Category Archives: Arts
Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation
The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products. “You’re going to love owning the platinum package,”
Myanmar frees Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — An arrested Japanese reporter returned home Friday after being released by Myanmar's ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan.
Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation
The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products. “You’re going to love owning the platinum package,”
Jewish group condemns ‘pure antisemitism’ in German protests
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's leading Jewish group on Thursday sharply condemned protests in front of a synagogue in the western city of Gelsenkirchen as “pure antisemitism.”
Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook
Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook. How do you make that decision without alienating key constituencies — advertisers, shareholders, ...
Mexico rights group: government must protect own journalist
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government National Human Rights Commission has taken the odd position that a protection mechanism for journalists should protect the head of the government’s own news agency.
Jim Klobuchar, columnist and US senator’s father, dies at 93
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jim Klobuchar, a longtime Minnesota newspaper reporter and columnist and the father of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Myanmar military court gives DVB reporter 3 years in prison
BANGKOK (AP) — A 51-year-old reporter for a now-banned online and broadcast news agency in Myanmar was sentenced Wednesday by a military court to three years in prison for his reporting, his employer said.
Poland wants to buy Marie Curie’s vacation house in France
SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE, France (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-winning scientist couple Marie Sklodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie spent holidays and weekends from 1...
Indigenous New Zealand lawmaker censured for haka protest
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An Indigenous New Zealand lawmaker was thrown out of Parliament's debating chamber Wednesday for performing a Maori haka in protest at what he said were racist arguments.
