Section: Latin America
Researchers: We’ve Discovered Power Grid-Wrecking Software
PARIS – Researchers have found a troubling new form of power grid-wrecking software, tying the discovery to a recent Ukrainian blackout in two reports published Monday. The malicious software has the ability to remotely sabotage circuit breakers, switches and protection relays, the reports say, a nightmare scenario for those charged with keeping...
Explosion hits US Embassy Compound in Kiev, None Injured
An explosive device was thrown into a U.S. embassy building in Kiev, in what has been referred to as a terrorist attack. …read more Source:...
U.S. Envoy Haley Berates UN Rights Council, Demands Reforms
GENEVA – U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday berated the U.N.’s top human rights body, calling it a “forum for politics, hypocrisy and evasion” that allows rights abusers to whitewash their images and foes of Israel to criticize the Jewish state unfairly. Nikki Haley, in the first...
Carla Suarez Cruises into 4th Round at French Open
Spain’s Carla Suarez made it into the fourth round of the French Open after a straight sets win over Ukrainian Elena Vesnina on Saturday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Wawrinka Beats Dolgopolov to Qualify for 3rd Round of French Open
Swiss Stan Wawrinka, world No. 3, snatched a hard-fought victory over Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov on Thursday to reach the third round of the French Open. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Special Counsel’s Trump Investigation Includes Manafort Case
WASHINGTON – The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the...
Malaysia Airlines flight returns to Melbourne after passenger tries to enter cockpit
Armed police remove a man from Malaysia Airlines flight MH128 at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, Australia June 1, 2017. David Henderson/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) Passengers and crew on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur tackled a fellow passenger who attempted to enter the cockpit shouting he had a bomb, authorities...
Putin: Russian State has Never been Involved in Hacking
President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and scoffed at allegations that hackers could influence the outcome of elections in the United States or Europe. But the Russian leader admitted the possibility that some individual “patriotic” hackers could have mounted some attacks amid...
Svitolina Through to 2nd Round of Roland Garros for 5th Time
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, seeded 5th, won the first round of French Open for the fifth time in her career on Tuesday after beating Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Putin Visits France, Hopes to Mend Strained Ties with West
On a visit likely to shape Russia-France ties for years, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the sumptuous Palace of Versailles on Monday for what the newly-elected French leader said would be “demanding” talks on Syria, the Ukrainian crisis and other thorny issues driving the rift between...
