In a case that could help shape transparency rules in a digital era, a court on Wednesday said the European Union should not have denied a journalist’s request for text messages exchanged as a top official negotiated for coronavirus vaccine access. The case centered on the European Commission’s denial of the request, from a New […]
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In May 2021, for instance, a 22-year-old Associated Press staffer, Emily Wilder, was fired after right-wing media resurfaced pro-Palestinian statements she made while in college. More recently, in March, the administration of President Donald Trump detained Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD student studying at Tufts University, and stripped her of her visa. Her supporters say
Celebrations broke out across Syria after President Donald Trump said the United States would lift sanctions on the country. The Syrian foreign ministry on Tuesday welcomed Trump’s announcement, calling it a “pivotal turning point for the Syrian people, as we seek to emerge from a long and painful chapter of war”. “The removal of those
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Trump’s Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff met with the families of Israeli hostages on Tuesday after having slammed Israel for prolonging the war the day before. Israeli negotiators head to Doha for peace talks on Wednesday, with Witkoff saying he’s optimistic that progress will be achieved, per local media. It’s not clear if Trump, who
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The world’s two biggest economies agree to de-escalate tariff face-off. The world’s two biggest economies have stepped back from the brink. After imposing retaliatory tariff hikes at rates never seen before, the United States and China have agreed to a truce. US taxes on Chinese goods will now fall from 145 percent to 30 percent,
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Some Israeli military officials have privately concluded that Palestinians in Gaza face widespread starvation unless aid deliveries are restored within weeks, according to three Israeli defense officials familiar with conditions in the enclave. For months, Israel has maintained that its blockade on food and fuel to Gaza did not pose a major threat to civilian
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Fault Lines and Mother Jones investigate how a private equity firm gutted a hospital chain for profit, endangering patients. Fault Lines and Mother Jones magazine investigate how a private equity firm gutted a major United States hospital chain in pursuit of profit, leaving patients without critical care and families shattered. The film follows Nabil Haque,
These are the key events on day 1,174 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Tuesday, May 13: Ceasefire Moscow has yet to say whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin will attend direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slated for Thursday in Istanbul and proposed by Kyiv over the weekend. The
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Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Democrats — who look to have secured around 52 seats in the parliament — blamed the outcome on what they called the Socialist Party’s entrenched grip on institutions and alleged efforts to sway voters. “If tens of thousands of people are employed in return for their vote … if the
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to meeting proposed by Vladimir Putin – if he attends in person. A glimmer of hope to end the more than three-year war in Ukraine that has killed thousands of civilians – and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to attend a meeting proposed by Russian President
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