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UK and Australia blame Russian unit GRU for cyberattacks
London, Oct 4 (AP/UNB)— British and Australian officials said on Thursday the Russian military intelligence unit GRU is behind a wave of global cyberattacks.
Seven US police shot in deadly stand-off
Florence, Oct 04 (AP/UNB) — Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot Wednesday, one fatally, in a confrontation with a man who held children hostage as he fired on the officers, officials said.
Canada revokes Myanmar leader's honorary citizenship
Ottawa, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — Canada's Parliament formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar's Rohingya people.
Melania Trump forges ahead as first lady with Africa trip
Washington, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — With a wave and tweet, first lady Melania Trump headed for Africa on Monday on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent.
Trump dominated UN, but US nationalism at odds with world
United Nations, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — U.S. President Donald Trump dominated this year's gathering of global leaders that ended Monday, but his rejection of "the ideology of globalism" left America almost singlehandedly holding a nationalist banner against urgent calls from an overwhelming number countries for the world to work together.
3 dead after car explosion; perpetrator 'probably killed'
Allentown, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — A car explosion that rocked downtown Allentown left three males dead, including the likely "perpetrator," officials said Sunday as federal authorities who are leading the investigation looked ahead to autopsies.
Problems for Pentagon's immigrant recruit program
Washington, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) -Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military and become American citizens, according to several U.S. officials.
Trump on Kim: Tough talk ... 'and then we fell in love'
Wheeling, Sep 30 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally that there was once tough talk "back and forth" between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "and then we fell in love."
Washington man gets prison for overharvesting sea cucumbers
Seattle, Sep 30 (AP/UNB) — The owner of a Washington seafood company was sentenced to two years in prison for overharvesting sea cucumbers and must pay $1.5 million in restitution — the second large bust of illegal sea cucumber trade in the U.S. West in just over a year.
Syria, North Korea to have their say at UN gathering
United Nations, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) — Two of the planet's most troubled hot spots are sending envoys to have their say before the world on Saturday.