The Twitter application is seen on a digital device April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (GREGORY BULL / AP) Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that rules banning the publishing of personal information applied to all, including journalists. […]
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Death toll from Mogadishu car bomb attacks hit 100
Security personnel and ambulances are stationed near destroyed and damaged buildings after an car bombing targeted the education ministry in Mogadishu on Oct 29, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia's Education Ministry building here on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali […]
Finnish journalists on trial in rare defense intelligence case
Onlookers await the arrival of the military parade on Mannerheimintie Street in Helsinki on June 4, 2022 as the country celebrates the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces. (ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO / AFP) HELSINKI – Three journalists from Finland's largest daily are expected to appear in a Helsinki court on Thursday, suspected of publishing classified […]
Mexican journalist killed as media death toll jumps
Members of the Mexican Police stands next to the vehicle in which journalist Fredid Roman was shot dead, in Chilpancingo, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on Aug 22, 2022. (JESUS GUERRERO / AFP) ACAPULCO, Mexico – A Mexican journalist was shot to death in his car Monday in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero, authorities said, […]
Mexico records deadliest year yet for journalists, with 18 murders so far
Ramiro Mollinedo Falconi and Aurora Falconi, parents of murdered journalist Yesenia Mollinedo, touch the coffin during her funeral, at the Miguel Hidalgo municipal pantheon, in Minatitlan, Veracruz state, Mexico on May 11, 2022. (ANGEL HERNANDEZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY – This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed […]
CIA sued over spying on lawyers, journalists who met Assange
A flag is seen during a protest in front of the British embassy to demand the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in Mexico City on Jan 4, 2021. (Pedro PARDO / AFP) WASHINGTON – A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations the intelligence agency […]