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Russian anti-monopoly agency hits Apple with $12m fine for ‘anti-competitive’ policy as Silicon Valley firm insists it will appeal

Moscow’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service announced on Tuesday that it had found the firm – one of the world’s most valuable…

3 years ago

Russia’s FSB security agency detains Ukrainian consul in St Petersburg, claims he was trying to collect ‘secret data’ from local

The diplomat, identified as Alexander Sosonyuk, was arrested in Russia's second city on Friday, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.…

3 years ago

Half of UK population now have antibodies against Covid-19, new data from govt stats agency shows

Blood samples have revealed that by the week ending March 14, 54.7% of England's population had developed antibodies, suggesting they…

3 years ago

Matt Hancock’s UK Health Security Agency would be the worst April Fool’s ever – except he isn’t joking

Back in 1957, the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Panorama (well, it was then) showed a short three-minute film of…

3 years ago

Aussie spy agency says it won’t call out ‘Islamic’ terrorists, but will say ‘religiously’ motivated attackers instead

“We don’t investigate people because of their religious views – it’s violence that is relevant to our powers – but…

3 years ago

Ivan Safronov case: How a Russian space agency advisor & ex-journalist crash-landed at the centre of a NATO-linked espionage drama

That changed dramatically in July last year, when he was arrested by agents from the FSB, the country's top domestic…

3 years ago

200,000 Russians have died of Covid-19 since start of pandemic, state agency confirms, as caseload falls & restrictions dropped

Rosstat, the country's statistical authority, announced on Friday that 37,107 people had died while infected with the coronavirus in January,…

3 years ago

Russian space agency Roscosmos begins design of ‘Venera-D’ orbital station, set to be Moscow’s 1st mission to Venus since USSR era

Speaking to the TASS news agency, the scientific director of the Institute of Space Research Lev Zeleny explained that the…

3 years ago

Tweeter, tailor, soldier, spy: Canada’s spy agency inadvertently seeks double agent in laughable social media gaffe

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) drew many bemused and sarcastic replies after its tweet about job postings which quoted…

3 years ago

Leaked docs reveal how news agency Reuters secretly serves as a tool for British influence across the world

Among a tranche of secret UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) files recently leaked by hacktivist collective Anonymous are…

3 years ago