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Associated Press: Companies weigh cyberattack cost, with Ukraine hit hard

Companies and governments around the world on June 28 counted the cost of a software epidemic that has disrupted ports, hospitals, and banks. Ukraine, …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: US Defense Secretary says Syria appears to have heeded warning on chemical attack

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said that Syria appears to have heeded a U.S. warning against launching a new chemical attack, as Russia accused …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: New computer virus spreads from Ukraine to disrupt world business

A cyber attack wreaked havoc around the globe on June 28, crippling thousands of computers, disrupting operations at ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles …
Reuters

Petya ransomware attacks large companies in Belarus

MINSK – Petya ransomware has reached certain large companies in Belarus, the country’s Interior Ministry said on June 28. “Traces of a new virus …
Interfax-Ukraine

Spiegel: Tensions rising in Balkans as hopes for EU future fade

The man who hopes to become the prime minister of Kosovo has a past, documented under case file IT-04-84 at the International Criminal Tribunal for …
Spiegel

Financial Times: Cyber attack shows few signs of spreading to Asia

The cyber attack that hit some of Europe and the US’s largest companies showed few signs of spreading to other continents on June 28, with only …
Financial Times

Reuters: Cyber attack hits property arm of French bank BNP Paribas

A global cyber attack has hit the property arm of France’s biggest bank BNP Paribas, one of the largest financial institutions known to be affected by …
Reuters

Washington Post: Unafraid of Trump, GOP senators feel free to ‘go their own way’

History suggests that presidents who have governed successfully have been both revered and feared. But GOP fixtures in Washington are beginning to …
Washington Post

New York Times: Court rules Netherlands partly liable for 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslim men

A Dutch court ruled on June 28 that the government was partly liable for the deaths of about 350 Muslim men in 1995 in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, …
New York Times

Reuters: Europe’s NATO members, Canada to raise defense spending in 2017

Europe’s NATO members and Canada will jointly raise defense spending by 4.3 percent in 2017, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 28, …
Reuters

CNN: Pew poll shows more people in the world have confidence in Putin than Trump

Donald Trump is the fairly elected leader of the most prominent democracy in the world. Vladimir Putin is an authoritarian with a long record of …
CNN

Foreign Policy: Basically everyone but Russia now looks on the US less favorably

“We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us any more,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a speech announcing his intention to …
Foreign Policy

New York Times: Global cyberattack – what we know and don’t know

A quickly spreading ransomware attack is hitting countries across the world including Ukraine, Russia, Spain, France and the United States, just weeks …
New York Times

Associated Press: Kissinger says chaos in the West could give boost to Russia

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on June 27 warned of Russia’s simmering alienation from its western neighbors but said he believed that …
Associated Press

Washington Post: EU fines Google a record $2.7 billion in antitrust case over search results

The European Union’s antitrust chief hit Google with a record $2.7 billion fine June 27, saying the powerful web-search leader illegally steered users …
Washington Post

Washington Post: FBI questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe

FBI agents have repeatedly questioned former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page about his contacts with Russians and his interactions with the Trump …
Washington Post

Associated Press: 3 CNN journalists resign over retracted story

CNN says it has accepted the resignations of three employees involved in a retracted story about a supposed investigation into a pre-inaugural meeting …
Associated Press

Reuters: Survey shows image of US has plunged under Trump

The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of people in other …
Reuters
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