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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2017
Chinese quantum satellite sends 'unbreakable' code
China has sent an "unbreakable" code from a satellite to the Earth, marking the first time space-to-ground quantum key distribution technology has been realized, state media said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017
U.S. professor accused of being agent of foreign influence by Singapore appeals expulsion
A U.S. citizen, whose Singapore permanent residence status was revoked after the government identified him as being an agent of foreign influence, said on Tuesday he had appealed the decision to expel him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2017
Special counsel Mueller asks White House for Flynn documents: report
Investigators working for U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, have asked the White House for documents related to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, The New York Times reported Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017
Fragile economy stays Putin's hand in standoff with U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk escalating tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger Russia's fragile economic recovery.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 29, 2017
Trump-Putin honeymoon may be over
Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the U.S. expulsion of Russian diplomats and the seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2017
Russian envoy Kislyak, at heart of U.S. probe, ends assignment in Washington
Sergei Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to Washington and a key figure in ongoing U.S. investigations into Moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, ended his tenure Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2017
Australia spots Chinese spy ship near joint military exercises
The Australian Defence Department confirmed reports Saturday that a Chinese spy ship has been operating off the country's northeast coast in the vicinity of joint military exercises involving Australian, U.S., Japanese and other troops.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2017
Special counsel asks White House to save documents, mails, recordings from Trump Jr.-Russians meeting
The special counsel investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia has asked White House officials to preserve any records of a meeting last year between the president's eldest son and a Russian lawyer, according to a source with knowledge of the request.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2017
Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client
The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia's FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2017
Russian envoy overheard saying he discussed campaign with Sessions: report
Russia's ambassador to Washington was overheard by U.S. spy agencies telling his bosses that he had discussed campaign-related matters, including issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing current and former U.S. officials....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2017
Trump campaign in June paid law office now representing son $50,000
Donald Trump's campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2017
Trump associates frustrated and concerned by latest crisis, after Donald Jr. tweets emails
Fresh off one foreign trip and preparing for another, Donald Trump was enjoying a period of relative calm — until the White House was rocked by a fresh controversy over contacts between the president's campaign and Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 1, 2017
U.S. warns businesses of hacking campaign against nuclear, energy firms
The U.S. government has warned firms about a hacking campaign targeting the nuclear and energy sectors, the latest event to highlight the power industry's vulnerability to cyberattacks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2017
Israel's Mossad sets up fund for new spy technologies, including robotics, miniaturization
Israel's Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new espionage techniques, and is offering grants of up to 2 million shekels (about $570,000) per project to bring in new ideas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2017
Ransomware the go-to hack for cybercriminals amid bitcoin rally, glut of stolen data
A recent outbreak of ransomware attacks, from the WannaCry worm in May to Tuesday's infection of thousands of computer systems around the globe, shows that digital stickups are becoming the go-to hack for cybercriminals, fueled by powerful leaked U.S. government exploits and the rise of bitcoin and other...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2017
NSA backtracks on disclosing how many Americans are caught up in warrantless spying
For more than a year, U.S. intelligence officials reassured lawmakers they were working to calculate and reveal roughly how many Americans have their digital communications vacuumed up under a warrantless surveillance law that was intended to target foreigners overseas.
WORLD / Politics
May 30, 2017
Trump's communications director set to leave White House, adviser says
U.S. President Donald Trump's communications director, Mike Dubke, is set to leave after three months in his White House post, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2017
In shake-up, Trump to set up 'war room' to repel attacks over Russia probe
Once U.S. President Donald Trump returns from his overseas trip, the White House plans to launch its most aggressive effort yet to push back against allegations involving Russia and his presidential campaign, tackling head-on a scandal that has threatened to consume his young presidency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2017
Russians reportedly discussed how to influence Trump via his aides
Senior Russian intelligence and political officials discussed how to influence Donald Trump through his advisers, according to information gathered by American spies last summer, The New York Times reported on Wednesday,
WORLD
May 24, 2017
U.S. appeals court rules in favor of Wikipedia's right to challenge NSA surveillance
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a Wikipedia lawsuit that challenges a U.S. National Security Agency program of mass online surveillance, and claims that the government unconstitutionally invades people's privacy rights.

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