Hacking the hackers:Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said.
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“I trusted them with my life,”said Mark Giaconia, a 46-year-old former U.S. Army special forces soldier, recalling camaraderie with the Kurds he fought with in Iraq more than a decade ago. “I fought with these guys and watched them die for us,” said Giaconia, who now lives in Herndon, Virginia, after retiring from the Army with 20 years of service and the Trump administration’s decision to “leave them hanging” stirred deep emotions, Giaconia added.
U.S. troops crossed into Iraq as part of a withdrawal from northeast Syriaordered by President Donald Trump that opened the way for Turkish troops to launch an offensive against Kurdish fighters in the area. A Reuters cameraman saw more than 100 vehicles crossing from the northeast tip of Syria, where Turkey has agreed to pause its offensive for five days under a deal agreed between Washington and Ankara. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of Trump’s decision to move U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed “historic solutions” were possible.
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Expanding the 'Squad:'Jessica Cisneros interned for Representative Henry Cuellar in 2014, and the congressman later wrote letters to help her get into law school. Now the 26-year-old immigration lawyer is gunning for her former boss’ job, saying his values are out of touch with the sprawling south Texas district he has represented for 15 years. She is one of a half-dozen progressive candidates around the country who are taking on moderate House Democratic incumbents and are backed by Justice Democrats, the same political action committee that last year helped launch Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political career.
China is seeking $2.4 billion in retaliatory sanctions against the United States for non-compliance with a WTO ruling in a tariffs case dating to the Obama era, a document published on Monday showed.
The number of rich Chinese has surpassed the count of wealthy Americans for the first time as both countries keep churning out millionaires, a study by Credit Suisse showed.
Boeing said it understood the outcry over leaked messages from a former test pilot over erratic software behavior on its 737 MAX jet two years before recent crashes, and added it was still investigating what they meant.
Facebook, facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra, said the initiative could use cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such as the dollar, instead of the synthetic one it initially proposed. David Marcus, who heads the Libra project for Facebook, told a banking seminar the group’s main goal remained to create a more efficient payments system, but it was open to looking at alternative approaches for the currency token it would use.
