Instagram fined €405m over children's data privacy
Irish regulators have fined Instagram €405m for violating children's privacy, BBC reported.
The long-running complaint concerned children's data - particularly their phone numbers and email addresses.
Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realising this made more of their data public.
Instagram's owner, Meta, said it planned to appeal against the decision. It is the third fine handed to the company by the regulator, according to BBC.
"We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of €405m [£349m]," Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said.
US Open: Rafael Nadal stunned by Frances Tiafoe in fourth round
Rafael Nadal has been beaten in a Grand Slam for the first time in 2022, losing to Frances Tiafoe in the US Open fourth round, BBC reported.
American Tiafoe thrilled the home crowd with a 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 win over four-time champion Nadal in New York.
The defeat ended the Spaniard's bid for a record-extending 23rd major singles title.
Nadal led the fourth set 3-1 before Tiafoe hit back, winning five games in a row to secure his quarter-final spot.
He will face Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublevfor a place in the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows.
Tiafoe, seeded 22nd, threw his racquet to the floor and covered his face in disbelief as his victory was confirmed by a netted Nadal backhand.
After thanking the crowd he covered his face with his towel, taking in the atmosphere on a raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"Something special happened today," the 24-year-old said on court.
"I don't know what to say, I'm so happy. He's one of the greatest of all time and I played unbelievable."
Nadal has never looked settled in New York this year but that is not to take anything away from Tiafoe, who played a clever match, according to BBC.
The result means that Marin Cilic, who won the 2014 US Open, is the only Grand Slam singles winner left in the men's draw.
Cilic plays Carlos Alcaraz in Monday's night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium with Italian 11th seed Jannik Sinner taking on unseeded Belarusian Ilya Ivashka.
Ukraine war: Russia postpones 'referendum' in occupied region
The Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson have postponed a so-called referendum on joining Russia, on security grounds, BBC reported.
"This is being paused because of the security situation," said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed administration there.
He said heavy Ukrainian shelling had made a key Kherson bridge impassable.
Ukraine and its Western allies have denounced the referendum plans in Kherson and other areas as illegal.
Meanwhile, Ukraine says its forces have recaptured Vysokopillya, a small town some 167km (104 miles) north of central Kherson.
That gain - not verified independently - is part of a counter-offensive in the south launched by the Ukrainian army last week.
His photo caption says: "Vysokopillya, Kherson Region. Ukraine. Today."
President Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had recaptured two "population centres" in the south, but did not name them.
Russia has been planning referendums in Kherson and the southern Zaporizhzhia region, most of which it controls.
He said barges transporting civilians across the Dnieper (Dnipro) river were also coming under Ukrainian fire, as was the city's infrastructure, according to BBC.
Ukraine has deployed US-made Himars multiple rocket launchers in its drive to push the Russians out of the city - the first to fall to them after their 24 February invasion.
As well as Kherson, Russia has announced plans for referendums in other captured territory, similar to that held in Crimea after its troops seized the peninsula in 2014.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urged civilians to leave Kherson as fighting intensifies in the area. She has also warned that any who participate in the planned Russian referendum are liable to face Ukrainian prosecution.
Russia's invasion has destabilised life in Ukraine to such an extent that it is not clear who could vote in such referendums anyway. The Crimea vote in 2014, held under military occupation, was not recognised internationally, BBC reported.
China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city in lockdown
At least 46 people have been killed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China, state media said, BBC reported.
The quake struck at 13:00 local time (05:00 GMT) in Sichuan province at a depth of 10km (6 miles).
The impact severed telecommunications lines and triggered mountain landslides that caused "serious damage", local media reports say.
Some 21 million people in Sichuan's capital Chengdu were last week ordered to stay at home because of Covid rules.
The epicentre of the quake was at Luding, a town in a remote mountain region located about 226km southwest of Chengdu, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. State broadcaster CCTV said 17 people died in the city of Ya'an, while 29 deaths were reported in the neighbouring prefecture of Ganzi.
"Another 16 people were missing and 50 were injured," CCTV said late on Monday.
Tremors shook buildings in Chengdu and the neighbouring mega-city of Chongqing, leaving roads blocked and cutting communication lines in areas home to more than 10,000 residents.
The shocks also forced some power stations to shut down in the areas of Garze and Ya'an, CCTV said.
More than 500 rescue personnel have been despatched to the epicentre, while workers laboured to clear roadblocks caused by landslides, according to state broadcaster CGTN.
