The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against two Russian spies and two hackers behind the 2014 theft of data connected to half a billion Yahoo accounts, which officials called one of the largest known data breaches in American history. The four men together face 47 criminal charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud, economic espionage, theft of […]
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ISIS Using Chemical Weapons
ISIS militants used chemical weapons during the battle for the city of Mosul last week, injuring a number of civilians, according to a senior Iraqi security official. The official’s assessment comes after the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), issued a statement last week saying that their workers had treated patients from Mosul who […]
Trump To Make Sure USA Is ‘Top Of Pack’ In Nuclear Arms Race
President Donald Trump on Thursday again expressed a desire for America to be an unparalleled military power, saying he wants to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal to make it “top of the pack.” In an interview with Reuters, the president stated that the United States had fallen behind on atomic weapons but did not […]
Putin Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump
MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump’s psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser. Trump “doesn’t understand fully who is Mr. Putin — he is a tough guy,” former […]
US Visitor Have To Give Passwords To Their Social Media Accounts
People who want to visit the United States could be asked to hand over their social-media passwords to officials as part of enhanced security checks, the country’s top domestic security chief said. “We want to get on their social media, with passwords: What do you do, what do you say?” he told the House Homeland […]
Borders Now Re-Opened To 60,000 Previously Banned Immigrants
America began allowing foreigners from seven predominantly Muslim nations into its borders Saturday after the government stopped enforcing President Donald Trump’s travel ban at airports — setting up a contentious fight with the White House over the immigration order. The Department of Homeland Security said it will no longer force airlines to block those foreigners […]
Mikhail Gorbachev Says World Is Preparing For War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Friday that “it all looks as if the world is preparing for war.” Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine. “More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe,” the […]
Air Pollution Exceeds WHO Limits for 92 Percent of World’s People
Nine out of 10 people worldwide live in places where air pollution exceeds guidelines, putting them at higher risk of heart disease, strokes and cancer, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. A new air quality monitoring model, that uses satellite data as well as traditional ground measurements, shows that 92 percent of the world’s population […]
Infographic: How Do Juveniles End Up in the Adult Prison System?
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