A global Danish transport and logistics company says it has restored most of its information technology systems after experiencing a major cyberattack last week that affected companies and government agencies in more than 60 countries. A.P. Moller-Maersk says it resumed container deliveries at its major ports Monday, but said it may take another week to…
read moreIs the United States witnessing a titanic struggle in which a populist president fights back against a concerted media onslaught waged by liberal-dominated news industry giants supported by wealthy coastal elites? Or are we seeing a mentally unstable and increasingly unpopular former reality TV personality lashing out at media critics with vicious, vulgar tweets in…
read moreDemonstrators hoisting signs and chanting anti-Donald Trump slogans marched through downtown Los Angeles to urge Congress to impeach the president. The Los Angeles march was one of several similar gatherings Sunday across California and the nation. Organizers say they believe the president has violated the U.S. Constitution and obstructed justice. One banner called the president…
read moreWith Congress idle this week, U.S. lawmakers are in their home states at a time of intense political upheaval over the future of health care in America. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, Republicans remain in disarray over their stalled plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement known as Obamacare. …
read morePresident Donald Trump ratcheted up his attacks on U.S. news media Sunday, tweeting a doctored, 10-year-old wrestling video that showed him tackling and punching a figure labeled as CNN, the television news network he has repeatedly denounced for so-called “fake news.” With negative comments about Trump’s Twitter tactics streaming in throughout the day from establishment…
read morePresident Donald Trump is suggesting that the large number of U.S. states refusing to turn over voter registration information to a White House voter fraud commission have something to keep out of the public eye. In a Twitter comment Saturday, Trump said, “Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD…
read moreQatar’s stock market fell sharply Sunday as a deadline for Doha to accept a series of political demands by four Arab states was expected to expire later in the day with no sign of a resolution. The Qatari stock index sank as much as 3.1 percent in thin trading, bringing its losses to 11.9 percent…
read moreA stunning move last week by a House panel to force a debate on new presidential war powers revealed mounting frustration that Congress has for too long dodged one of its most important responsibilities: to decide whether to send American fighting forces into harm’s way. The measure crafted by Rep. Barbara Lee of California, an…
read moreSamsung Electronics said Sunday its recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones will be recycled and sold starting this week in South Korea. The Galaxy Note FE phone, using unused parts in the recalled Note 7 smartphones, will go on sale in South Korea Friday at 700,000 won ($611), about three quarters of its original price. …
read morePresident Donald Trump told a gathering of evangelicals in Washington that terrorism is the greatest global threat to religious freedoms. Trump spoke at the “Celebrate Freedom Rally” event sponsored by conservative Christian groups Saturday night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The president said terrorism was one of…
read moreFor a would-be fighter of the Islamic State, Mohammed Hamzah Khan has had it relatively easy with the American criminal justice system. On October 4, 2014, authorities arrested Khan, then 19, at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as he and two younger siblings prepared to board a flight to Vienna en route to Turkey. The nascent…
read morePresident Donald Trump is upset that all states aren’t fully cooperating with his voting commission’s request for detailed information about every voter in the United States. Some of the most populous ones, including California and New York, are refusing to comply. But even some conservative states that voted for Trump, such as Texas, say they…
read moreOne of Dakar Fashion Week’s biggest events is free — a fashion show in working class neighborhood, Niary Tally. The event’s founder, Senegalese designer Adama Paris, says the so-called “Street Show” is her favorite event of the week because she gets to take fashion back to the streets where it originates. Ricci Shryock has more…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump was spending most of the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, but planned to fly back to Washington briefly Saturday to deliver a speech at an event hosted by a large evangelical church. The First Baptist Church of Dallas said in a news release Saturday that the president…
read morePresident Donald Trump revisited his spat with the media Saturday by unleashing a series of tweets, including one with more personal jabs directed at MSNBC’s Morning Joe television talk show co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, and a description that labels them as “not bad people.” Minutes after posting a congratulatory tweet to Canadians and…
read moreNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the Democrat-led Legislature are to return to work Saturday to try to resolve the state’s first government shutdown since 2006 and the first under Christie. The Republican governor and the Democrat-led Legislature failed to reach an agreement on a new budget by the deadline at midnight Friday. …
read moreIt’s been 45 years since the break-in at the Watergate Office Complex in June of 1972. Initially it was viewed as just another attempted burglary. But it grew into a scandal involving high-profile figures close to the White House. Consequently, Richard Nixon was forced to resign. VOA Russian’s Rafael Saakov visited the Watergate hotel and…
read moreThe U.S government warned industrial firms this week about a hacking campaign targeting the nuclear and energy sectors, the latest event to highlight the power industry’s vulnerability to cyberattacks. Since at least May, hackers used tainted “phishing” emails to “harvest credentials” so they could gain access to networks of their targets, according to a joint…
read morePresident Donald Trump’s administration has dropped plans for an executive order that would require all U.S. food aid to be transported on American ships after members of Congress protested, congressional and aid sources said Friday. Reuters reported Thursday that Trump was considering issuing an order that would have increased to 100 percent the current requirement…
read moreDefense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday approved a six-month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces, a Pentagon spokeswoman said. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement that Mattis accepted a recommendation to defer transgender applicants until Jan. 1. The Pentagon ended its ban on openly transgender people serving in…
read moreIndia early on Saturday introduced its biggest tax reform in the 70 years since independence from British colonial rule. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaces more than a dozen federal and state levies and unifying a $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into one of the world’s biggest common markets. The measure is…
read moreMany businesses still struggled Friday to recover hopelessly scrambled computer networks, collateral damage from a massive cyberattack that targeted Ukraine three days ago. The Heritage Valley Health System couldn’t offer lab and diagnostic imaging services at 14 community and neighborhood offices in western Pennsylvania. DLA Piper, a London-based law firm with offices in 40 countries,…
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