The latest attack follows two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, and the party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Reuters reports. A Clinton campaign spokesman said in a statement late on Friday ...
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Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the attackers “wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this”, BBC reports. But she did propose new measures to improve security. These include ...
Read More »U.S. theory on Democratic Party breach: Hackers meant to leave Russia’s mark
Three officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity, said the breaches of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were less sophisticated than other cyber intrusions that have been traced to Russian intelligence agencies or criminals, Reuters reports. For example, said one ...
Read More »Hillary Clinton makes history with U.S. presidential nomination
In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton’s former rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, on Tuesday told the chairwoman from the convention floor that Clinton, 68, should be selected as the party’s nominee at the dramatic climax of ...
Read More »Solar plane completes round-the-world trip
More than a year after it took off from Abu Dhabi, solar-powered plane has completed its round-the-world trip, the Verge reports. The craft spent a total of 505 hours — more than 23 days — in the air, stopping at ...
Read More »Ukraine, Lithuania ease flight restrictions
“Currently, there are no restrictions between Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania on the number of designated carriers, points of departure/arrival and flights,” the press service of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine said, UNIAN reports. The State Aviation Service ...
Read More »Fort Myers club shooting: 2 dead, 14 injured outside teen party
Sean Archilles, 14, and Stefan Strawder, 18, were shot to death Monday morning in the parking lot of Club Blu Bar and Grill, police said, CNN reports. At least 16 others, ages 12 to 27, were wounded in the shooting. ...
Read More »Syrian blows himself up outside German music festival, 12 wounded
A spokeswoman for the Bavarian state police force said on Monday it was unclear whether the man was an Islamist militant, and that investigations were continuing, Reuters reports. German newspaper Die Welt quoted Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann earlier as ...
Read More »Munich gunman fixated on mass killing, had no Islamist ties – police
The 18-year-old, born and raised locally, opened fire near a busy shopping mall on Friday evening, triggering a lockdown in the Bavarian state capital, Reuters repors. Seven of his victims were themselves teenagers, who police said he may have lured ...
Read More »New Yorker catches all 142 Pokémon available in the U.S.
On Thursday, Reddit user ftb_hodor posted a screen cap of his phone, showing that he has completed his Pokédex of 142 Pokémon, Mashable reports. He apparently spent two weeks — at least 50 hours a week — hatching 303 eggs ...
Read More »Former Portuguese PM António Guterres leads race to be next UN Secretary-General
António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for 10 years, has emerged as the front-runner in the campaign to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the UN’s ninth secretary-general. Ban Ki-moon steps down at ...
Read More »Donald Trump accepts Republican nomination, says ‘I alone can fix’ system
“Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it,” Trump said in his address, the USA Today reports. After ascending the stage to the theme from the action film Air Force One, Trump said ...
Read More »Earth on track for hottest year ever as warming speeds up
Temperatures recorded mainly in the northern hemisphere in the first six months of the year, coupled with an early and fast Arctic sea ice melt and “new highs” in heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels, point to quickening climate change, it said, ...
Read More »The last VCR manufacturer to stop production
Funai Electric, the last company in Japan to continue making video cassette recorders, has said it will stop making the devices this month, the Wired reports. Unsurprisingly, the company cited a general fall in demand as the reason behind the ...
Read More »General Electric signs cooperation agreement with major Ukranian enterprises
“The memorandum with Ukrzaliznytsia provides for enhanced cooperation in the fields of development and modernization of the diesel locomotives fleet, using the American company’s advanced technologies. With regard to the state enterprise Antonov, the foundation has been laid today for ...
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