Russian hackers account for most 2021 ransomware schemes, U.S. says
Payment-seeking software made by Russian hackers was used in three quarters of all the ransomware schemes reported to a U.S. financial crime agency in the second half of 2021, a ...
Trump’s company ‘cheated’ tax authorities, prosecutor says at trial
Former President Donald Trump’s real estate company cheated tax authorities for 15 years, a prosecutor said on Monday in her opening statement in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud ...
US Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Monday toward the legality of race-conscious admissions policies in cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that could ...
Suspect in attack on Pelosi’s husband to be formally charged
Criminal charges were expected to be filed on Monday against a man accused of attacking U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul with a hammer after forcing his ...
Russia’s Lavrov needles Biden over Cuban missile crisis and Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister needled Joe Biden over Ukraine, saying that he hoped the U.S. president had the wisdom to deal with a global confrontation similar to ...
Ozersay claims US is sending a message to Turkish Cypriot side after lifting Cyprus arms embargo
Accusations against the United States of putting its own national interests ahead of regional stability and “violating” airspace in the north of the island as a means of sending a ...
Biden outraged after Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports
U.S. President Joe Biden denounced Russia’s move on Saturday to suspend participation in a U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal as “purely outrageous” and said it would ...
Man arrested in attack on US House Speaker Pelosi’s spouse faces charges (Update1)
A man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s husband over the head with a hammer, shouting, “Where is Nancy?”, faced charges of attempted murder and other felonies ...
US House Speaker Pelosi’s husband ‘violently assaulted’
Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” after a break-in at the couple’s San Francisco home early on Friday, her office said in a ...
Germany says Russia threatens Europe after Putin predicts ‘dangerous’ decade (Update 3)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe into an era of insecurity, Germany said on Friday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin predicted a “dangerous” decade ahead.
German ...
Pentagon successfully flight tests hypersonic weapon components
The U.S. Navy and Army blasted off a rocket from a seaside launch pad in Virginia to test nearly a dozen hypersonic weapon experiments on Wednesday to help develop ...
U.S. developing domestic uranium strategy -energy secretary
The United States is working on supplying its own uranium for existing and advanced nuclear reactors that could become commercial in the future to reduce dependency on Russia for the ...
U.S. sanctions target corruption, Russian operations in Moldova
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on individuals and entities involved in what it described as Russia’s malign influence operations in Moldova as well as systemic corruption in ...
Blinken says China rejects status quo of Taiwan situation
China has decided the status quo of Taiwan’s situation is no longer acceptable and has begun to ratchet up pressure on the self-governing island, including holding out the possibility ...
Biden and Israel’s Herzog discuss Iran’s nuclear program
President Joe Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog held talks on Wednesday focused heavily on Iran, with the two leaders discussing Tehran’s nuclear program and what Washington says is ...
Biden to get latest Covid vaccine, urge Americans to do same
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine while launching a new push to boost the number of Americans, especially seniors, getting the shots ahead ...
Russia brings Ukraine ‘dirty bomb’ claim to U.N. as West rejects it as false
The United States warned there would be severe consequences if Russia used a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, while Russia took its claim that Kyiv was planning to deploy a “dirty ...
U.S. says Russia would face consequences for using ‘dirty bomb’ or other nuclear bomb
There would be consequences for Russia whether it uses a so-called “dirty bomb” or any other nuclear weapon, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday.
Washington and ...
St. Louis high school shooting leaves three dead, including suspect
A gunman opened fire at a St. Louis high school on Monday morning, killing at least two people and wounding six others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city’...
L’Oreal’s hair straighteners caused woman’s cancer, lawsuit claims
L’Oreal has been sued by a Missouri woman who alleges she developed uterine cancer as a result of using the French cosmetic company’s hair-straightening products.
The lawsuit, filed ...
Russia’s Shoigu holds second call with U.S. defense secretary in three days
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry of calls with three ...
US 2022 budget deficit halves to $1.375 trillion despite student loan costs
The US government on Friday reported that its fiscal 2022 budget deficit plunged by half from a year earlier to $1.375 trillion, due to fading COVID-19 relief spending and record revenues fueled ...
US judge: Passengers in fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes are ‘crime victims’
A US judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX crashes are legally considered “crime victims,” a designation that will determine what remedies ...
Cases of Covid variants double in US, Europe warns of rise
US health regulators on Friday estimated that BQ.1 and closely related BQ.1.1 accounted for 16.6% of coronavirus variants in the country, nearly doubling from last week, while Europe expects them to ...