On Thursday October 31, SCMP executive editor Chow Chung-yan, China editor Wendy Wu and North America Bureau chief Robert Delaney shared their insider knowledge in a subscribers-only event moderated by managing editor for content Yonden Lhatoo. Below is an edited version of the main questions from subscribers and the panel’s responses. To watch the webinar … Read more
As the United States of America enters the final days of the race for the White House, the FBI has warned that fraudsters are using the presidential election campaign to scam citizens out of their savings and personal data. According to a public service announcement published by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), scammers who … Read more
COMMENTARY: As cybersecurity professionals and leaders, we stand at the frontlines of defending one of the most essential components of our democracy: the integrity of our elections. Our responsibilities extend beyond safeguarding the technical aspects of voting systems, they also involve fostering public trust in election results and countering false and misleading information. Today, deepfakes … Read more
The Freedom Party of Austria won Austria’s legislative election on 29 September. Yet as Reinhard Heinisch explains, it will be challenging for the party to form a viable government. Austria’s parliamentary elections were a watershed. For the first time in the country’s democratic history, the populist far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) came first in … Read more
Amongst all of the various kinds of retirement account beneficiaries, those that are the surviving partner of the unique account proprietor obtain essentially the most preferential tax remedy in the case of distributing the account’s belongings after the proprietor’s dying. Whereas non-spouse beneficiaries face strict timelines – both beginning Required Minimal Distributions (RMDs) the yr … Read more
