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| Green Party U.S. election recount bid comes to a close | | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:31 AM | |
|  The recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in three U.S. states came to an end on Monday, after weeks of legal wrangling yielded only one electoral review in Wisconsin that favoured Republican winner Donald Trump. A federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected Stein's request for a recount and an examination of that state's voting machines for evidence of hacking in the Nov. 8 election won by Trump. Meanwhile, Wisconsin election officials said on Monday they had completed their 10-day recount after finding that Trump's margin of victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton had increased by 131 votes, bringing Trump's total lead to 22,748.
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| Exclusive - Some Bangladesh Bank officials involved in heist: investigator | | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:13 AM | |
|  By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Some Bangladesh central bank officials deliberately exposed its computer systems and enabled hackers to steal $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February, a top police investigator in Dhaka told Reuters on Monday. The comments by Mohammad Shah Alam, head of the Forensic Training Institute of the Bangladesh police's criminal investigation department, are the first sign that investigators have got a firm lead in one of the world's biggest cyber heists, which had prompted months of international finger-pointing. On Thursday, the head of a Bangladesh government panel that investigated the heist said five bank officials were guilty of negligence but that they were only unwitting accomplices.
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| Exclusive - SWIFT confirms new cyber thefts, hacking tactics | | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:11 AM | |
|  By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February's heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank as hackers have become more sophisticated in their tactics, according to a SWIFT official and a previously undisclosed letter the organization sent to banks worldwide. The messaging network in a Nov. 2 letter seen by Reuters warned banks of the escalating threat to their systems, according to the SWIFT letter. "The threat is very persistent, adaptive and sophisticated – and it is here to stay," SWIFT said in the November letter to client banks, seen by Reuters.
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| India's landmark forest rights law hobbled by conflicting policies - report | | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:03 AM | |
| | By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark Indian forest rights law passed 10 years ago with the aim of protecting indigenous people has been crippled by conflicting legislation, and a lack of political will and funds to ensure its implementation, according to a report. More than a fifth of India's population were expected to benefit from the 2006 Forest Rights Act covering vast areas of forest land roughly the size of Germany. "(The law) has the potential to conserve forests and biodiversity (and) improve local livelihoods," Neema Pathak Broome, a researcher with rights group Kalpavriksh, said in the report released Tuesday by a citizens' advocacy group. |
| Nigeria arrests Chinese, locals for running fake visa office | | | Nigeria has arrested two Chinese and two locals for running a fake visa office in the commercial capital Lagos, police said on Monday. "They issued fake visas to Trinidad and Tobago to people for huge sums of money," a police spokeswoman, Dolapo Badmus, said, adding that the arrested had operated out of a Lagos hotel. |
| Senate Republican leader backs investigation into Russian hacking | |  By Dustin Volz and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's top Republican broke with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday over whether Russian hacking during the U.S. election merited closer scrutiny, a fissure between Trump and his party that appeared to grow as lawmakers pressed for a special investigation into the matter. The divide raised the possibility of enduring clashes between Trump and Republicans during his presidency over how to handle Russian President Vladimir Putin, a leader long viewed by many in the party as a calculating, untrustworthy foe but whom Trump has repeatedly praised for his leadership. "The Russians are not our friends," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a news conference.
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| U.S. senators struggle with Exxon CEO as Trump secretary of state | |  By Doina Chiacu and Gina Cherelus WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The front-runner for secretary of state in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, faces a struggle getting confirmed by U.S. senators concerned about his close ties to Russia. Lawmakers from both major parties also raised questions on Monday about former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, who has been mentioned as a possible No. 2 State Department official and has voiced hawkish views on Iraq and Iran. Republicans and Democrats said Tillerson, who is also president of Exxon Mobil Corp , would be asked about his ties to Russia, having met President Vladimir Putin several times and won fresh praise from Moscow on Monday.
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| U.S. Senate's CIA torture report will go into Obama archive | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to include a massive report on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" in his presidential papers, meaning it may eventually be declassified. The White House wrote to Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Dec. 9 informing them of its decision. Feinstein, who released the letter on Monday, said Obama had refused to declassify the report at this time but she was pleased it would go into his archive, meaning it would one day be available for declassification.
