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Elon Musk to provide “space internet” to all corners of the globe
Elon Musk, pioneer and inventor is currently in talks with the US government, seeking its approval to begin testing on a project to broadcast Internet from 4,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. He claims he wants to provide high-speed broadband internet to all corners of the globe.
Germany drops probe into alleged US tapping of Merkel cellphone
Germany's chief prosecutor has dropped a probe into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by US intelligence agencies, his office said on June 12.
Union says hackers got sensitive data on all US government staff
Suspected Chinese hackers who infiltrated the US government's human resources records have sensitive information on all federal employees, an American union said June 11.
Pentagon chief urges China to stop island building
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called June 11 on Beijing to stop building artificial islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, as he hosted a top Chinese general.
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US hopeful on Greek deal before June 30
The US government was hopeful that a deal between Greece and its lenders would be achieved before June 30, when the cash-strapped country?s aid program ends.
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Reuters: US Says Contractors Hit in Bulgaria Blast Worked on Syria Task
The US embassy in Sofia has said the three US contractors hit by last week's explosion at a firing range in Bulgaria are employees of a firm hired to work on programme to support moderate opposition forces in Syria, Reuters reported.
Edward Snowden: World is rejecting mass surveillance
Legislation ending the US government's bulk collection of telephone data is "a historic victory for the rights of every citizen," former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden said in a commentary June 4.
China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of US federal workers
Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based in China, US officials said on June 4.
US says data on four million government staff hacked
The US government on June 4 admitted hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former federal employees, in a vast cyber-attack suspected to have originated in China.
"As a result of the incident," uncovered in April, the Office of Personnel Management said it "will send notifications to approximately four million individuals."
Massive Cyber Attack Exposes Data of Millions of US Government Officials
The USA informed that the personal financial data of up to four million current and former government officials may have been breached by a cyber attack reportedly originating from China.
Credit card data, banking records and other forms of financial information could have been stolen in the attack, USA Today reports.