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NORTH KOREA DECLARES ITSELF A NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATE North Korea has passed a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency KCNA. The country’s leader Kim Jong-un called the decision “irreversible” and ruled out the possibility of any talks on denuclearisation, it said. The …

Rosatom engineering division (Atomstroyexport JSC) and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. (KHNP) have concluded a contract for the construction of turbine islands under the El-Dabaa NPP project in Egypt. According to the agreement, the Korean company will construct some 80 buildings and structures at four units of the …

Meta-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp has warned users against downloading fake versions of the application, saying users’ security can be compromised by downloading such versions. The Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart, while taking to Twitter, revealed that the company’s security team found a fake version of WhatsApp outside of Google …

Washington (CNN Business) A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing national security concerns surrounding TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance. In a June 24 letter to the CEOs of Apple (AAPL (AAPL)) and Google (GOOGL (GOOGL)), …

The Patriotic Front (PF) administration gave five year contracts to directors at Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) instead of the required three years’ period, Minister of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali has revealed. Mr Tayali says it is unfathomed that a contract for a director in a public agency …

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By Oliver Chisenga WITH some 900,000 followers on Facebook, Mutale Mwanza is arguably Zambia’s most talked about societal media influencer. Mutale who was recently named a Fenty Beauty brand influencer has been the topic of discussion regarding how she makes her money to support her glamorous lifestyle and sense of …

Government has said it is undertaking a review of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act of 2021 with the intention of having the internet remain a tool for development. Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati disclosed today at the launch of a report on understanding Online Gender Based Violence …

The Ministry of Technology and Science has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ASSECO Data Systems of Europe focused on developing new solutions and services for ZAMPOST. Technology and Science Minister Felix Mutati who delegated the signing ceremony barely 24 hours after the EU-ZAMBIA Economic Forum was opened by President …

Source: Bloomberg By Matthew Hill and Taonga Clifford Mitimingi Zambia’s central bank said it refused to pay ransom to a group known as Hive that was behind a cybersecurity breach that caused minimal damage to its systems. “All of our core systems are still up and running,” Greg Nsofu, information …