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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)

Newly discovered vulnerability raises fears of another WannaCry

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves tens of thousands of computers potentially vulnerable (More…)

Security experts find clues to ransomware worm’s lingering risks

(Corrects spelling of first name in paragraph 22 of this May 18 story to Salim from Samil)

By Eric Auchard

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‘War on sugar’ takes toll; Asia, Brazil struggle to make up shortfall

By Ana Ionova and Chris Prentice

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The “war on sugar” being waged by governments and consumers (More…)

New WHO head seeks U.S. bipartisan support for global health

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – The new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced hope on Wednesday that (More…)

Symantec says ‘highly likely’ North Korea group behind ransomware attacks

By Joseph Menn

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cyber security firm Symantec Corp <SYMC.O> said on Monday it was “highly likely” (More…)

Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids

By Jack Stubbs

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian cyber criminals used malware planted on Android mobile devices to steal from domestic (More…)

Military veterans suffering PTSD get back on course with golf

(Reuters) – Sylvan Olivieri, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in the Vietnam War as a (More…)

WannaCry attack is good business for cyber security firms

By Joseph Menn

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For Kris Hagerman, chief executive of UK-based cyber security firm Sophos Group Plc (More…)

Companies use kidnap insurance to guard against ransomware attacks

By Suzanne Barlyn and Carolyn Cohn

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, (More…)

Scientists to test whether Zika can kill brain cancer cells

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists in Britain plan to harness the Zika virus to try to kill brain (More…)