Oct 11 Facebook purges hundreds of spammers spreading 'sensational political content' By Associated Press Facebook deleted 800 pages and accounts that it said were designed to drive people to ad-laden websites outside Facebook. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Unemployment hits nearly 50-year low in September; Indonesia mourns In our news wrap Friday, job gains in the U.S. slowed in September, is employers added a net of 134,000 jobs -- the smallest number in a year, and likely affected by Hurricane Florence. But unemployment hit its lowest level… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 5:22 Russian government accused of hacking agencies investigating its alleged crimes American and Dutch officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of a widespread series of computer attacks. In the Netherlands, four Russian agents tried to hack into computers at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Meanwhile, the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 04 3 indicted Russians previously charged by Robert Mueller By Associated Press The three defendants named in an indictment unsealed Thursday also were named in a July indictment that accused Russia of hacking Democratic email accounts and facilitating the release of stolen emails. Continue reading
Oct 04 U.S. charges 7 Russian intel officers for cybercrimes By Gregory Katz, Raphael Satter, Lorne Cook, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday charged seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations hours after Western officials leveled new accusations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 10:58 Putin urges American political elites to 'calm down' on Russian election meddling By Ryan Chilcote Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a pointed verbal attack on the U.S. while speaking with special correspondent Ryan Chilcote in Moscow Wednesday. He called concerns about Russian meddling in the upcoming 2018 elections “insanity” and he criticized some Trump administration… Continue watching
Oct 03 WATCH: Who's to blame for rising gas prices? Putin tells Trump, 'Look in the mirror' By Larisa Epatko Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should “look in the mirror” to find the culprit behind rising oil prices. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: Putin says election meddling 'nonsense' risks poisoning U.S.-Russia relations By Larisa Epatko Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that “all this nonsense” -- that Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. election in order to make Donald Trump president -- must stop. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH LIVE: An interview and discussion with Vladimir Putin By Morgan Till PBS NewsHour special correspondent Ryan Chilcote will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 28 China, Russia cast themselves as defenders of internationalism as U.S. backs away By Jennifer Peltz, Frank Jordans, Associated Press In the wake of President Trump's proclamation that Americans "reject the ideology of globalism," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang's speech at the U.N. General Assembly sounded a note of rebuttal from a competing power. Continue reading