World braces for more cyberattacks as work week begins

Governments and computer experts girded today for a possible worsening of the global cyberattack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis.

Brazil calls off Zika emergency

Brazil's government on Thursday declared an end to a national emergency over the Zika virus which was detected in the Latin American country late in 2015 before becoming a global concern.

Trump defiant after shock Comey sacking

The White House slapped down calls for a special prosecutor to investigate allegations that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia Wednesday, after the US president abruptly fired his FBI director.

Ex-French PM seeks to join Macron revolution

Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron was starting to build his centrist government Tuesday, with his former Socialist boss jockeying for position in a radically changed political landscape.

 

Trump sacks FBI director, sparking firestorm

President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI director James Comey, ousting the man heading a wide-ranging investigation into whether his aides colluded with Russia to sway last year's US election.

 

Moon starts term as S.Korea leader after landslide win

Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In began his five-year term as president of South Korea on Wednesday, following a landslide election win after a corruption scandal felled the country's last leader.

 

Trump administration insists travel ban not anti-Muslim

Did Donald Trump's contested travel ban deliberately single out Muslims? The US administration fiercely denied it during an appeals court hearing on Monday -- despite the president's campaign call for a blanket Muslim ban.

 

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