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U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking, summit looms

By David Shepardson and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump. The indictment, which alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy involving sophisticated hacking and staged releases of documents, raises the stakes for a summit next week between President Trump and... Читать дальше...

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Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet to testify at U.S. House hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday will hold a hearing to take testimony from Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc's YouTube unit and Twitter Inc on whether social media companies are filtering content for political reasons, the committee chairman said. Conservative Republicans in Congress have criticized social media companies for what they claim are politically motivated practices in removing some content, a charge the companies have rejected

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China stifles memorials of Nobel laureate dissident Liu Xiaobo

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China warned supporters of Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo not to mark Friday's anniversary of his death, while rights activists in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong gathered to keep his memory alive. Liu died aged 61 on July 13 last year in a hospital in the northern city of Shenyang under close guard by security agents, after he was denied permission to leave China for treatment for late-stage liver cancer. He had been jailed in 2009 for "inciting subversion"... Читать дальше...

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At least 58 injured as train derails in Egypt

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 58 people were injured on Friday when a passenger train derailed south of Egypt's capital Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. "Most of the injuries are minor," Ahmed Mohei, an assistant to the health minister, told state television. Three carriages on a train headed to the southern province of Qena went off-track, state news agency MENA said, citing a transport ministry statement.

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U.S. sanctions seen barring IT platform of insurer Lloyd’s for Iran trade

By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - New U.S. sanctions are likely to prevent the use of a Lloyd's of London IT platform for any Iran insurance, adding to difficulties for European insurers providing cover for the country. European insurers, reinsurers, brokers and shipping firms have been winding down Iranian business as the United States reimposes sanctions on insurance and reinsurance from Nov.

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Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif arrested after flying home to face jail

By Drazen Jorgic and Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE (Reuters) - Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam were arrested on Friday after flying back to the country to face lengthy prison sentences, in a high-stakes gamble to galvanise their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 election. Uniformed men escorted the Sharifs, who were sentenced in absentia on corruption charges last week, from their airplane after it touched down in the central city of Lahore at around 8:45 p.m

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Pakistan’s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and daughter arrested on return to country – local TV

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities arrested ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam on Friday night shortly after they returned to face lengthy prison sentences, hoping galvanize their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 election. Uniformed men escorted the Sharifs, who were sentenced in absentia on corruption charges last week, from the airplane soon after it touched down in the central city of Lahore at around 8:45 p.m. (1645 GMT), a Reuters reporter on the... Читать дальше...

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Palestinian teenager killed in Israel-Gaza border protests

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Friday, who had been taking part in border protests, Gaza medical officials said. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Gaza border protests which have entered their fourth month and have drawn a lethal Israeli army response which describes them as violent. Thousands took part in Friday's protests, which marked 100 days since their launch, with some venturing close to the border fence, burning tyres and throwing stones. Читать дальше...