China slams ‘irresponsible’ United States over shelved security talks
China’s foreign ministry criticized the United States for suggesting that Beijing was behind the cancellation of sensitive security talks planned for this month, underscoring the severity of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
Mexico prosecutor blasts courts after ex-governor plea deal
A top Mexican prosecutor on Wednesday said judges were pushing defendants’ rights too far, pointing to a recent case where prosecutors had to accept a plea deal from a disgraced former governor or risk losing in court.
Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site
Facebook said on Wednesday in response to a lawsuit accusing it of not doing enough to protect users from human traffickers that it works internally and externally to thwart such predators.
Pompeo optimistic Pyongyang trip will yield U.S.-North Korea progress
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was optimistic his planned visit to Pyongyang this weekend would bring progress toward a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and in building a path to…
U.S. warns of new hacking spree from group linked to China
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned that a hacking group widely known as cloudhopper, which Western cybersecurity firms have linked to the Chinese government, has launched attacks on technology service providers in a campaign to steal data from the…
Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks
Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the global chemical weapons watchdog.
United Airlines plane lands safely in Sydney after mayday call
A United Airlines flight carrying 194 passengers and crew from Los Angeles landed without incident in Sydney early on Thursday after a mayday call caused by low fuel triggered a major emergency response in Australia’s largest city.
Brazil far-right candidate gains women voters, despite sexist remarks
Luzia Amaral took a long hard look at Brazil’s presidential candidates, and eventually settled on far-right Jair Bolsonaro, viewing him as the only option to prevent the return of the leftist Workers Party (PT) in this weekend’s vote.
U.S. withdraws from international accords, says U.N. world court ‘politicized’
By Roberta Rampton, Lesley Wroughton and Stephanie van den Berg
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Bolsonaro maintains lead: poll
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro maintained his lead over leftist Workers Party rival Fernando Haddad ahead of this weekend’s election, an Ibope poll showed on Wednesday.
