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U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking; summit looms
A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump.
Indictment of Russian officers puts pressure on Trump at Putin summit
If U.S. President Donald Trump was inclined to be tentative when raising election meddling with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking in 2016 has made that approach a much harder s...
Trump's ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson
Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington D.C. about the treatment of an English right-wing activist who is in jail for disrupting a trial, according to three sources fa...
University of Maine pension fund fires Guggenheim over regulatory probe
A university pension and endowment fund fired a Guggenheim Partners LLC subsidiary because of its ongoing investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), records showed, as the closely watched U.S. asset manager faces pressure to...
UK police find source of Novichok nerve agent in small bottle
British counter-terrorism police said on Friday they believed they had found the source of the Novichok nerve agent that killed a woman in southwest England and left her partner critically ill in hospital.
J&J vows to overturn $4.7 billion talc verdict but experts see hurdles
Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal a $4.7 billion verdict awarded to 22 women who claim asbestos-contaminated talc in the company's products gave them ovarian cancer by arguing the plaintiffs' science was flawed and the case should not h...
Woman charged in L.A. with hacking email of pop star Selena Gomez
A 22-year-old woman who prosecutors say hacked into the email accounts of pop star Selena Gomez and posted online photos she found there has been charged with identity theft and fraud, Los Angeles prosecutors said on Friday.
'Señor president,' Trump envoy greets Mexico leftist after election landslide
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to strengthen and improve ties with Mexico after "bumps" in the road, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday, following the leftist's landslide victory...
Oil rises but declines for the week as supply concerns ease
Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday as strike actions in Norway and Iraq hit supplies, but futures were set for a second straight week of decline after Libyan ports reopened and on the view that Iran might still export some crude despite U.S. s...
U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking, summit looms
A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump.
Trump envoys visit Mexico president-elect to talk border issues, trade
Top U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Mexico on Friday to discuss the border and trade with leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has said he wants to reduce the flow of migrants north in return for hel...
Iraq protests spread to Najaf in fifth day of unrest over services, corruption
Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the airport and halted air traffic in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf on Friday, extending protests
U.S. intel chief warns of cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned on Friday of a looming devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure, saying nearly two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks the "warning lights are blinking red again."
Word 'Russia' goes unspoken as Mattis meets Balkan defense chiefs
Nobody at the meeting said the word "Russia" while the cameras were rolling.
U.S. banks gain from Washington policy changes but trade worries loom
Second-quarter earnings reports from three of the biggest U.S. banks on Friday showed the sector is benefiting from policy changes in Washington that have lowered their taxes, boosted interest rates and allowed them to buy back more stock.
S&P hits five-month high as industrials, energy boost; banks weigh
The benchmark S&P 500 hit a more than five-month high on Friday as gains in industrials and energy companies offset a drop in financials after a mixed bag of quarterly results from three big Wall Street banks.
New indictments expected in Mueller special counsel probe: CNN
Prosecutors for U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller visited a federal magistrate in Washington on Friday to return a grand jury indictment, CNN reported, citing an itinerary posted outside the courtroom.
'We are always missing you': Torn apart by violence, Rohingya families connect through letters
Inside a bamboo shelter on Bangladesh's eastern coast, 58-year-old Sait Banu held a dog-eared note from her husband. "If you find a good match for my daughter Una Jamin, you can arrange her wedding," he urged her in the letter.
Man who encouraged attack on UK's Prince George gets life in jail
A British man who suggested Islamist militants should target four-year-old Prince George - destined to be Britain's future king - was sentenced to life in jail on Friday.
U.S. grand jury indicts 12 Russian spies in 2016 election hacking
A federal grand jury on Friday indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on charges of hacking the computer networks of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the Justice Department said.