Britain’s GCHQ breaks its silence to slap down claim it was involved in Trump wiretap

LONDON — In a highly unusual move, Britain’s eavesdropping agency slapped down allegations that Barack Obama used GCHQ to spy on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. The claims that GCHQ was involved in the wiretapping of Trump were, the agency said, “nonsense, utterly ridiculous and should be ignored." The agency’s public denial followed a […]

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As Dutch vote splinters, Greens rise with youthful leader

AMSTERDAM — The Dutch Justin Trudeau. The Dutch Barack Obama. A perceived resemblance to heroes of the global liberal left lifted the ambitious and charismatic leader of the Green-Left Party to new prominence in Wednesday’s election in the Netherlands, the first in a series of decisive European contests this year. As a populist, anti-immigrant message […]

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The FBI just indicted a Russian official for hacking. But why did Russia charge him with treason?

MOSCOW — As my colleague Ellen Nakashima wrote yesterday, the FBI announced bombshell indictments against two Russian spies and two criminal hackers over the 2014 heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts, “marking the first U.S. criminal cyber charges ever against Russian government officials.” The charges, if true, are some of the first to give detailed […]

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Is Israel an ‘apartheid’ state? This U.N. report says yes.

  JERUSALEM — If being an apartheid state means committing inhumane acts, systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over another, then Israel is guilty, a U.N. panel has determined in a new report. The findings from an Arab-led group were not cleared or fully backed by U.N. leadership and does not set new policies […]

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Justin Trudeau took Ivanka Trump to a Broadway play about (ahem) being kind to strangers

Trump admin on Broadway: @IvankaTrump is here at @wecomefromaway with @nikkihaley. pic.twitter.com/2Hj5qBDIXt — Michael Paulson (@MichaelPaulson) March 16, 2017 Was it a night on the town? A teachable moment? Or maybe a little of both. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited First Daughter Ivanka Trump to join him (and a delegation of 600 others, including 125 […]

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