By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA, Dec 15 (Reuters) – A court ordered the arrest of a journalist in southeast Turkey for allegedly spreading “disinformation”, his lawyer said on Thursday, marking the first pre-trial detention under a new Turkish Law Firm that critics say poses a threat to free speech. The arrest comes two...Read More
ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Thursday his jail sentence imposed this week was a punishment for his success, as opposition parties rally to support him and seek to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of next year’s elections. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu to two years and seven...Read More
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was...Read More
Twitter rights experts and overseas hubs hit by staff cull * Musk says moderation is a priority as experts voice alarm * Activists fear rising censorship, surveillance on platform By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter are putting government critics and opposition figures around the...Read More
A Russian billionaire was criminally charged in New York with violating U.S. sanctions in an indictment unsealed Thursday that also charges three others in a scheme to ensure his child was born in the United States. The Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, 52, has faced economic sanctions since 2018, when he was designated for them by...Read More
A dashcam has captured the moment a blue and kombi Servisi white Kombi van caught fire on a busy Canberra road. Photographer was driving on a Canberra intersection at 8am on Tuesday morning when he heard a loud noise. When Mr Pearson peered to the left he was shocked to see the undercarriage of a...Read More
Roman Abramovich is unable to pay the Queen ‘tens of thousands’ of pounds a year in rent for his £150million London mansion that sits on land owned by the Crown Estate after the UK Government froze his assets, it has been reported. Britain has sanctioned nearly two dozen Russian oligarchs with alleged links to Vladimir Putin’s...Read More
James Lock was seen for the first time since his ex ‘s horror car accident as he returned to filming on Tuesday. The reality star, 35, cut a casual figure as he joined his co-stars Amy Childs, Pete Wicks and Saffron Lampriere as they went for drinks at a local bar. On Sunday, Yazmin’s on-off...Read More
ProPublica famous that they created an ad seeking housing hunters on Facebook that excluded anyone with an “affinity” for minority teams, which they observe was authorized quarter-hour after submission. Once they showed outstanding civil rights lawyer John Relman their choices to exclude minority-affinity customers from seeing their Fb advert, he said it was a blatant...Read More
The last Monday in September is the peak day of the year for British couples to decide to divorce. While it has long been believed most break-ups happen on the first Monday after or New Year’s Day, a study cites the end of summer as the most common time for couples to call it quits, according...Read More
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