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Vivienne Chow Namewee, the controversy-courting Malaysian singer-songwriter, has been the victim of an unusual hacking attack. His YouTube channel was this week attacked, stripped of its content and renamed with a Russian obscenity.Given the degree of access necessary to achieve such a feat, the hacking suggests that Namewee (real name Wee Meng Chee) has upset some powerful people.In 2021, he deliberately taunted mainland China’s patriotic army of keyboard warriors, known as ‘little pinks’ with his song “Fragile” and was subsequently banned in China.
More recently, he has voiced support for Ukraine, which has been fighting back against the invading Russian military for some five weeks. Namewee has been operating his authenticated account for some 13 years, built up a subscriber base of 3.27 million and had accumulated over 6 billion video views.
These were all reset to zero earlier this week, though Namewee has since been able to retrieve some of his content.The appearance of Russian language on Namewee’s channel points to a possible cause, but not necessarily the origin of the hack. Namewee is well-known among the Chinese-speaking diaspora, and unlike the rest of the world, Chinese netizens have been supportive of Russia, rather than Ukraine.
The Chinese government has parroted Russian propaganda and on Thursday unsuccessfully voted against Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.Germany-based current affairs commentator Martin Oei, who also runs YouTube pages, said that Namewee operates a verified artist channel and that YouTube should offer greater protection for such content creators. Oei said he suspected that the hacking may have been done within YouTube or its parent Google by Chinese
.Shares in Google and YouTube parent Alphabet slipped 5% in after-hours trading after the tech giant reported first quarter results below Wall Street expectations.
spinoff focused on how the crisis in Ukraine is affecting some of the franchise's most memorable cast members. In addition to sharing the touching story of how Natalie was able to take care of her mother by getting her to safety in Poland, Yara doing what she can to help her loved ones and Caesar's ex, Maria, alarmingly showing her life in Kyiv, cameras also followed David, who was formerly engaged to Lana from Ukraine.Although the two had a shaky engagement that ended when he said they stopped communicating after he stopped giving her money, David said he was able to connect with her to check on her amid the crisis. The 63-year-old Las Vegas native said she was currently in hiding.«Since the war broke out, Lana and I have been able to get in touch,» he said.
The Foreign Secretary has vowed to hold Vladimir Putin "and his regime to account" if it is proven Russian forces used chemical agents in an attack on Mariupol.
For the second time in roughly as many weeks, President Joe Biden called Russia’s Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” on Tuesday.
here.All proceeds from the sale will go towards supporting children whose lives have been affected by war in areas such as Ukraine and Afghanistan.The classic albums, released between 2002 and 2009 feature artists including Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Coldplay, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Manic Street Preachers, Beck, Oasis, Lily Allen, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many more.In a statement, War Child said: “By purchasing these classic albums fans are supporting War Child to reach children in Ukraine and conflict zones around the world and give them the vital protection, education and psychosocial support they require.”‘1 Love’ was first released in 2002 in collaboration with NME to mark 50 years of the magazine. Artists picked their favourite tracks to cover for the record, and it included Muse covering ‘House Of The Rising Sun’ by The Animals and The Prodigy covering The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’.In 2003, ‘Hope’ was released in collaboration with The Daily Mirror as a response to the Iraq war.
Ashanti is being recognized for her musical legacy,
ordered a military operation on its neighbouring country in February.“The Russian people are not responsible for the crazy, unacceptable excesses of their leaders like Vladimir Putin,” Depardieu, who has previously praised the Russian leader, said in a statement to French news agency AFP (per France 24).“Russia and Ukraine have always been brother countries,” he continued. “Stop the weapons and negotiate.”On Friday (April 1), Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for Putin, responded to Depardieu’s comments, telling reporters that the actor probably did not completely understand the situation in Ukraine and offered to explain it.“Since the president is mentioned there, I will assume that Depardieu most likely does not fully understand what is happening,” Peskov said on Friday (via News Interfax).He continued: “Due to the fact that he is not completely immersed in the political agenda, he does not understand what happened in Ukraine in 1914, he does not understand what the Minsk agreements are, he does not understand what Donetsk and Lugansk are, he hardly understands what is the bombing of civilians, he is unlikely to know about nationalist elements.”“If necessary, we will be ready to tell him all this and explain it so that he understands better. If he wants,” Peskov concluded.Depardieu left France and took up Russian nationality in 2013 to protest a proposed tax hike on the rich in his homeland.
Maks Levin, whose photography documented the Ukraine war for many top international publications, has been found dead from a shooting in that country. He was 40.
Pope Francis has said was considering visiting Kyiv as he condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a “savage” war. Speaking after his arrival in Malta, he delivered his most pointed and personalised denunciation yet of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Japanese with updates from their country that bring the harsh realities of war closer to Japan.The Russian invasion of Ukraine began just after the duo, Sava Tkachov, 26, and his younger brother Yan, 20, celebrated the second anniversary of their YouTube debut with subscribers exceeding 2 million for their Sawayan Channel and Sawayan Games that Sava hosts.The first word of war came from their father, a business consultant who had returned to Kyiv two months ago just before Russian troops rolled in and has stayed since to help defend his country. The siblings’ YouTube content, which used to be full of pranks, jokes and action videos, has become more serious.Worried about their 53-year-old father and friends in Ukraine, the brothers in early March announced on their channel that they planned to volunteer as defenders too.
The Oscars acknowledged the horrifying conflict in Ukraine on Sunday night as the ceremony held a moment of silence. The 94th edition of the annual awards ceremony saw slides appear on screen which said: "We'd like to have a moment of silence to show our support for the people of Ukraine currently facing invasion, conflict and prejudice within their own borders.
The married pair spoke with CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday’s “Reliable Source,” telling him of the consequences of speaking out against Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.“You now face 10 years in prison if you call this war what it is, a war…if you interview [Ukraine] President Zelenskyy or do anything like that,” Kotrikadze told Stelter. Kotrikadze had previously been on “Reliable Sources” during the early stages of the invasion from Moscow, but since fled with her husband and reporting partner Dzyadko to Istanbul and now to Tbilisi, Georgia, where they continue to cover the war via a new YouTube channel, which already has over 100,000 subscribers after just four days.
Broadcast and cable networks carried Joe Biden’s press conference in Brussels, where he is meeting with NATO allies, and reporters keyed in on one possibility: That Russia would use chemical weapons in the Ukraine war.