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• US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy VOA 02 Mar 2023 -- The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by shifting cybersecurity responsibilities away from consumers to industry and treating ransomware attacks as national security threats.
• Announcing the Release of the Administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy US Dept. of State 02 Mar 2023 -- The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy today to establish an affirmative vision for a secure cyberspace that creates opportunities to achieve our collective aspirations.
• Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the Biden-⁠Harris Administration's National Cyber Strategy The White House 02 Mar 2023
• FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces National Cybersecurity Strategy The White House 02 Mar 2023
• Deputy Secretary Graves Statement on the Release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy US Dept. of Commerce 02 Mar 2023 -- Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the National Cybersecurity Strategy to position the United States and its allies and partners to build a digital ecosystem that is defensible, resilient, and aligned with our values.
• Statement from Secretary Mayorkas on President Biden's National Cybersecurity Strategy DHS 02 Mar 2023 -- "Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on President Biden's National Cybersecurity Strategy:"
• US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization VOA 02 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he would not "object" to designating Russia's Wagner mercenary group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, calling its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a "war criminal."
• Treasury Sanctions CJNG-Run Timeshare Fraud Network 02 Mar 2023 -- "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eight Mexican companies linked to timeshare fraud on behalf of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). CJNG is a violent Mexico-based organization that traffics a significant proportion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs that enter the United States."
• New case of H5N6 bird flu reported in S.China's Guangdong Global Times 02 Mar 2023 -- South China's Guangdong Province registered a new case of H5N6 bird flu, according to health authorities in Hong Kong. Experts believed the emergence of the case was random and the risk of transmission of the virus is low, but once infected, humans could face high probability of death.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

United States

• California officially ends COVID-19 state of emergency People's Daily 02 Mar 2023 -- The COVID-19 emergency state in California, the most populous state of the United States, officially ended on Tuesday, nearly three years after Governor Gavin Newsom issued the country's first statewide stay-at-home order.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 6 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 02 Mar 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,864 with six more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 12,032 new COVID-19 cases, 43 deaths CNA 02 Mar 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 12,032 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 deaths from the disease on Thursday.
• CECC mulls downgrading classification of COVID-19 by May CNA 02 Mar 2023 -- Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Victor Wang (王必勝) on Thursday announced future plans to potentially downgrade COVID-19, which he said could result in the center being officially disbanded in May.