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160,000 Nintendo accounts breached

KYOTO, Japan (UPI) -- Hackers have breached 160,000 Nintendo accounts since the beginning of April, the gaming company revealed Friday. The Japanese-based company said it was tipped off to the breach after users complained of funds missing from their accounts or that their money was used to buy Fortnite's virtual currency. Additionally, users' nicknames, birthdates, countries, and email addresses may have been accessed. "We sincerely apologize to our customers and related parties for any inconvenience and concern, a statement from […]

todayApril 25, 2020 45

World

Pope celebrates Palm Sunday mass in nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN CITY (UPI) -- For the first time, Pope Francis celebrated mass on Palm Sunday in the nearly empty St. Peter's Basilica because of limitations on large gatherings amid the coronavirus outbreak. Parishioners worldwide heard and saw his homily via the Internet, radio and television. Instead of speaking to thousands outdoors from his balcony, the pope gave his homily in the presence of only of a few priests, nuns and a smaller choir, who maintained a safe distance from one […]

todayApril 5, 2020 46

World

South Korea welcomes Trump’s letter to Kim Jong Un

SEOUL, South Korea (UPI) -- South Korea says it positively evaluates U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to send a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, offering U.S. assistance on the novel coronavirus. Seoul's unification ministry spokeswoman Cho Hye-sil suggested Monday at a regular press briefing Trump's letter to Kim contributes to peace in the Koreas, Yonhap reported. Over the weekend, North Korea fired two short-range projectiles into the sea, according to the South's military. "The exchange of letters […]

todayMarch 23, 2020 29

World

Russian airstrikes kill more than a dozen civilians in Syria

MA'RAT MASRIN, Syria (UPI) -- Russian airstrikes in northwestern Syria killed at least 14 civilians and injured several others on Thursday, rescue workers said. Syria Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, said the attacks hit a shelter for displaced persons near Ma'rat Masrin in Idlib province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 25 people were killed or injured and called the strikes a "massacre." A hospital worker in Ma'rat Masrin said at least 20 people were hurt. The […]

todayMarch 5, 2020 92

World

North Korean defector arrested after body found in suitcase

HWASEONG, South Korea (UPI) -- A North Korean defector was arrested in connection to the murder of a woman, another defector in the South, after police found her body stuffed inside a suitcase, according to local press reports. South Korean police in the city of Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, said Tuesday they have arrested a man who may have been in a domestic partnership with the victim at the time of her death, local newspaper Munhwa Ilbo reported. The suitcase containing […]

todayFebruary 25, 2020 58

Business & Lifestyle

Sales skyrocket for 2012 viral game Plague Inc. in the wake of the Coronavirus

BRISTOL, U.K. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- An independent game studio in the United Kingdom is raking in the simoleons as sales of a real-time strategy game on how diseases are spread is skyrocketing -- even in China -- where the Coronavirus is wreaking havoc across parts of eastern Asia.Game studio Ndemic Creations, the developer of Plague Inc., revealed news that sales of their hit game have gone through the roof, just as the BBC revealed that the Coronavirus has 830 confirmed […]

todayJanuary 24, 2020 91

Business & Lifestyle

South Korea considering a crypto income tax of 20%

SEOUL (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Crypto holders living in South Korea may want to keep an eye out on recent actions being pursued by their government. A report released Monday from South Korean-based Yonhap News Agency revealed the country's Ministry of Economy and Finance's (SKMEF) tax office is reviewing a proposal that could result in the adoption of a cryptocurrency income tax, which could be as high as 20 percent. An unidentified official who spoke with Yonhap suggests that South Korea […]

todayJanuary 20, 2020 72

Business & Lifestyle

Intel reclaims top position in semiconductors over Samsung

SEOUL (UPI) -- Samsung Electronics lost its top-ranking position in the semiconductor market last year, as U.S.-based Intel beat the South Korean company, according to global research firm Gartner. The firm said Wednesday Intel's 2019 revenue amounted to $65.8 billion -- down 0.7 percent from a year before -- for a total market share of 15.7 percent. Meanwhile, Samsung saw its sales plunge 29.1 percent to $52.2 billion year-on-year, with a market share of 12.5 percent. Samsung, the world's largest […]

todayJanuary 16, 2020 87

Politics

British PM Johnson rejects Sturgeon appeal for second independence vote for Scotland

LONDON (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday refused an appeal from Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon to stage a second referendum on declaring independence from Britain. In a letter explaining the decision, Johnson stressed the importance of unity among British nations. "The Scottish people voted decisively to keep our United Kingdom together, a result which both the Scottish and U.K. governments committed to respect," he wrote. "Let's make 2020 a year of growth and opportunity for the whole […]

todayJanuary 14, 2020 55

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