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Italy’s Berlusconi acquitted of bribing witness in underage prostitution case
By Silvia Ognibene SIENA, Italy (Reuters) -Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted on Thursday of allegedly bribing a...
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Russia’s Putin congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winner Muratov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated journalist Dmitry Muratov, whose Novaya Gazeta newspaper has at times...
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Putin says Russia should look into law that labels some media foreign agents
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that authorities will review a law under which dozens of...
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China updates official news sources list, excludes high-profile Caixin
By Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's cyberspace regulator published an updated list on Wednesday of internet news...
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Philippines president congratulates journalist Ressa on Nobel Prize
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize,...
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Russia names Bellingcat investigative outlet ‘foreign agent’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday designated the Bellingcat investigative news outlet a "foreign agent" along with nine people who...
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Exclusive-Compassion not barbed wire should greet migrants, Nobel winner Gurnah says
By Guy Faulconbridge and Natalie Thomas CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) -Europe should greet migrants with compassion rather than barbed wire and...
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‘It’s just wonderful’ Tanzanian writer Gurnah says on winning Nobel Prize
LONDON (Reuters) - Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, said on Thursday it was...
Read moreRussia declares protest monitoring group OVD-Info ‘foreign agent’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday declared the OVD-Info protest monitoring group that played a major role in documenting anti-Kremlin...
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Hong Kong legislature passes controversial anti-doxxing privacy bill
By Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday passed a privacy law tackling "doxxing" - the...
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Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores,...
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Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech firms on eve of election
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday threatened U.S. social media firms with sizeable fines if they fail...
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Kremlin internet crackdown causing major outages as election looms
By Anton Zverev and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's crackdown on websites linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei...
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Adieu Bébel: France says goodbye to charismatic New Wave star Belmondo
PARIS (Reuters) - France staged a grand farewell to Jean-Paul Belmondo on Thursday, saying the charismatic actor and New Wave...
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UK criticises Hong Kong arrests as latest attempt to stifle dissent
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab criticised the arrest of members of a pro-democracy group by Hong Kong...
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China is not targeting any country with fan culture crackdown – embassy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's crackdown on "fan culture" is aimed at maintaining public order and will not affect its relations with...
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