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Brazil prosecutors charge The Intercept’s Greenwald with hacking

By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors charged U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday with assisting a group of hackers who intercepted the cellular phone calls of Justice Minister Sergio Moro when he was the judge handling Brazil's biggest-ever corruption case. The Intercept website edited by Greenwald published damaging conversations between Moro and prosecutors in the Car Wash investigation that showed the judge advising them in the case against now... Читать дальше...

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Exclusive: BP pulls out of Iraq’s Kirkuk field as expansion plans stall

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Ahmed Rasheed LONDON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - BP has pulled out of Iraq's giant Kirkuk oilfield after its $100 million exploration contract expired with no agreement on the field's expansion, dealing a fresh blow to Iraq's hopes to increase its oil output, three sources told Reuters. The move comes as Western energy companies reassess their operations in Iraq amid political turmoil following months of anti-government protests and a flare-up in tensions between the United States and Iran in the country. Читать дальше...

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Huawei CFO arrives in Vancouver court to contest U.S. extradition request

By Tessa Vikander VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday, where her lawyers are expected to build on their arguments against the U.S. extradition request that they say is based a sanctions violation and not bank fraud. Meng, 47, arrived in a Vancouver courtroom on Monday for the first phase of a hearing that will last at least four days, during which her legal team argued that "double criminality" was at the heart of the case... Читать дальше...

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Over-reliance on brand Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal’s clever election strategy pose tough hurdles for BJP in Delhi

As the Delhi Assembly election looms near, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Kejriwal-led Aam Admi Party is the frontrunner in the three-way contest and its chief challenger, BJP, is struggling. It is not the opinion polls alone that predict a clean sweep for Arvind Kejriwal's party, the BJP's strength, Narendra Modi, is turning out to be its weakness.

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