FBI: Surge in Internet Crime Cost Americans $4.2 Billion

VOA — The FBI says it received a record number of complaints from the public last year about cybercrimes, including scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic, costing Americans a staggering $4.2 billion... Read more »

Russia’s Putin authorised pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence says

BBC — Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to have authorised attempts to influence last year’s US election in favour of former President Donald Trump, intelligence officials say. Moscow spread “misleading or... Read more »

Iran Said to Inaugurate New Underground Missile Facility

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Monday inaugurated a new underground facility designated for missile storage, the country’s state TV reported. The report quotes Guard commander Gen. Hossein... Read more »

Fauci: US Normalcy Soon, but Cautions on Premature Easing of COVID Restrictions

VOA — WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus adviser, said Sunday he is optimistic the country can return to some sense of normalcy by the annual July... Read more »

US Communities Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis

VOA — WASHINGTON – A year into the coronavirus pandemic that is disproportionately ravaging African American lives both physically and economically, efforts are underway to target racism as a public health crisis... Read more »

Wealthy Nations Accused of Blocking Access of Lower-income Nations to COVID-19 Vaccines

VOA — The United States and other wealthy countries are standing in the way of low- and middle-income countries seeking better access to COVID-19 vaccines, health-equity advocates say. South Africa and India... Read more »

UN: 34 Million People ‘Knocking at Famine’s Door’ Worldwide

VOA — The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that more than 88 million people were suffering from acute hunger in countries affected by conflict and instability at the end of 2020, and at... Read more »

Blinken: No Iran Funds from S. Korea Before Nuclear Compliance

VOA — WASHINGTON – The United States suggested Wednesday it will oppose the release of billions of dollars in Iranian funds from South Korea until Tehran returns to full compliance with a... Read more »

China Speeding Up Plans to Overtake US on World Stage, Says US Commander

VOA — WASHINGTON – The inability of the United States to adequately push back against China’s growing military might is spurring Beijing to accelerate its plans to remake the current international order... Read more »

British-Iranian aid worker ends house arrest in Iran but faces new trial

RFI — British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed in Tehran for five years on spying charges, has completed her sentence. But her lawyer says she faces a new trial and cannot yet... Read more »