Russia’s biggest internet company has embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that allows information about millions of users to be sent to servers located in the country, the yen dropped to a seven-year low on Monday as the Bank of Japan bucked the global trend for tighter monetary policy, and China’s patchy vaccination campaign has left half of its elderly population exposed to a higher risk of severe Covid-19. 

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Russian tech giant’s data harvesting raises security concerns

Yen hits 7-year low after Bank of Japan sticks to stimulus

China’s patchy vaccine campaign leaves half of older citizens at risk

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