Chengdu residents reported seeing people running out of their high-rise apartments in a panic after receiving earthquake alerts on their phones, according to BBC.
"There were many people who were so terrified they started crying," Laura Luo, an international PR consultant, told news agency Reuters.
"Some of my neighbours on the ground floor said they felt it very noticeably," Chen, a resident of Chengdu, told AFP news agency.
"But because Chengdu is currently under epidemic management, people aren't allowed to leave their residential compounds, so many of them rushed out into their courtyards."
On Friday, Chengdu became the latest city to be locked down by Chinese authorities, in an attempt to stem the rise in Covid cases.
The latest disaster comes months after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake tore through Sichuan in June. Sichuan is a earthquake-prone area, as it lies along the eastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, BBC reported.
The earthquake also called into memory an 8.0-magnitude quake which hit Wenchuan county in northwest Sichuan in 2008, which killed 70,000 and caused widespread destruction.
Canada stabbings: One suspect found dead
Canada police have said that one of the two suspects in Sunday's mass stabbings in Saskatchewan has been found dead, BBC reported.
The body of Damien Sanderson, 31, was found in the James Smith Cree Nation, home to several victims, they said.
The two suspects were brothers and police say Myles Sanderson is still at large and believed to be in the city of Regina.
On Sunday, 10 people were stabbed to death in one of the worst acts of violence in Canada's recent history.
The attacks - which left another 18 people injured - happened in a remote region of Saskatchewan.
In Regina, the province's capital city, where the suspects were last seen, families are in mourning and communities on edge.
Every so often, that calm was interrupted by piercing alerts ringing on mobile phones, warning of two adult male suspects, and then just one, still on the run.
The brutal spree of violence has rocked the typically peaceful province, with police investigating 13 different crime scenes.
Both Damien and Myles were charged with murder, despite not being arrested.
Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told a news conference a "deceased male" was located in the James Smith Cree Nation at 11:30 local time (17:30 GMT). It was later confirmed, at 13:17 on Monday, "that the deceased is Damien Sanderson".
Ms Blackmore said Damien's body was found with "visible injuries" and they were "not believed to be self-inflicted at this point".
Police have said Myles, Damien's brother, is still at large and they have encouraged people to remain alert.
The 30-year-old suspect might also have sustained injuries and police have warned the public he might seek medical assistance. But police did not say whether he was responsible for his brother's death, BBC reported.
Myles, who was previously known to the police, is described as having an "extensive and lengthy criminal record" dating back a number of years for crimes against individuals and property.
"This kind of violence, or any kind of violence has no place in our country," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday.
Many of the victims were residents of the remote James Smith Cree Nation, home to about 2,000 people - leaving members of Canada's indigenous community especially shaken. A state of emergency was declared in Saskatchewan.
Canadian media have identified some of the victims, although no official details have been provided by authorities, according to BBC.
Saskatchewan's 1.2 million residents are scattered across 250,000 square miles. Clusters of tight-knit communities, separated by stretches of highways, dot the flat expanse of farmland. Most places feel remote.
Home Minister directs CDO to release security guard detained for asking sitting minister to stay in line
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Monday directed the concerned authority to release Sher Jung Gurung who was arrested for asking Minister for Tourism Jeevan Ram Shrestha to wait in queue. Home Minister Khand directed Chief District Officer Govinda Rijal to release Gurung, a security guard from Garud Security Services employed at the visa center in the Thamel-based complex, by completing the process, the Home Minister Secretariat said. Gurung was arrested on Sunday after he asked Minister Shrestha, who had reached the Chhaya Center in Thamel for personal work, not to breach the line.
Nepal reports 221 new Covid-19 cases on Monday
Nepal reported 221 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 519 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 122 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 539 people underwent antigen tests, of which 99 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. As of today, there are 2, 444 active cases in the country.
EC expresses dissatisfaction over government’s move to extend tenure of HoR
The Election Commission has said that its attention has been drawn towards the bill tabled in the Parliament to amend the tenure of the House of Representatives. The bill was tabled to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives till the first meeting of the House after parliamentary elections. Preparations are underway to endorse the bill through fast track. Issuing a statement on Monday, the poll body expressed its dissatisfaction over the government’s move to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives. “It is not good to bring the bill when the government has already announced the date of the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly by consulting with the Election Commission,” the statement read. Similarly, the EC has drawn the government's attention to the fact that the term of office of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly will continue until the day before the nomination date of the election.
