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US posts $10 million reward citing Russian election interference
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
An announcement from the department's Rewards for Justice program specifically singled out Russian media organization Rybar LLC, which it said used social media...
TikTok, Facebook approve ads with US election disinformation
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
The advocacy group Global Witness submitted eight ads containing false election claims to the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, the Meta-owned Facebook, a...
UK's Starmer urges Hong Kong to release Jimmy Lai
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Starmer told lawmakers in parliament that Lai's case was "a priority" for his Labour government and Foreign Secretary David Lammy had previously raised the issu...
Myanmar ties China with lowest internet freedom: study
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks the first time in a decade that any country has matched Chin...
Myanmar and China have lowest internet freedom, says study
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks the first time in a decade that any country has matched Chin...
BBC boss says Russia, China taking 'advantage' of World Service cuts
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
Tim Davie said in a speech that financial constraints affecting the BBC World Service were allowing Moscow, Beijing and other actors to "fill the gaps", includi...
Centre-left set to win pro-Ukraine Lithuania's vote
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
The vote is likely to see the centre-left replace the ruling conservatives. It could also see a new populist party, whose leader is on trial for alleged anti-Se...
UK govt urged to raise pro-democracy tycoon's case with China
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Lai, 76, is the founder of the now-shuttered popular Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily, which supported mass pro-democracy protests in the economic hub. Deta...
Obama hits campaign trail for Harris
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
America's first Black president will lead a rally in the steel city of Pittsburgh, his first stop on a monthlong tour of battleground states, to urge people to ...
'Get a life': Hurricane whips up US election storm
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
As Florida reeled from Milton and the recent Hurricane Helene, a political tempest was brewing as Trump and his Republicans unleashed a flood of falsehoods abou...
HRW slams 'crackdown' by Azerbaijan ahead of COP29
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
International rights groups have urged the UN to use the momentum of next month's conference to put an end to the persecution of critical voices in the Caspian ...
Prabowo set to lead bolder Indonesia on world stage
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
President Joko Widodo prioritised Southeast Asia's biggest economy over foreign policy over the past decade, not once attending the UN General Assembly in New Y...
New French PM survives first no-confidence motion
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
The motion, which would have needed 289 votes to be adopted by a majority of the 577-seat National Assembly, was supported by only 197 lawmakers. The left-wing ...
Tunisia's President Saied set for landslide election win
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
Three years after Saied staged a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on power in the only democracy to emerge from th...
Thousands protest at 'propaganda' in Hungarian media
Oct 05, 2024 (AFP)
Brandishing the red, white and green flags, the crowd massed in front of the headquarters of the state broadcaster MTVA, holding up posters reading: "Independen...
China's Xi congratulates new Japan PM Ishiba
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing and Tokyo have had diplomatic relations for more than 50 years but friction has been building as China asserts its military presence around disputed ter...
Austria far right scores historic win in national vote
Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)
While the Freedom Party (FPOe) has served in coalition governments before, this is the first time it has won a national vote, as far-right parties across Europe...
Former defence minister Ishiba to be Japan's PM after winning party vote
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
The 67-year-old train lover beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi -- who would have been the country's first-ever woman leader -- 215 votes to 194 in a run-off. ...
Hong Kong outlet Stand News editor jailed for sedition
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
The sentencing of Chung Pui-kuen is the latest crackdown on free speech in the former British colony that has seen critics of China jailed or forced into exile ...
Hong Kong security body blocks protest leader's early release
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
Kinson Cheung and three other former University of Hong Kong student leaders were sentenced to two years in jail last October after they had "glorified" a knife...
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