On Sunday night, “Parasite” made history, becoming the first non-English-language film to win best picture at the Academy Awards. In addition to winning awards for best screenplay, best director and best international picture, the film also became the first South Korean movie to win an Oscar. These historic wins feel especially significant in a year […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history. The 2017 breach affected roughly 145 million
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Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority said it was looking into what it called a “grave” security lapse by the maker of an app promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party that led to the exposure of personal data of all 6.5 million eligible voters in Israel, including full names and identity card numbers.
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LeBron James is considering a return to the Olympics. James — a two-time gold medalist and three-time Olympian — is among 44 players announced by USA Basketball on Monday as finalists for the team that will play in the Tokyo Games this summer. James played in 2004, 2008 and 2012, helping the U.S. win gold
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges on Monday against four members of China’s military on suspicion of hacking into Equifax, the credit reporting agency, in 2017 and stealing trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million Americans. “This was a deliberate and sweeping intrusion into the private information of the American people,”
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget proposals have been defined by a belief that the economy will grow significantly faster than most economists anticipate. The latest version, set for release on Monday, is a brief departure: It concedes, for the first time, that the administration’s past projections were too optimistic. Then it goes right back to
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The European Union says the new virus that emerged in China creates a “worrisome” situation that will be discussed during a special meeting of health ministers from the 27-member bloc February 10, 2020, 12:29 PM 3 min read BEIJING — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 6 p.m.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Monae opened the show with a tribute to some movies that weren’t nominated “Remember when a movie was a fella in a hat running away from a fella with no hair?” When Hank Hooper, CEO of media conglomerate Kabletown, made that observation in Tina Fey’s sitcom 30 Rock, it
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Image copyright Getty Images Work is under way “by a range of government officials” to look at the idea of building a Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge, Number 10 has said. Boris Johnson has described the bridge as a “very interesting idea”, while Ireland’s premier Leo Varadkar has said it was “worth examining”. But Labour’s Luke Pollard
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A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Boston Red Sox have again agreed to send 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts and pitcher David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a reworked deal By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer February 10, 2020, 3:44 AM 3 min read BOSTON — Two days before the
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