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Google and Microsoft stand with Sony against hackers
Google and Microsoft joined forces with Sony, using their online might to release "The Interview" film to online audiences despite threats from hackers.
25 December 2014 13:10
US court dismisses immigration lawsuit against Obama
A US federal judge handed a victory to President Barack Obama, throwing out a lawsuit over controversial actions he took last month shielding millions of undocumented migrants from deportation.
24 December 2014 16:22
Protesters defy New York call for moratorium
A national coalition of activists rejected calls to suspend anti-police protests in New York after two officers were murdered.
24 December 2014 16:13
Sony revives US release of 'The Interview' after hack
Sony said it will release madcap comedy "The Interview" in some US theaters on Christmas Day, after it canceled the movie's debut.
24 December 2014 16:12
Laila Ali tweets about GGG: Golovkin visits WBC Convention
Kazakhstani professional boxer Gennady Golovkin has a busy schedule before the fight against a British boxer Martin Murray.
23 December 2014 20:41
Embattled New York mayor calls for end to protests
Embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio urged New Yorkers to put aside politics and protests to mourn two murdered police officers.
23 December 2014 13:14
Google self-driving car prototype ready to try road
Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested.
23 December 2014 13:02
US urges N. Korea to compensate Sony for cyberattack
The United States urged North Korea to admit it ordered a cyberattack on the Hollywood studio Sony Pictures and to pay for the damage it had caused.
23 December 2014 12:41
Obama invited to WWII commemorations in Moscow: Kremlin
Russia has invited US President Barack Obama to Moscow next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
23 December 2014 10:46
Obama says Sony hack was not 'an act of war
North Korea's alleged hack of Sony Pictures was not an act of war, President Barack Obama said in an interview aired.
22 December 2014 12:08
NY cop gunman told bystanders to watch: police
New York reeled after the murder of two uniformed cops by a man whom investigators say told bystanders to "watch what I'm going to do" just before the killings.
22 December 2014 11:42
Fantasy epic 'The Hobbit' casts spell on box office
Tolkien epic "The Hobbit" weaved its magic at the North American box office this weekend, signaling a farewell to the blockbuster fantasy franchise.
22 December 2014 10:53
Madonna speaks of 'crazy times' after songs leaked
Madonna and Sony Pictures both were separately torpedoed by major hacks this month, in what the pop icon called "crazy times."
22 December 2014 10:20
Obama 'unconditionally' condemns New York police killings
US President Barack Obama on Sunday "unconditionally" condemned the killing of two uniformed New York police officers who were gunned down in their patrol car in Brooklyn by a lone gunman.
21 December 2014 14:07
Castro hails US-Cuba thaw, but says won't change political system
Cuban President Raul Castro said he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement.
21 December 2014 12:43
Protesters gather at America's biggest shopping mall
Hundreds of demonstrators filed into America's largest shopping mall as part of an ongoing wave of protests against racially charged police violence.
21 December 2014 12:10
With Cuba and immigration, Obama takes a new look at Latin America
President Barack Obama had turned the tables on US policy toward Latin America, neglected by Washington for much of this century.
20 December 2014 18:23
Attack could cost Sony half a billion dollars: experts
The devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures could see the Hollywood studio lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and incur massive recovery costs.
20 December 2014 12:45
Obama orders US trade ban on Crimea over Russia 'occupation'
US President Barack Obama imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia-annexed Crimea with an executive order prohibiting American exports of goods to the contested peninsula.
20 December 2014 12:33
Hollywood closes ranks with Sony, presses Washington
Hollywood filmmakers urged US authorities to do more to protect against cyberattacks, and sought to close ranks with Sony.
20 December 2014 09:49