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Global cyberattack demanding ransom had nothing to do with money
A devastating cyberattack initially targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure spread like wildfire across the globe on Tuesday, and in the space of just a couple of hours, locked down the computer systems and demanded ransoms from hundreds of organizations including shipping giant Maersk, the world’s largest advertising holding company WPP,...
Russia likes the U.S. a lot more under Trump, new poll shows
America’s reputation around the world has taken a hit under Trump. But in one country, favorability saw a substantial increase: Russia. Out of 37 countries where the Pew Research Center polled thousands of residents from February to May, favorability ratings increased in only six, and mostly in the single-digits. In Russia, however, the...
Week 22 in Trump’s America: “I just don’t want a poor person”
To get this weekly Trump update sent to your inbox, subscribe here. Week 22 in one sentence: President Trump rescinded two Obama-era initiatives intended to protect undocumented parents and family members of U.S. citizens and expand an original program that allows certain people who came to the U.S. illegally as children to stay and work in the...
Putin has jokes, offers Comey asylum
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin held his annual “Direct line” marathon Q&A session on Thursday where he spent nearly four hours answering caller and in-person questions on Russian television. And the Russian leader didn’t miss the opportunity to once again establish himself atop the mountain of the world’s finest trolls....
The US Senate just Trump-proofed its sanctions against Russia
Republican leadership may find the continuing probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia an overblown obstacle, but that didn’t stop a majority of Senate Republicans from joining with Democrats in Trump-proofing the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia. The Senate reached a bipartisan agreement concerning the latest round...
U.S. troops have spread across Eastern Europe in show of force to Russia
During his campaign, Donald Trump expressed skepticism about American military involvement overseas generally, and about NATO specifically. But since taking office, he hasn’t backed away from Operation Atlantic Resolve, which represents the largest military buildup in Europe since the end of the Cold War. Some 6,500 U.S. troops are...
Canada announces more than $60 billion in new defence spending
Canada’s new defence policy will mean new ships, planes, and staff over the next decade, as the Trudeau government works to modernize the aging military. Unveiled by Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan in Ottawa on Wednesday, the new defence policy comes after more than a year of consultation across the country, and stiff criticisms from...
Donald Trump’s highly abnormal presidency: a running guide for June
Sign up for a weekly newsletter about President Donald Trump to be delivered to your inbox every Friday. Donald Trump made it clear at the beginning of his campaign that he wasn’t going to follow the normal rules or tone of politics. We’re keeping track of all the ways his presidency veers from the norm in terms of policy and...
Andrew Scheer will oppose transgender rights, fight gun regulations, fund homeschooling
A divided Conservative Party narrowly elected Andrew Scheer as its leader on Saturday evening, defying expectations set for the 38-year-old Saskatchewanian. Scheer has long been known as a social conservative, but faced little scrutiny in the race, after being left in the shadow of Kevin O’Leary and Maxime Bernier, the two frontrunners with...
It’s nearly impossible to know who’s working for a foreign government
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher can’t remember if he knew Paul Manafort was working for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine when the two old friends met in March 2013. But the California Republican lawmaker is sure Russia came up. “He invited me to join him for dinner to catch up,” said Rohrabacher, who had just become chairman of the House...
