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US House passes $900 billion COVID relief, catchall measure

By ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses andRead More

Inside the US’s NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network

By BACK CHANNEL / WIRED Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social NetworkEdward Snowden revealed the agency’s phone-record tracking program. But thanks to “precomputed contact chaining,” that databaseRead More

Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says

By BEN FOX, The Associated Press 21 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around theRead More

Annually, the United States government invests $1 billion in Ugandan

U.S. Embassy in Uganda By U.S. Embassy Kampala | October 28, 2020 STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY ON UGANDA’S UPCOMING ELECTIONS The United States has a broad and strongRead More

Trump Announces Attorney General Bill Barr ‘Will Be Leaving Just Before Christmas’

By Morgan Artyukhina, SPUTNIK As the results of the US Electoral College votes were announced on Monday, US President Donald Trump said Attorney General William Barr would no longer beRead More

Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm

By Ellen Nakashima, THE WASHINGTON POSTDec. 13, 2020 at 4:57 p.m. AST The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a global espionage campaign that alsoRead More

L.A. health director nearly breaks down in tears at coronavirus briefing: ‘Deaths are an incalculable loss’

By Teo Armus, THE WASHINGTON POSTDec. 10, 2020 at 8:25 a.m. AST Los Angeles County public health director chokes up while giving coronavirus briefing For months, Barbara Ferrer, the public healthRead More

U.S. Border Restrictions Won’t Lift Until Coronavirus ‘Under Control’: Trudeau

POOL NEW / REUTERS By HUFFINGTON POST, Associated Press via CP12/01/2020 Trudeau says it’s critical that people not travel. TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada won’t liftRead More

Nigerian Still in Line to Lead World Trade Organization (WTO), Despite US Opposition

By Timothy Obiezu, VOA NEWS November 01, 2020 09:11 AM ABUJA – Nigerians have expressed confidence that the country’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will still become the first AfricanRead More

Powell says Fed has made no final decision on digital currency

By BLOOMBERG NewsOct 19, 2020 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank hasn’t made a decision to issue a digital currency, citing the need for further work andRead More

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