Daily Archives: September 28, 2017
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Burkhard Even, head of counter-intelligence at the BfV agency, said the German elections had survived widespread attempts by Russian media to influence the outcome of Sunday’s ballot, although there was some “low-level propaganda which did not have a significant impact on voters “. But although the result is in and […]
ISIS released an audio recording Thursday that it billed as a message from leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, rumored to be dead since the summer. NBC News security analysts Flashpoint said the voice in the propaganda message appears to be the terror boss but they could not pinpoint when it was […]
Washington state on Thursday sued Purdue Pharma LP, the maker of OxyContin, becoming the latest state or local government to seek to hold a pharmaceutical company accountable in court for a national opioid addiction epidemic. The city of Seattle also filed a separate lawsuit against Purdue as well as units […]
An award-winning graphic novel about a teen who has a transformative summer during a lakeside vacation was the most challenged book of 2016, according to the American Library Association (ALA). Created by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, “This One Summer” was released in 2014 and follows a teen named Alice […]
Star Wars fans only have a few days more to wait until the Episode 8 main trailer finally arrives. Unlike previously believed, it won’t be the final chance to see more of the movie before it hits cinemas, however. Disney and Lucasfilm have just announced a huge new media partnership […]
Experts from the UN have called on Madrid to ensure measures taken ahead of the Catalan referendum this Sunday “do not interfere with the fundamental rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, and public participation”. Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled at the beginning of this month the referendum, which could […]
Artificial peptide molecules that neutralize a broad range of influenza virus strains have been developed by a team of researchers.