The Moscow Times, which for years published an English-language paper, is popular among Russia-watchers abroad. Photograph: The Moscow Times Thu 11 July 2024: Russia has designated the Moscow Times as an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning its operations within the country and exposing anyone cooperating with it to legal action. This move is part of the Kremlin’s […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: CNN is set to cut around 100 jobs and introduce digital subscriptions by the end of the year as part of a major business restructuring. In a memo, CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced the job cuts, which represent a small fraction of the network’s 3,500-strong workforce, emphasizing that the company aimed […]
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Sotheby’s Thu 11 July 2024: Apex, the largest and most complete stegosaurus ever found, is set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York next week, with an estimated value of up to $6 million. This 150-million-year-old skeleton, standing 11 feet tall and nearly 27 feet long, is 79-85% fossilized. Displayed at Sotheby’s until its […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: US President Joe Biden says NATO allies are committed to keeping alliance strong and will work together to “defend every inch of NATO territory”. NATO member countries say they have begun transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help bolster its defence against Russia’s invasion. Announcement comes as leaders of military alliance’s […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: A Moscow court has sentenced Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, to two months in prison. Navalnaya, currently living in exile, has been accused of participating in an “extremist” group, ensuring her arrest if she returns to Russia. Navalnaya, 47, rose to prominence following her husband’s […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might prove short-lived, given the size of the challenges in front of him. When […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: More than three million people passed through United States airport security on Sunday, the first time that number of passengers have been screened in a single day as travel surges, according to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The record, which was widely predicted to happen at some point over the Fourth of […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it disrupted a Russian operation that used fake social media accounts enhanced by artificial intelligence to spread pro-Kremlin messages in the United States and abroad. The news comes four months before the U.S. presidential election, which security experts widely believe will be the target of both hacking and covert social […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: Approximately 4.3 million Ukrainians are currently under temporary protection in EU member countries, according to official data released on Tuesday. As of May 31, 2024, about 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict hold temporary protection status in the EU, according to Eurostat. Germany hosts the […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: Ukrainians are observing a day of mourning following a series of Russian missile attacks on Monday that killed dozens of civilians. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Tuesday that 38 civilians, including four children, were killed and 190 were injured in these attacks. One of the hardest-hit locations was Kyiv’s main pediatric […]
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