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New Homeland Security center to guard against cyberattacks
Executives from companies including AT&T Inc, Mastercard and Southern Co also addressed the gathering, sharing strategies for gaining ground against cyber criminals and hackers working on behalf of nations including China, Iran, North Korea and Russian Federation that the USA government charges have carried out a string of digital attacks on the United States in recent years. [Full Article...]
Europe Needs New Blood - Spain Speaks on Mass Migration
As reported by Spain's El Pais newspaper online, Casado accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist (PSOE) party for his stance on immigration, arguing it incites more migrants to make the unsafe journey and supports criminal organizations. [Full Article...]
French President Emmanuel Macron Survives No-confidence Motion
Benalla, who served as an assistant to Macron's chief-of-staff, was identified from social media footage by French daily Le Monde on Wednesday. Revelations that top officials in Macron's office knew about the Benalla incident but did not report him to prosecutors have prompted accusations of an attempted cover-up, which the government denies. [Full Article...]
Rudy Giuliani keeps moving the bar on the Mueller investigation
Trump echoed comments by one of his lawyers, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani , about collusion not specifically being an offense in the US legal code. Giuliani added on Fox: "I have been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. Collusion is not a crime ", insisting that President Trump is " absolutely innocent ". [Full Article...]
Marine veteran dies in crash after visit with newborn child
The 32-year-old was a U.S. Marine who served two tours in Afghanistan. That truly will be his legacy: "his daughter", said Janet Quinn, Kevin Quinn's mother. This was a guy who shouldn't have been on the streets", said Rob Dinan, a friend of Quinn and spokesman for his family. A GoFundMe page set up for the Quinn family had raised almost $195,000 as of Monday evening. [Full Article...]
France bans smartphone use in schools during school hours
Secondary schools are reportedly given the choice to opt-in on the full ban or enforce a less strict version. Our main role is to protect children and adolescents. Now, pupils will have to either leave their devices at home or turn them off while at school. Technically, France already had a similar bill enacted a number of years ago, but the revised law is tougher and clearer, getting rid of amb... [Full Article...]
Russian journalists confirmed dead in the Central African Republic
Andrei Konyakhin, the chief editor of Khodorkovsky's Investigations Management Center, said the reporters were trying to shed light on a private Russian security company operating in vehicle as well as on Russia's interests in the ocal diamond, gold and uranium mining industries. [Full Article...]
Carr Fire in Northern California 20 percent contained
Sweeney, from St. Petersburg, Florida, is a "hotshot", part of an elite team of highly trained wildland firefighters who spend fire season battling the fiercest blazes in the country. Unlike the Carr Fire , authorities don't know what started Ferguson, which has now engulfed more than 58,000 acres. Almost 1,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed around Redding. [Full Article...]