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US-funded broadcaster exits Hong Kong
Published on 29/03/2024
» HONG KONG — The US-funded news service Radio Free Asia said on Friday that it had closed its office in Hong Kong because of concerns about the city’s recently enacted national security law that targets so-called foreign interference.
Pro-Kremlin maestro Gergiev named head of Bolshoi Theatre
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia's government on Friday appointed controversial maestro Valery Gergiev, who is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.
US prisons ban 'staggering' number of books: campaigners
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.
Trump given partial gag order in election conspiracy trial
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Monday.
Trump says prosecutors seeking to restrict his free speech rights
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Brazil's internet bill row, explained
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Messaging app Telegram calls it an "attack on democracy," Google says it "seriously threatens free speech" -- but what exactly is in Brazil's controversial measure to regulate disinformation online?
Across globe, women battle 'gendered disinformation'
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Fake photos showing Ukraine's first lady sunbathing topless, incorrect video subtitles defaming Pakistani feminists for "blasphemy", slow-motion clips falsely depicting "drunk" female politicians -- a barrage of disinformation targets women in the public eye.
W.House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge Chinese-owned video-snippet sharing app TikTok from all government-issued devices, setting a deadline to comply with a ban ordered by the US Congress.
Climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» WIENER NEUSTADT (AUSTRIA) - Just outside Vienna, climbers scramble up "Fortress Europe", one of the routes up an impressive rockface towering over fields and forests.
Death toll doubles in Iran protest crackdown
AFP, Published on 24/09/2022
» The official death toll has nearly doubled to 35 in a crackdown by Iran’s security forces on more than a week of protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in custody.