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Britain, Australia accuse Russian spies of global cyber attack
Operatives from Russia’s GRU arm carried out various ‘reckless and indiscriminate’ high-profile online attacks, says the UK’s foreign secretary
Decades on, former Nazi camp guard deported to Germany from US
According to the US department, Jakiw Palij concealed his Nazi past from immigration agents when he moved to the United States in 1949
FBI challenges White House over explosive Russia case memo
The Justice Department and the FBI have actively lobbied against its release, which has the potential to taint special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
#ThankYouSally: Trump fires chief US lawyer over travel ban defiance
In a caustic statement, Trump’s White House said acting attorney general Sally Yates had "betrayed" the Department of Justice
Google optimistic regulators won’t bar Yahoo!
Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be ”non-exclusive” and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with…
Delta, Northwest to create world’s largest airline
Delta Air Lines will buy Northwest Airlines in the United States for more than -billion under a proposal unveiled on Monday to create the world’s biggest airline, as carriers…
FBI nabs Fidentia fugitive
One of the alleged masterminds in the Fidentia scandal was arrested by the FBI in the United States, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali…
Google aims to store patients’ health records
Google will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that is likely to raise more concerns about the volume of…
Google cries foul over Microsoft’s Yahoo! bid
Microsoft’s ,6-billion bid for Yahoo! raises ”troubling questions” about the future of the internet, Google has warned. A takeover would also create a business with an…
Prison time for US porn email spammers
Two men who sent millions of unsolicited pornographic emails have been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison as part of the first prosecution under a federal…
Bush: US does not use torture
President George Bush said on Friday that the United States does not use torture during interrogations, amid renewed debate about his administration’s methods in the war on…
Iraq security firm denies trigger-happy charge
The United States company at the centre of the scandal over the role of private security guards in Iraq brushed aside accusations that it was a cowboy outfit on Tuesday, even as…
Court approves Noriega’s extradition to France
Panama’s former dictator, Manuel Noriega, can be extradited to France for a money-laundering trial after he completes a lengthy jail sentence in Miami next month, a United States…