Month: February 2020

Russian intelligence agents reportedly went to Ireland to inspect undersea cables, and it's reigniting fears they could cut them and take entire countries offline

Submarine Cable Map Russian agents have been sent to Ireland to inspect its undersea cables, and it’s sparking fears they could be tapped or cut in the future, according to The Sunday Times citing Irish police. Irish security services suspect that Russia’s intelligence agency, the GRU, is using their country as a base to gather…

By HearthstoneYarns February 18, 2020 0

The Coronavirus Comes for Taiwan

The first reported death from the Wuhan coronavirus occurred in China just days before Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on January 11. The day after Tsai Ing-wen was reelected, Beijing permitted two Taiwanese health experts to enter Wuhan to study the disease. Beijing honored a health cooperation agreement signed in 2010 though it was not…

By HearthstoneYarns February 18, 2020 0

Mississippi residents watch floodwater rise: 'Going to be financially crushing'

JACKSON, Miss. – For 11 years, Sacheen Stamps never thought about flooding. She bought insurance when she moved into her home and promptly forgot about it.  It’s all the 43-year-old can think about now. She can’t sleep. Sunday afternoon, she watched the water creep higher. It had inundated her neighbors only a few dozen feet to the south. It filled the…

By HearthstoneYarns February 18, 2020 0

Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy

The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection. Facing mounting legal costs from defending itself against lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of boys, the venerable non-profit sought Chapter 11 protection in a court filing early Tuesday. A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America said in a statement that the filing had “two key…

By HearthstoneYarns February 18, 2020 0