A group of iOS developers has written to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook expressing their unhappiness over the location-related changes in iOS 13 and have called it anti-competitive. In iOS 13, Apple is offering users even more granular control over their location data. A location permission pop-up in iOS 13 has the option of granting an […]
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Sudan’s military and civilian leaders signed a power-sharing deal at a joyous ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, on Saturday, signaling a new chapter after eight tumultuous months in which the sprawling African country was rocked by popular protests, a dictator was ousted and the military led a bloody crackdown. Few Sudanese could have imagined only […]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Saturday that it had launched 10 drones in an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, but there was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi authorities or the state oil giant, Aramco. Speaking to Houthi-run television station, Al Masirah, a Houthi spokesman described the attack […]
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Some UI assets found in the latest watchOS 6 beta point to Apple launching new Apple Watch models with ceramic and titanium casing. The animations files found in watchOS 6 beta point to Apple launching the Apple Watch Series 5 in 44mm with titanium and ceramic casing. A smaller 40mm model should also be available […]
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MONGYAI, Myanmar — She did not know where she was. She did not speak the language. She was 16 years old. The man said he was her husband — at least that’s what the translation app indicated — and he pressed himself against her. Nyo, a girl from a mountain village in the Shan hills […]
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HONG KONG — An activist who drew attention to the plight of Muslims held in Chinese indoctrination camps has been freed after months of detention in Kazakhstan, but his lawyer refused to sign his plea deal, saying she believed he had been threatened into accepting it. The activist, Serikzhan Bilash, walked out of a courtroom […]
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VERMELHOS, Portugal — Portugal has scrambled to find solutions to wildfires that have ravaged the country in recent years. It has tested high-tech tools like drones and used satellites and aircraft to fight the fires. It has grappled with long-term policy changes to improve land management that could prevent them. And then there is the […]
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HONG KONG — Another weekend of protests began in Hong Kong on Saturday, days after both the demonstrators and the police came under criticism for taking violence and mayhem to new levels. The events scheduled for the weekend, beginning with a rally led by teachers, underscore the breadth and variety of the protest movement. The […]
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At the start of this week, it appeared the usual midsummer news drought would allow me to indulge in writing about my cycling obsession and a 400 kilometer trip I’d made from our cottage back to Ottawa last weekend. Mario Dion, however, changed all that. ImagePrime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about the SNC-Lavalin case on […]
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ARKHANGELSK, Russia — From the promenade at the water’s edge in the city of Arkhangelsk, a view opens of the broad, fast-flowing Northern Dvina River and a smudge of greenery on the far bank. About 40 miles in that direction, a still mysterious nuclear accident last week released radiation, killed at least seven people and […]
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