UN passes sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea on Monday --- a move that comes just one week after the rogue nation carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test. The resolution is designed to accomplish six major goals: cap North Korea's oil imports, ban textile exports, end additional overseas laborer contracts, suppress smuggling efforts, stop joint ventures with other nations and sanction designated North Korean government entities. These are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on North Korea all with the goal to halt the regime's ability to fuel and finance its nuclear and missile programs. Kim Jong Un and the government of North Korea warned against harsh sanctions but it remains to be seen what the reaction will be.

In Other News The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and photographer David Slater have reached a settlement in a dispute over who owns the rights to a selfie of a monkey. The photograph was taken in 2011 by a 7-year-old crested macaque named Naruto. Naruto took Slater's camera while he was on assignment in Indonesia and snapped a photograph of himself with it. The animal rights organization had argued that by republishing the photo, Naruto's rights were being infringed. Under the agreement, Slater will donate 25% of any future revenue derived from using or selling the monkey selfie to charities that protect the crested macaques' habitat in Indonesia. The dispute over the photo's ownership came about after it was posted on Wikipedia's free-to-use website, after which Slater asked that it be taken down. Wikipedia argued the photo is uncopyrightable because an animal took it, and animals can't own copyrights. The image and the legal case attracted international attention, raising complex legal questions about copyright and art when it comes to animals. PETA sued in 2015 arguing that publishing and selling the photographs that Naruto took infringed on his rights under the Copyright Act. The defendants argued that, as a monkey, Naruto couldn't own a copyright. A court agreed with that argument, according to a January 2016 provisional ruling, but PETA appealed the decision. Apple is holding its annual fall press conference inside the circular Steve Jobs Theater, part of Apple's brand new multi-billion dollar campus in Cupertino, California. The company is expected to announce three new iPhones, including a special high-end version that could cost upwards of $1,000.