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US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of espionage by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a “sham” by his employer, his family and the White House. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter was first arrested last March while on a…
A ransomware attack has hit the central data systems across approximately 40 museums in France, according to the Associated Press (AP). The cyberattack, identified on Sunday, struck the systems of notable museums including the Grand Palais and others within the Réunion des Musées Nationaux (RMN) network, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday, per the…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. “Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully … The attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and…
A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media. The charges brought against Yulia Navalnaya, who lives outside Russia, in absentia are to do with her alleged “participation in an extremist society”, Tass news agency said. Navalny was…
Ugandan police said Monday that 20 people had been arrested for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last week’s grisly attack on a school near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. “Twenty arrests have been made of suspected collaborators, suspected ADF collaborators,” police spokesman Fred Enanga told a press conference, referring…
Tesla exaggerated the driving range of its EVs for years, an investigation from Reuters has found. The report, which cited a source familiar with an early design of Tesla software, said the EV maker rigged the range-estimating software on the cars’ dashboards. Instead of displaying the true driving range, the software provided a “rosy” projection…