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🎯 U.S. fines PwC $7M for allowing cheating on audit exams in China. The PCAOB said the practice was widespread, involving more than 1,000 employees from PwC Hong Kong, and hundreds more from PwC China. CNN
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🌎 Putin Seizes Rights to St. Petersburg Airport From Foreign Investors. Under a decree published late Thursday, shareholdings in the Cyprus-registered concession that runs the airport of Russia’s second-largest city will be consolidated in a new domestic company. Bloomberg
🌎 US judge blocks Montana from banning TikTok use in state. Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it’s unconstitutional AP
📌 Top 10 Reasons to Ban TikTok in the U.S. Illicit Edge
🌎 Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates. This comes days after Google shipped fixes for a high-severity flaw in Chrome that has also come under real-world attacks. Bleepingcomputer
🌎 The last days of Hamas’ office in Qatar? After Hamas releases all of its hostages, the Biden administration will consider demanding that Qatar shutter the terror group's office in the country. Politico
📌 Country Reports on Terrorism 2022 U.S. State Department
🌎 India Probes Criminal-Terrorist Nexus to Protect Ties With US. India has constituted a high-level committee to investigate inputs shared by the US over a nexus between organized criminals, gun runners, and terrorists Bloomberg
🌎 Russian and Chinese interference networks are ‘building audiences’ ahead of 2024. Meta released findings on three separate influence operations – and set out the challenges posted by generative AI. Record
🌎 House passes bill to permanently freeze $6B in Iranian funds. The Senate has introduced similar legislation to freeze the Iranian funds but has yet to pass it out of committee. Hill
🌎 US lawmakers seek probe of Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics. Autel Robotics is openly affiliated with China's People’s Liberation Army and poses a direct threat to U.S. national security Reuters
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