News Headlines - 04 February 2017

▽Two arrested over Washington DC suspected CCTV hack - BBC News

Two people have been arrested in London over a suspected hack of Washington DC's police surveillance system... Data storage was reportedly compromised between 12 and 15 January, days before President Donald Trump's inauguration.

▽Is the Swedish deputy PM trolling Trump with this all-female photo? | The Guardian

Sweden’s deputy prime minister, Isabella Lövin, has published a photograph of herself signing a climate bill surrounded by her closest female colleagues, apparently mocking a photo of US president Donald Trump.

▽Ursula Le Guin on fiction vs. 'alternative facts': Letter to the editor | OregonLive.com

A lie is a non-fact deliberately told as fact. Lies are told in order to reassure oneself, or to fool, or scare, or manipulate others. Santa Claus is a fiction. He's harmless. Lies are seldom completely harmless, and often very dangerous. In most times, most places, by most people, liars are considered contemptible.

▽Mitsubishi Aircraft changes leadership following latest MRJ delay | ATWOnline

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. parent company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has installed two of its executives at the top of the leadership structure of its subsidiary producing the MRJ, the Japanese regional jet that has been beset by multiple program delays.

▽Over 10,000 sought refugee status in Japan in 2016 ‹ Japan Today

Japan received applications for refugee status from more than 10,000 people in 2016, with a certain portion of them estimated to be people seeking the status to find work rather than to gain protection, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.