Hong Kong police struggle to stop brokerage hacking spree
By Michelle Price
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police are struggling to deal with digital pump-and-dump schemes targeting brokerages (More…)
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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...)
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Start of Syria talks in Kazakh capital delayed one day
ASTANA (Reuters) – Talks on the Syrian crisis involving Russia, Iran and Turkey that were due to start in the (More…)
Afghanistan gunmen kidnap 52 farmers, regional officials say
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Gunmen in Afghanistan kidnapped 52 farmers on Wednesday, most of them members of the minority Uzbek (More…)
Russian jets in ‘unsafe’ encounters with destroyer: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple Russian military aircraft came close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Feb. (More…)
Two dead in Pakistan as suicide bomber targets judges
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a van carrying judges in the Pakistani city of Peshawar (More…)
Spanish lettuce shortage likely to continue into March, say farmers
By Emma Pinedo and Francisco Bonilla
LOS ALCAZARES, Spain (Reuters) – A shortage of iceberg lettuce is likely to continue (More…)
‘Digital Geneva Convention’ needed to deter nation-state hacking: Microsoft president
By Dustin Volz
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday pressed the world’s governments to form an (More…)
China warns U.S. against fresh naval patrols in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty, responding to reports the United States (More…)
U.S. believes Russia deployed new missile in treaty violation: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by U.S. officials that it violates an arms (More…)
Duterte targets Philippine children in bid to widen drug war
By Clare Baldwin and Andrew R.C. Marshall
MANILA (Reuters) – Before Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs had even begun, (More…)
