WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. diplomat who served under Republican President George W. Bush criticized the Trump administration on Wednesday for failing to do more to investigate allegations that Russia sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election. [restrict] “Russia’s going to do this again,” Nicholas Burns, who was undersecretary of state from 2005 […]
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New computer virus spreads from Ukraine to disrupt world business
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A computer virus wreaked havoc on firms around the globe on Wednesday as it spread to more than 60 countries, disrupting ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting work at a chocolate factory in Australia. Risk-modeling firm Cyence said economic losses from this week’s attack and one last month from a […]
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Celebration and protest as China president visits Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong on Thursday to celebrate its 20th anniversary of Chinese rule, but he faces a city divided, mass protests and aggrieved crowds resentful of Beijing’s growing meddling in local affairs. Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, under a “one country, […]
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Australian police charge Vatican cardinal with sex offenses
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police charged a top Vatican cardinal on Thursday with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offenses, a stunning decision certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser and Australia’s most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged […]
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‘Wake-up call’: US admiral warns of ISIS danger in Pacific
BRISBANE, 29 JUNE 2017 (RT) —- The spread of Islamic State to the Philippines should be a “wake-up call” for US allies in the Pacific and require a new regional partnership, according to the admiral in charge of US Pacific Command (USPACOM). [restrict] Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters from Syria and Iraq are providing […]
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Air Niugini strengthen FSM service
PORT MORESBY, 29 JUNE 2017 (POST COURIER) — The demand for Air Niugini’s services between Port Moresby, Pohnpei and Chuuck, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is increasing, ,says the airline’s chief executive officer (CEO) Simon Foo. Foo had remarked when heads from Air Niugini and National Airports Corporation, met with the FSM president Peter Christian, […]