Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Top Vladimir Putin Aide Hacked
A Ukrainian group claims it hacked the email account of one of Vladimir Putin’s top aides, releasing more than 1 gigabyte of emails. A trove of emails from Vladislav Surkov show that Russia was likely involved in the separatist movement in Ukraine, leading to the Russian takeover of the Crimea region in 2014. “This is a serious hack,” said...
Ukrainian Man Renames Himself iPhone 7 to Win the Phone
KIEV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that. The 20-year old iPhone Sim (Seven) got the coveted prize Friday. He said he might change it back to his original name, Olexander Turin, when he has children. The price of phone...
Countries OK World’s Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica’s waters reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world’s largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. The agreement comes after years of diplomatic wrangling and high-level talks between the U.S. and Russia, which has...
Putin Rejects Claims of Russian Interference in US Election
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russia is interfering in the U.S. presidential election, saying the allegations are designed to distract the public from real issues. The United States has accused Russia of coordinating the hacks of Hillary Clinton’s campaign emails to influence the outcome of the election....
Russia Unveils ‘Satan 2’ Nuclear Weapon
Russia has unveiled a new nuclear missile that “is capable of wiping out parts of the earth the size of Texas or France.” Reports say that the RS-28 missile, dubbed the “Satan 2,” was declassified this week, with the first image of the weapon being released to the public by designers at the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. It’s also known as...
Russian Military Holds Missile Exercise Near Western Border
MOSCOW—The Russian military has conducted drills involving state-of-the art missiles near the nation’s western border, amid tensions in relations with the West. The Defense Ministry said Thursday that the drills involved Iskander-M missiles. The war games were held at a shooting range near the city of Luga, about 100 kilometers (60 miles)...
Amid Syria’s Violence, Diplomats Produce Ideas but No Truce
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The United States, Russia and seven other would-be Syria mediators ended a 4½-hour meeting Saturday without agreement or concrete steps to match what America’s top diplomat described as the urgent crisis in the city of Aleppo. Instead, the envoys said only that new ideas were proposed and more discussions planned. The...
As Syria’s War Rages, US and Russia Back at Diplomatic Table
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Back where they started, the United States, Russia and other international players in Syria’s civil war searched Saturday for a diplomatic process that could succeed where last month’s collapsed cease-fire failed. With the Syrian and Russian governments pressing an offensive against rebel-held parts of Aleppo, no...
Russia Says It’s Joining China to Counter US Missile Defense Systems
Russia has confirmed it will cooperate with the Chinese regime to counter U.S. plans to expand on its missile-defense network around the world. Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir of the Russian military’s General Staff has accused the U.S. Defense Department of developing the shield as part of a plan to carry out a preemptive nuclear strike. “We are...
New Challenges in Syria as Militants Weaponized Drones
WASHINGTON—Militant groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State group have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new twist to Syria’s civil war, a U.S. military official and others say. A belonging to an al-Qaida offshoot, Jund al-Aqsa, purportedly shows a drone landing on Syrian military...
