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CIA nominee lists Russia among challenges to US
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump´s nominee to head the CIA portrayed multiple challenges facing the United States on Thursday, from an aggressive Russia to a “disruptive” Iran to a China that he said is creating “real tensions. “Diverging from Trump´s stated aim of seeking closer ties with Russia, Mike Pompeo said...
Trump’s secretary of state pick hits out at China
Donald Trump’s secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson hit out at China during his Senate confirmation hearing, warning the US would send a “clear signal” that the Asian giant must abandon its artificial islands in the South China Sea. “We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first the island building stops, and second,...
Spain govt accepts responsibility for 2003 military plane crash
Spain’s defence ministry took political responsibility for the first time on Wednesday for a 2003 air accident which killed 62 Spanish soldiers as they were returning from Afghanistan. “There are reparations that are not economic, which have to do with recognition,” Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal told radio Cadena Cope a day...
Obama says goodbye in last presidential speech
Several US senators including Republicans critical of President-elect Donald Trump s scepticism of alleged Kremlin-ordered hacking joined forces Tuesday to introduce sanctions against Russia for interfering in the US election. The five Democrats and five Republicans laid out expansive new punishments including visa bans and financial asset...
Russia hacked Republican state campaigns but not Trump’s: FBI head
WASHINGTON: Russia hacked into Republican state political campaigns and old email domains of the Republican National Committee but there is no evidence it successfully penetrated President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday. Comey also told lawmakers Russia did not release information obtained from the...
Obama says goodbye in last presidential speech
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Several US senators including Republicans critical of President-elect Donald Trumps skepticism of alleged Kremlin-ordered hacking joined forces Tuesday to introduce sanctions against Russia for interfering in the US election.The five Democrats and five Republicans laid out expansive new punishments including visa bans and...
US senators seek Russia sanctions over cyber activities
WASHINGTON: Senior US Republican and Democratic senators will introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to impose a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine. The legislation is sponsored by 10 senators – Republicans John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ben Sasse and Rob Portman and...
New UN chief seeks ‘whole new approach’ to prevent war
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a whole new approach to prevent war, vowing to boost the world bodys mediation capacity to tackle global conflicts.Making his first address to the Security Council since taking office, Guterres said too much time and too many resources were being spent on...
New UN chief seeks ´whole new approach´ to prevent war
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a “whole new approach” to prevent war, vowing to boost the world body’s mediation capacity to tackle global conflicts. Making his first address to the Security Council since taking office, Guterres said too much time and too many resources were being...
US blacklists Putin ally, alleged Litvinenko killers
The United States on Monday blacklisted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reputed top enforcer and the prime suspects in the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London a decade ago. The US Treasury added Russia’s senior federal investigator Alexander Bastrykin and alleged assassins Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun to the...
