Tag: spy

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine spy granted war veteran status after long legal battle

  

  A 65-year-old Argentine woman known by the initials A.C., who claimed to have performed intelligence duties during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict against the United Kingdom, has been granted war veteran status after a legal process that lasted several years because navy records showed she was assigned other duties, Mar del Plata's La Capital reported this week.

• Friday, June 9th 2023 - 11:21 UTC

  WSJ says China plans to install spying base in Cuba

  

  According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the governments of China and Cuba signed an agreement whereby the Asian nation will install a spy base on the Caribbean island to intercept communications of all kinds in the United States.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  US shoots down a “high altitude” flying object, this time over Alaska frozen waters

  

  A United States fighter jet shot down an unidentified high altitude object overflying the state of Alaska, the second time in a week that such an operation takes place, it was announced on Friday by the White House .

• Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  US shoots down Chinese spying balloon on Biden's orders

  

  The United States Air Force Saturday shot down a spying balloon belonging to China while it was flying over territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Washington confirmed. At the time it was shot down, it was reported to be about 18 km above sea level and 11 km off the coast.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

  Alleged Chinese “spy” balloon causing further rift between Washington and Beijing

  

  US authorities said they detected a Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America in addition to the one already spotted over US airspace which has triggered further diplomatic discrepancies between Washington and Beijing.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Alleged Chinese researcher spy turns in after hiding in the San Francisco consulate

  

  A Chinese researcher who took refuge from US authorities at China's consulate in San Francisco is now in American custody and is expected to appear in court on Monday, US Justice Department officials said.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Ecuadorean president claims Assange used the embassy in London as a “center for spying”

  

  Julian Assange used the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a “centre for spying”, the country's leader has said. Lenin Moreno also said no other nation had influenced the decision to revoke the WikiLeaks founder's asylum, which he said followed violations by Assange.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Germany plans to block China's Huawei products from its 5G network

  

  Germany is considering ways to block Huawei from its next-generation mobile phone network, according to reports. Berlin is exploring stricter security requirements which may prevent Huawei products being used in its 5G network.