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S. Korean spy agency says DPRK hacks smartphones of gov't officials

​The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has recently hacked smartphones of dozens of South Korean key government officials to wiretap text messages and voice calls, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday citing South Korea's spy agency.

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Malcolm Turnbull under pressure as kissing scandal worsens

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a deepening political scandal over an incident in which a government minister allegedly kissed a female diplomat in a Hong Kong bar.

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In Texting, Punctuation Conveys Different Emotions. Period

The use of a period in text messages conveys insincerity, annoyance and abruptness, according to a new study from the State University of New York Binghamton.

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Australian MPs become target of an iPhone hack

Australian government officials have been urged to disable the iMessage feature on their mobile phones after a trick was revealed enabling voters to send text messages to federal MPs.

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Difficult Lima talks reach acceptable deal on climate change

The annual United Nations climate talks finally wrapped up in Lima, Peru, in the wee hours of Sunday, achieving an acceptable but not satisfying result and leaving unresolved issues to the climate conference in Paris in December 2015.

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Myanmar ethnic leaders plan to gather again before formal ceasefire deal with go

Myanmar ethnic leaders are planning to gather again at their summit to have further discussions on a second draft single text document before a next formal meeting between negotiators of the government and the ethnic armed groups, state media reported Wednesday.

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Gun threat prompts lockdown in Texas high school

A high school in the U.S. state of Texas was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a student received a text message alleging someone carried a weapon on campus, local media reported.

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WeChat greetings double on Lunar New Year's Eve

The number of messages sent through WeChat, a mobile communication application, doubled on Thursday, the eve of the Spring Festival, when Chinese sent wishes for the new lunar year.