US and allies accuse China of hacking campaign

The United States on Monday accused China of a global hacking campaign that included a massive hack of the Microsoft Exchange email server software. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following US and allies accuse China of hacking campaign [A Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston.] Credit: Steven Senne/AP/File photo US-China The United States on Monday accused China of [a global hacking campaign]( that included a massive hack of the Microsoft Exchange email server software earlier this year. The Biden administration, along with NATO, the European Union, Britain, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada, blamed China's Ministry of State Security for [using criminal contract hackers](, orchestrating ransomware attacks and other cyber threats on Beijing’s behalf. Despite the accusation, the announcement [does not include concrete punitive steps]( against the Chinese government, such as sanctions or other measures levied against Russia over the SolarWinds hack. France More than 100,000 people [took to the streets across France]( over the weekend to protest the government’s new COVID-19 vaccination strategy, which will restrict access to cafés, movie theaters and long-distance trains, among other locations for the unvaccinated. [President Emmanuel Macron’s tough strategy]( is part of an effort to push people to get vaccinated amid rising infections from the delta variant. The protesters included a range of far-right and the far-left groups. Some demonstrators wore yellow stars and compared Macron’s policy to the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II, [leading to widespread outrage](. UK The United Kingdom on Monday [lifted nearly all coronavirus restrictions](, in what has been dubbed “Freedom Day,” despite the country facing a growing number of infections. After more than a year of lockdowns, mask mandates, work-from-home guidance and social distancing rules, all restrictions ended along with other limits. With the lifting of restrictions, Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical officer, warned a COVID-19 surge could get Britain into "[trouble surprisingly fast](." ['Eritrean forces have to get out of Ethiopia,' analyst says]( [Captured members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are marched through the streets to prison under guard by Tigray Forces, as hundreds of residents look on, in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, July 2, 2021.]( Credit: AP/Uncredited photo The conflict in northern Ethiopia took another turn last week as Tigrayan rebels pushed into the neighboring Amhara region on Tuesday. 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