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President Joe Biden is turning to top executives from some of the country’s leading technology companies to help in the fight against cybersecurity attacks. He met with those executives at the White House Wednesday. The video above shows remarks President Biden made before the meeting. “The reality is most of our critical infrastructure, owned and…

One year from the day Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, the United States announced additional sanctions against Russia. Friday’s announcement came from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of State. OFAC sanctioned nine Russian individuals and two Russian entities involved in either Navalny’s…

Fresh off a meeting with German Chancellor Angele Merkel Thursday, President Joe Biden is set to meet virtually with other world leaders to discuss how to recover the world economy after the pandemic. The meeting will focus on the Pacific Rim, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir…

President Joe Biden issued another warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Friday. According to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Biden told Putin he must “take action” against cybercriminals acting in his country. Psaki answered reporters questions in Friday’s press briefing. “Well, I think as the readout makes clear, he reiterated that the…

On the heels of the single biggest global ransomware attack yet, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday President Joe Biden will meet with key government leaders Wednesday to discuss efforts to counter the attacks. Miami-based Kaseya said it believes hackers hit about 800 to 1,500 businesses in at least 17 countries with ransom…

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It wasn’t a hugfest or a slugfest, but the Biden-Putin summit had the world talking.  Most of it serious. Some, not so much. Here’s a look at the top trending moments. For more on the key summit issues, click here

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their summit meeting Wednesday between what the American leader called “two great powers,” wrapping up more quickly than expected. The pair’s second sit-down, with aides present on both sides, lasted about 65 minutes. That session was to be divided into two parts…

Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS GENEVA (AP) — With stern expressions and polite words before the cameras, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin plunged into hours of face-to-face talks Wednesday at a lush lakeside Swiss mansion, a highly anticipated summit at a time when both leaders agree that relations between their countries are at an…