The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned a Kyrgyzstan court’s sentencing of two journalists on Wednesday. The journalists, Joomart Duulatov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, worked as cameramen for the well-known anti-corruption …
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Thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France on Thursday, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts. Teachers, train …
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U.S. and Saudi forces engaged in the Middle East’s largest live-fire exercise to counter unmanned drones and other aerial munitions through improved detection and tracking. Newly placed U.S. Central Command …
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The European Union on Wednesday announced its strongest measures so far to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza, as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the enclave and Palestinians …
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A rare human rights case against a global bank is underway in the United States, as French lender BNP Paribas stands trial over accusations it financed Sudan’s repressive government under …
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An independent panel of experts commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council has concluded “on reasonable grounds that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have committed and are …
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China’s market regulator has said US computer chipmaker Nvidia has violated Chinese anti-monopoly laws. The country’s market watchdog did not give details of how Nvidia had breached the rules, but …
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Romania has summoned the Russian ambassador to Bucharest to protest Moscow’s drone incursion into its airspace, making the second European nation whose airspace has been threatened by the Kremlin’s attacks …
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Nepal’s new Prime Minister took office Sunday and “urged calm and cooperation to rebuild” the Himalayan nation after days of violent protests last week left at least 72 people dead …
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A UK medical tribunal has heard how a consultant anaesthetist abandoned a patient mid-operation to engage in a sexual encounter with a nurse. According to a BBC report on 11 …