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'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian bookseller Lyubov Belyatskaya sighed as she lamented the "climate of widespread anxiety" that has taken hold in her native Saint Petersburg amid the war in Ukraine.
Russian ban and Olympic dream prompted Georgia switch before Wimbledon
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» LONDON - Natela Dzalamidze, who switched from representing Russia to playing for Georgia on the eve of Wimbledon, said Thursday she had always intended to change her nationality to boost her dreams of taking part in the Olympics.
Training journalists in the era of fake news
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» PARIS - As uncannily realistic "deep fake" videos proliferate online, including one recently retweeted by Donald Trump, journalism schools are scrambling to adapt to an era of misinformation -- or fake news.