eight of them with multiple injuries were later moved to DHQ Hospital Jhelum. In an earlier statement, Jhelum District Emergency Officer Farhan Mirza said Rescue 1122 received an emergency call at 7:09pm reporting that the first floor of a house had collapsed due to an earthquake, trapping several people under the debris in Pind Dadan Khan tehsil. He added a Rescue 1122 team was dispatched immediately and reached the scene within eight minutes. “Upon arrival, they found that six people had been injured, while one teenage boy was found dead,” said the rescue official. Residents said the earthquake was felt in Pind Dadan Khan’s Sagharpur, Daryala Jalip, Haranpur and Jaitypur areas. According to preliminary reports, Jalalpur Sharif and Pindi Saidpur were the worst-affected localities. On May 4, tremors were felt in Islamabad and Rawalpindi after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake was reported. According to the PMD, the earthquake was recorded at 10:56am. It added that the epicentre was located near the Tajikistan–Xinjiang border region and had a depth of 128 kilometres. On April 3, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the scale jolted parts of the country, with the PMD stating that the quake struck at 9:13pm at a depth of 190km, with the Hindu Kush Region in Afghanistan as its epicentre. It said the shocks were felt in Islamabad, Chitral, Peshawar, Swat and Shangla. Pakistan falls on three major tectonic plates — the Arabian, Euro-Asian and Indian — which create five seismic zones under the country. The intersection of multiple fault lines means that tectonic movements remain a frequent occurrence in the region.
Patches of countryside in West Sussex, Kent and Lincolnshire were the latest areas to be targeted by unscrupulous developers over the three-day break - much to the dismay of locals.
Japan is looking to protect the assets of Japanese companies operating in Russia, including in some energy projects, by keeping communication channels open, a top Japanese official said on Tuesday. “We have been dispatching Japanese government officials to Russia to maintain contact, and this current dispatch is part of that ongoing effort,” Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s Trade Minister, said at a briefing, as carried by Bloomberg. Several major Japanese companies continue to operate in Russia although most firms from Japan’s Western…
Wigmore Hall, London The veteran chamber music venue kicked off a celebratory two-week festival with a starry lineup of performers playing works that had featured on the first ever programme In May 1901, Wigmore Hall’s inaugural concert began, of course, with God Save the King – the words sounding novel to an audience who, until a few months earlier, had been singing it for Queen Victoria. The programme continued with a starry lineup including the composer and piano virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni performing Beethoven and the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe playing unaccompanied Bach. A partial recreation of that evening kicked off the hall’s fortnight of celebrations of its 125th birthday, and once the national anthem was out of the way - dispatched from the platform by soprano Louise Alder and pianist Joseph Middleton – it felt less like a historical exercise than a celebration of what this venue has always been good at. The concert was billed as a gala but was less formal, shorter and tighter than that might have suggested, partly thanks to being broadcast live: no indulgent speeches, just short links from Radio 3’s Ian Skelly filling us in on the venue’s history. The hall was originally built in 1901 by Bechstein, the piano manufacturer, whose showrooms were next door on Wigmore Street, and was intended as a place where audiences could hear the finest pianists of the day showcasing the company’s instruments. Continue reading...
The initiative seeks to strengthen emergency medical response services through a unified, technology-driven platform integrating ambulance dispatch, emergency helplines, and healthcare coordination.
An elderly man was found burned to death in the front yard of a home in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on Monday, prompting a police investigation. Police and fire authorities said a passerby called 119 at around 6:16 p.m. after finding a person collapsed in the yard of a residential home in Sinchang-myeon. Paramedics dispatched to the scene found the body of a man in his 80s who had been burned to death and handed the case over to police. The door to the home was locked at the time, and no f
In the Desert and Mountain West, towns like Kearny, Ariz., are already warning residents they could soon run out of water, but rationing so far has been patchy.
A woman’s encounter with the stepfather she hasn’t seen for decades leads to a revived bond – but is it all too perfect? I blame Meryl Streep. Once she’s in your head, it’s hard to kick her out. Streep narrated the audiobook of Tom Lake, Ann Patchett’s last novel, and I’ve played it so many times I listen for the rhythm now, not the story. Or perhaps the rhythm is the story. Nothing much happens in Tom Lake, which is to say that everything happens – life happens – but ever so gently. On a cherry farm in Michigan, a mother tells her restless, world-hungry daughters the tale of a long-ago summer romance, piece by piece, as they work the harvest together. It’s Scheherazade with pie. Tom Lake is a lovely book, indulgently so. A pandemic novel that imagines the crisis as Edenic: a family thrown together with little to do but talk and remember and cherish one another. Sun-ripe fruit, rescue dogs, the future paused for one last impossible season. Some ingenue glitz; a whiff of tradwifery. A lesson – quite literally – in cherrypicking. Continue reading...
William Kircher has been busy recreating his own patch of Middle-earth near Featherston.
May 24 - Ukraine's SBU security service said its drones attacked an oil pumping dispatch station in Russia's Vladimir region on Sunday, adding that the facility was an important node in pumping oil products southwest to Moscow and its surrounding area.
A prominent pro-Israel activist is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to dispatch the National Guard to the Big Apple to help protect marchers at the upcoming Israel Day Parade in the wake of a troubling increase in antisemitic incidents.