Microsoft Says It Discovered — And Stopped — Attempted Cyberattack Tied To Russia
Microsoft says it identified Russian cyberattacks targeting anti-Kremlin groups in the United States and also simulating U.S. Senate websites. The discovery comports with earlier warnings by intelligence leaders that Russian active measures would conti…
Venezuela Relaunches Currency In Attempt To Curb Hyperinflation
Venezuela is relaunching its currency this week — lopping five zeros off the old bolivar and pegging the new to a crypto-currency called the Petro. This is an attempt to control runaway inflation that the International Monetary Fund estimates could hit…
Manafort guilty: Courtroom win bolsters special counsel’s credibility
Paul Manafort’s conviction on tax evasion and bank fraud charges clears the way for special counsel Robert Mueller to exert even more pressure on the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate in his investigation of alleged Russian meddling and collu…
GOP moderates sit down with Kavanaugh as they prepare for critical vote
In recent weeks, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska has felt like she’s back in law school – reading the opinions of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as she prepares for her interview with the US Supreme Court nominee on Thursday. “I’ve done more with this nomine…
British Foreign Secretary Calls For U.S. And Europe To Unite In Response To Russia
The U.K. accuses Moscow of poisoning a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent and wants others to step up sanctions in response.
Pentagon Officials Say They’re Concerned About Drop In Admissions Of Iraqi Refugees
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Reuters reporter Yeganeh Torbati about concerns of military officials about the drop in admissions of Iraqi refugees to the U.S., saying it will discourage locals from cooperating with U.S. forces in other conflicts.
By Becoming Chefs, Stigmatized Women In Morocco Find Hope And Freedom
Females make up less than 30 percent of the the country’s labor force. But one nonprofit is providing restaurant and cooking training to vulnerable women who have been shut out by Moroccan society.
Gaza steps back from brink as UN works for stronger Israel-Hamas deal
After four months of mortar fire, brush fires, and fears of a wider war between Israel and Hamas, a fragile cease-fire has been taking hold along the Gaza-Israel frontier over the last few days. With her ears still ringing from rocket sirens, Yael Lac…
Greece’s day of redemption
On Tuesday, Mr. Tsipras traveled to the island of Ithaca, the mythological home of Odysseus, and marked the end of his country’s eight-year “odyssey” of international bailouts. The financial rescue of Greece from a severe debt crisis was the largest o…
Book lover turned literacy advocate looks to change lives ‘one word at a time’
Christina Cook wants to be a respiratory therapist and hopes she and her husband can one day own a home and several acres of land – and she isn’t letting the low grades she got in school hold her back. Ms. Cook, age 40, hasn’t been in school for some …
Alleged Nazi Labor Camp Guard Deported To Germany
The White House says Jakiw Palij was a guard at a Nazi labor camp in occupied Poland during World War II, and lied about his past when he immigrated to the U.S. For years, no country would accept him.
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