News Headlines - 19 December 2018

▽Hacked European Cables Reveal a World of Anxiety About Trump, Russia and Iran - The New York Times

The techniques that the hackers deployed over a three-year period resembled those long used by an elite unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army. The cables were copied from the secure network and posted to an open internet site that the hackers set up in the course of their attack, according to Area 1, the firm that discovered the breach.
Area 1 made more than 1,100 of the hacked European Union cables available to The New York Times.

▽Third Canadian detained in China amid Huawei case - The Straits Times

A third Canadian has been detained in China following the arrest of a Chinese technology executive in Vancouver, a Canadian government official said on Wednesday (Dec 19) amid a diplomatic dispute also involving the United States.

▽SoftBank mobile subsidiary has bitter debut on Tokyo market | The Seattle Times

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary suffered a bitter debut Wednesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, slumping 15 percent, hurt by a recent service outage and concerns about the use of parts from Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
Shares fetched an opening price of 1,463 yen ($13) and slid further to end their first day at 1,282 yen ($11), down 15 percent from the IPO price of 1,500 yen announced earlier this month.

▽German auto supplier to plead guilty, pay $35 mln fine in VW emissions case | Reuters

German auto supplier IAV Gmbh agreed to plead guilty and pay a $35 million fine for conspiring to assist Volkswagen AG in its effort to evade U.S. diesel emissions standards, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
IAV, which is 50 percent owned by Volkswagen, will serve two years of probation and be under the oversight of an independent monitor, the Justice Department said.

▽Jose Mourinho: Manchester United sack manager - BBC Sport

The Portuguese, 55, took over in May 2016 and led United to League Cup and Europa League titles, but they are 19 points behind league leaders Liverpool.
The club have made a change after no progress with results or style despite spending nearly ￡400m on 11 players.
They also say the new manager will understand the philosophy of the club, including their attacking tradition.