6:Six Hong Kongers were arrested over the weekend for publicly marking the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Beijing bans commemorating the event on the mainland, but Hong Kong was, until recently, one of a few Chinese territories where it was allowed. That changed in 2020, when Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the city.
60: The UK could yield up to 60% less in cucumber and sweet pepper crops this year because many glass houses have opted to plant less due to surging energy costs and labor shortages. Even before the pandemic and the war in Ukraine disrupted global supply chains and rocked energy prices, British farmers were struggling with an acute labor shortage linked to Brexit.
628,205: Japan recorded its lowest number of births in more than a century, recording a population decline last year of 628,205, a 3.5% drop from the previous year. This is in part explained by Japan’s aging population: around one third of Japanese residents are over the age of 65.
49: At least 49 people were killed on Sunday and scores more injured when a fire broke out at a storage depot near the port city of Chittagong in southeast Bangladesh. The blaze – believed to have been caused by improperly stored chemicals – is the latest in a deadly spate of similar incidents attributed to the country’s poor safety and labor regulations.
Three weeks into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the list of losers is unusually long. Iran is getting devastated. The United States is trapped in an asymmetric conflict it can't exit.
The war in Iran is entering a more dangerous phase.
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Microsoft, Europol, and industry partners took coordinated action to disrupt Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing‑as‑a‑service operation designed to bypass multifactor authentication. Active since 2023, the service fueled large‑scale online impersonation, enabling fraud, data theft, and disruptions across sectors, including healthcare and education. Acting under a US court order, the coalition seized hundreds of domains powering Tycoon 2FA’s infrastructure — underscoring the need for global, public‑private cooperation that is essential to counter industrialized cybercrime and protect digital trust. Read the full blog here.