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YouTube to pay $22 million in settlement with Trump
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» NEW YORK - YouTube has agreed to pay $22 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump after the company suspended his account over the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, according to a court filing Monday.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Meta to pay Trump $25m to settle lawsuit
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming he was wrongfully censored by Facebook and Instagram after the US Capitol riot, the company said Wednesday.
Empty Thanksgiving seat for family of Russia-held journalist
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» PRAGUE - For Pavel Butorin, Thanksgiving is the most important American holiday, but there'll be an empty chair and a gaping absence this Thursday, which his wife will spend in a Russian prison.
UK bans recreational use of nitrous oxide
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LONDON - Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years.
US to ease Venezuela oil, gas sanctions
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country's government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year.
Russia extends US reporter's detention
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday extended by three months the detention of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, defying pleas for the release of the reporter arrested on the job in March.
Russian court extends US reporter's detention
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» MOSCOW: A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal to release US reporter Evan Gershkovich from detention in Moscow, an AFP journalist in the courtroom said, ahead of his trial on contested espionage charges.
WNBA star Griner urges US detainees in Russia to 'stay strong'
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» PHOENIX: WNBA superstar Brittney Griner urged US detainees in Russia to "stay strong, keep fighting, don't give up" on Thursday in her first press conference since being released as part of a prisoner swap last year.
Russia formally charges US reporter
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» MOSCOW - Moscow has formally charged US journalist Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian news agencies reported Friday, accusations rejected both by the reporter and his employer.