A correspondent working for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in Russia has been detained in the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals, the FSB security service announced on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich, who covers news from Russia, Ukraine and other parts of the former USSR for the American newspaper, was accused …
Read More »Saudi man helps Jewish reporter sneak into Mecca, gets arrested
A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for allegedly helping a Jewish television reporter from Israel enter Mecca in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims setting foot in Islam’s holiest city. The unidentified Saudi citizen was referred to prosecutors for “facilitating the entry of a non-Muslim journalist” into Mecca, local police …
Read More »US snooped on UK reporter – Guardian
The US Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the personal phone account data of a Guardian reporter during an investigation into leaks regarding the Trump administration’s border policy, the UK-based media outlet wrote on Thursday. Investigators looking for the source of leaks regarding the administration’s Mexican border policy issued the subpoena …
Read More »RT reporter discovers banned anti-personnel mines used by Ukraine (VIDEO)
Internationally banned MON-50 and MON-90 mines used by the Ukrainian forces were discovered in Mariupol, RT’s Murad Gazdiev reported on Sunday. In 1999, Ukraine joined the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which bans use of such devices. The mines were found inside the Ilyich steel mill. Russian troops and the Donbass forces …
Read More »Do you want a French-Russian war, Putin asks reporter
Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Monday that Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a follow-up attempt to retake Crimea would potentially cause a war between Russia and France, as he spoke at a presser alongside the French President Emmanuel Macron. Putin explained in no uncertain …
Read More »Pregnant foreign reporter asks Taliban for refuge after being rejected by home country
A New Zealand reporter, who ended up pregnant and unmarried while working in Qatar for broadcaster Al Jazeera, has revealed that she had to turn to the Taliban for help after her own country said she couldn’t return due to Covid-19 curbs. Charlotte Bellis had previously become famous when she …
Read More »Biden ‘clears the air’ on insulting reporter
Appearing on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, Doocy said the president called his cell phone “within about an hour of that exchange.” “He said, ‘It’s nothing personal, pal,’” Doocy continued. “And we went back and forth, and we were talking about just kind of moving forward, and I made …
Read More »WATCH Biden insult reporter over inflation
Asked about political impact of inflation, US President Joe Biden called the reporter who shouted the question a “stupid son of a b****.” The remark was captured before his microphone was cut off, at Monday’s meeting of the White House Competition Council. The White House press corps was invited to …
Read More »RT freelance reporter detained by ‘military’ in Kazakhstan
RT freelance reporter Stanislav Obishchenko has been detained in Kazakhstan’s largest metropolis of Almaty while setting out to report on the violent protests there. The men who detained him are said to be members of the military. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Top reporter explains quitting the ‘woke’ broadcasting corporation
Journalist and author Tara Henley penned a scathing resignation letter to the Canadian state-funded CBC, accusing it of peddling social justice dogma, shutting down debate, and racially profiling guests in the name of equity. Henley, whose work has also appeared in multiple US and UK outlets, resigned from the news …
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