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| Brazil's Temer, in battle for survival, plans economic stimulus | |  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Michel Temer, fighting for survival over corruption allegations against him and his government, is planning new measures to jump start Brazil's stalled economy, improve his dismal approval ratings and stifle calls for his resignation. The stimulus measures, to be unveiled this week, include steps to relieve indebted consumers and also force credit card companies to pay businesses faster than the current 30 days, government sources said on Monday. Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles confirmed measures to revive the economy could be unveiled after a key public spending cap passes Congress.
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| Macedonia's nationalists win election - official results | |  By Ivana Sekularac and Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) - Veteran leader Nikola Gruevski's nationalist VMRO-DPMNE won 51 out of 120 seats in Macedonia's parliament in a snap poll on Sunday that is expected to end a two-year long crisis that brought his government down. The nationalists are now in a good position to form a government with their old partner, the Albanian DUI despite their losses. Overall, Albanian ethnic minority parties lost out to the social democrats, suggesting an easing of ethnic strains.
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| Qatar defends new labour law as accused of abusing migrant workers | |  By Ed Upright LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Qatar defended its labour law reforms on Monday after coming under attack from a human rights group that said the changes won't end the abuse and exploitation faced by migrant workers in the country - and may even make it worse. Qatar is spending billions of dollars on infrastructure related to hosting the World Cup in 2022 and has imported hundreds of thousands of construction workers from countries such as India, Nepal and Bangladesh for building projects. An Amnesty International report said the reforms won't lead to significant changes on the ground and workers will continue to need their employer's permission to change jobs and require exit permits to leave the oil-rich Gulf state.
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| U.S. calls Gambia crisis 'very dangerous' ahead of presidents' visit | |  By Edward McAllister and Michelle Nichols BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached "a very dangerous moment" as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down. Jammeh had quickly conceded defeat to Adama Barrow, his challenger in the Dec. 1 presidential election.
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| U.S. House intelligence chairman - no benefit in opening new Russia hack probe | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Monday his committee has been conducting "vigorous oversight" of the investigations into election-related cyber attacks and he did not see any benefit in opening more probes. "At this time I do not see any benefit in opening further investigations, which would duplicate current committee oversight efforts and Intelligence Community inquiries," Representative Devin Nunes said in a statement. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Bill Trott) |
| Factbox - Contenders for senior jobs in Trump's administration | |  (Reuters) - The following are people mentioned as contenders for senior roles as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump works to form his administration before taking office on Jan. 20, according to Reuters sources and media reports. Trump has already named a number of people for other top jobs in his administration. SECRETARY OF STATE * Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor * Bob Corker, Republican U.S. ...
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| McCain says 'no information' Russia sought to influence election, probe needed | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is "no information" that Russian hacking of American political organizations was aimed at affecting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Republican Senator John McCain said Monday. McCain's comment contrasted with an assertion by a senior U.S. intelligence official that American intelligence agencies concluded with "high confidence" that not only did their Russian counterparts direct the hacking of Democratic Party organizations and leaders, but did so to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. ...
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| Italian PM unveils new government, but centre-right ally threatens to quit | |  By Crispian Balmer and Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) - New Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni unveiled his government on Monday, keeping almost all former ministers in place in a move aimed at reassuring financial markets. In a rapid transfer of power from Renzi, who quit last week after losing a Dec. 4 referendum on constitutional reform, Gentiloni took just a day to put his team together. "I've done my best to form this government as quickly as possible," Gentiloni, 62, told reporters after presenting his list of ministers to President Sergio Mattarella.
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| U.S. says situation in Gambia 'dangerous,' U.N. council briefed | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed ruling Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to step down, with U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power later describing the situation in the West African country as "very dangerous." Jammeh, in power for 22 years, quickly conceded defeat to opposition candidate Adama Barrow after a Dec. 1 presidential election. "It is a very dangerous moment," Power told reporters after the briefing. "We know that there are some military officers that have sided with President Jammeh since his retreat ... That's a very alarming circumstance." "We also know that the president-elect has been in close touch with the chief of defence of the armed forces, so this is a very complex and murky situation at present," she said.
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