LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said Thursday that Russia had attempted to interfere in its 2019 general election by raising an online scandal over unlawfully acquired confidential documents about a planned free trade agreement with Washington. FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a …
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Text size Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Images As the new coronavirus pandemic continues in the U.S., people yearn for a victory after Washington’s spectacular failures to secure adequate supplies of test kits and personal protective equipment. Success depends on whether any of the candidates for the fast-track Covid-19 …
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