Trump announces exit of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders and urges her to run for Arkansas governor
President Donald Trump on Thursday made the surprise announcement of the departure of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who has been widely criticized for her performance in the White House. "After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the ...
Journalist slain outside her southern Mexico home, another kidnapped
A reporter was shot dead in the southern state of Tabasco, her newspaper said Wednesday, the latest in a string of journalist killings in one of the world's most lethal countries for the profession. Another reporter was kidnapped by a pair of armed men ...
Russian police detain at least 94 at Moscow journalist protest
Russian police detained at least 94 people on Wednesday, including opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at a protest in Moscow calling for punishment for police officers involved in the alleged framing of a journalist, monitors said. Police abruptly dropped drugs charges a day earlier against journalist ...
Russian journalist Ivan Golunov freed after outcry; police behind drug charges to be investigated
In a stunning turnaround, Russian authorities on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against a prominent investigative reporter after a public and media outcry over his arrest, and they promised to go after the police who allegedly tried to frame him as a drug dealer. The ...
Enemy of the people? CNN's Jim Acosta defends press, and himself
Wherever CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta goes, he's followed by the g-word, grandstand. He even heard it when he met Ted Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general who was part of the legal team that beat back President Donald Trump's attempt to pull ...
Journalists in Haiti demand protection after radio reporter is slain
Attacks against journalists in Haiti are escalating, and the slaying of a radio reporter has prompted media organizations to renew demands that police protect them and give them space to work. Unidentified gunman shot journalist Rospide Petion as he drove home late Monday in a ...
A lawyer for a Russian journalist detained on charges of drug dealing has filed a complaint that accuses police of using violence against the prominent reporter, a human rights group said Sunday. Police rebuffed claims that Ivan Golunov was beaten after his Thursday arrest; his ...
Japan facing increased pressure to hike minimum wage, but business leaders give mixed response
Last month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible. According to an article in the May 15 Asahi ...
Which Tiananmen narrative is true?
There is little doubt about the Beijing spring of 1989 that called for greater openness, freedoms and democracy in China, or about its suppression. But there is a counter-narrative that receives no mention in the China-bashing mainstream media.
Americans call fake news big problem and blame politicians, but want journalists to fix it
Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. A majority also believe journalists have the responsibility for fixing it. Differences in political affiliation are a major factor in how ...
Australian police raid public broadcaster ABC amid crackdown on leaks
Australian police raided the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corp., the country's public broadcaster, Wednesday in the second high-profile probe into news outlets in 24 hours, amid a crackdown on sensitive leaks. ABC executives said police searched the corporation's offices in Sydney, targeting three journalists ...
Australian police raid journalist's home over secret spying report
Australian police Tuesday raided the home of a prominent journalist who reported on a secret government plan to spy on Australian citizens. The Australian Federal Police said the raid was carried out early Tuesday in a suburb of the federal capital, Canberra, as part of ...
