11 dead in kindergarten bus accident
All 11 people, including eight kindergarten children, died after a minivan fell into a pond Thursday in central China’s Hunan Province, rescuers confirmed early on Friday. The accident occurred at about 5 p.m. Thursday Beijing Time in a mountainous village near Changsha, capital of Hunan. The... read more »
Chinese hackers go after U.S. workers’ personal data
Federal authorities are investigating a breach of the computer networks of the Office of Personnel Management, which stores detailed data on up to 5 million U.S. government employees and contractors who hold sensitive security clearances. Authorities have traced the intrusion to China, but it is... read more »
Germany orders US intelligence chief out of country
Germany’s federal government has ordered the US intelligence station chief at the Berlin embassy to leave the country – before he is expelled – after a second double agent was uncovered inside the German government. Investigators in Berlin have interviewed a man working for the... read more »
Palestinian family mourns eight relatives killed in one attack as Israeli a...
Eight members of the same family, including five children, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive which has claimed 85 lives since it began its retaliation for Hamas rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Palestinian medical officials said a strike early Thursday struck a... read more »
