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The logo of Reporter Without Borders (RSF) organisation displayed on a screen before the start of a video conference call online for the launch of the 2020 Press Freedom Index, in Paris, France, 21 April 2020. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Reporters Without Borders says targeted by Vivendi

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday accused a PR firm with links to French billionaire conservative Vincent Bollore of orchestrating a “vast disinformation campaign” against it. The Paris-based NGO, known for its
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(FILES) Lawyer and one of the main defendants in the Panama Paper case, Jurguen Mossack, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at the court of justice in Panama City on April 8, 2024. - A Panama court on June 28, 2024, acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering related to the defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicentre of the international "Panama Papers" scandal, Panama's judicial body reported. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

Panamanian court acquits 28 defendants in ‘Panama Papers’ trial

A Panamanian court on Friday acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering in connection with the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicenter of the “Panama Papers” international tax evasion scandal. Among
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Malaysia

Malaysia fertility rate falls

Malaysia’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell below replacement level, declining from 2.1 children per woman in 2010 to 1.6 in 2022, an official told the country’s parliament on Friday. Among the reasons
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Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek addresses a press conference to unveil a savings measures package in Ankara, Turkey, May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Turkey removed from money laundering grey list

The global financial crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Turkey from its “grey list” of countries that requires special scrutiny, the country’s Finance and Treasury Ministry said on Friday.
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Bolivian President Luis Arce talks to the media during a press conference in La Paz on June 27, 2024. - Bolivia's government said on June 27, 2024, that 17 people, including active and retired military personnel and civilians, have been arrested over a failed coup against President Luis Arce. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Bolivia president denies conspiracy after failed coup

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied conspiring with his former army chief, who was arrested after deploying troops and tanks to the heart of the capital La Paz, where they tried
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporizhzhia Sich" fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region, on June 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Russian oil depot on fire after Ukrainian drone strike

A Ukrainian drone hit a petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said, adding that the strike took place hundreds of miles from the border. Maxim Yegorov,
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US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)

Faltering Biden struggles in fiery debate with Trump

A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults.
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