Tuesday, March 7, 2017

China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea sales

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China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea sales

China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea salesBy Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will plead guilty and pay $892 million to settle allegations it violated U.S. laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran and North Korea, the company and U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday. ZTE entered into an agreement to plead guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, obstruction of justice and making a material false statement, the U.S. Justice Department said. The settlement was made with Justice, the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. Department of Treasury.


WikiLeaks publishes CIA trove alleging wide scale hacking

WikiLeaks publishes CIA trove alleging wide scale hackingWASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks on Tuesday published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to expose intimate details of America's cyberespionage toolkit.


Bolivia's Morales will return to Cuba for small operation: media

Bolivia's Morales will return to Cuba for small operation: mediaBolivian President Evo Morales will return to Cuba in early April for an operation to remove a nodule in his vocal cords, Cuban state media said. The leftist former coca farmer went to Cuba for treatment on Wednesday after a sore throat robbed him of his voice, causing him to cancel public appearances. The state outlet Cubadebate reported that Morales met Cuban media before leaving the country and told them he had been diagnosed with a virus and was now recovering.


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