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Putin ally Kudrin steps down from audit chamber
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» MOSCOW - A longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Kudrin, stepped down Tuesday as the head of the country's audit chamber amid reports he will oversee the reconstruction of tech giant Yandex following sanctions over Ukraine.
Apple App Store pulls Russian social network VKontakte
AFP, Published on 29/09/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain.
Face recognition tech joins Ukraine war
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: Ukraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil, a complex and unprecedented avenue for software already seen as problematic, experts said on Thursday.
Fake social media accounts aimed at Ukraine, says Meta
AFP, Published on 28/02/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Pro-Russia groups are orchestrating misinformation campaigns on social media, using fake profiles or hacked accounts to paint Ukraine as a feeble pawn of Western duplicity, Meta said Sunday.
Belarus strongman faces female rival in tense presidential vote
AFP, Published on 09/08/2020
» MINSK - Belarus holds a high-stakes presidential election on Sunday with a female opposition candidate posing the greatest challenge yet to long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
Myanmar struggles to digest global anger over Rohingya crisis
AFP, Published on 31/08/2018
» YANGON: Baffled, hurt or indignant, many inside Myanmar are struggling to digest a week of opprobrium heaped on their country by the UN and even Facebook over the treatment of the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim group whose plight elicits little sympathy in the Buddhist-majority nation.