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Putin urges US business to help normalize Russia-US ties
The Russian president dismissed the conclusions of the US intelligence community that Russia meddled on behalf of Trump, saying that he had read the report and found nothing but "speculation and conclusions base on speculation". At the event, Putin also said that a child could have hacked the DNC it was so easy. "Hoof prints? Horn prints?" "The other team, they made a mistake", Putin said of Dem... [Full Article...]
Password manager OneLogin hacked, exposing sensitive customer data
The initial statement from Hoyos about the OneLogin security breach didn't offer any more details than that and linked to a page on OneLogin's compliance program where vulnerability reports can be submitted; a day later, Hoyos updated the blog post with further details on the timing, methods and customer impact of the incident. [Full Article...]
Trump pulls United States out of global climate change accord
Pence praised Trump's leadership and said Trump is "is choosing to put the forgotten men and women of America first". In 2001, then US President George W Bush had withdrawn from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change . Withdrawing would leave the United States aligned only with Russian Federation among the world's industrialized economies. Mr Trump's chief economic adviser Gary Cohn ha... [Full Article...]
Trump Shunning The Paris Accord Makes America Look Weak
He later said the city would "follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future". The agreement also hinges on developed countries like the United States , whose economies have contributed more emissions historically, helping to finance developing countries' transition to cleaner forms of energy. [Full Article...]
Trump announces US will abandon global climate accord
But Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to cancel United States participation in the deal, said he would ditch the Paris accord because it handicaps the U.S. Those briefed by the White House insisted on anonymity in order to discuss the matter ahead of Trump's announcement Thursday afternoon in the Rose Garden. [Full Article...]
OR responds to USA climate pact rejection
Since taking office on January 20, Trump, who has called climate change a "hoax", has sent contradictory signals on the Paris deal. So just what does the USA lose if it's no longer leading the global fight against climate change? "Avoiding a two degree warming was already hard when all of the key countries were rowing together", said Michael Oppenheimer, a climate researcher at Princeton Univer... [Full Article...]
CBSE Class XII marks verification till June 5
The Board, which declared the results on Sunday, started receiving applications from students on Wednesday. Students can check the CBSE Class 10th Result 2017 by clicking on the activated result link and entering required details such as roll number, etc. [Full Article...]
Politicians, activists, businesses sound off on climate deal
But he was also breaking from many of America's staunches allies, who have expressed alarm about the decision. Even a direct appeal from the Vatican wasn't enough to persuade the president. The body's commissioner for climate action and energy Miguel Arias Canete also pledged continued "global leadership" on climate change. The mayors had previously released a statement immediately after the new... [Full Article...]