A court in Russia convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false information about the country’s military for criticizing the war in Ukraine to his friends over the phone. The ex-officer, Semiel Vedel, was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison
China accused the U.S. on Thursday of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok after reports that the Biden administration had called for the popular social media platform’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, Ltd., to sell its stakes in the app. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin
A highly contagious bacterial infection is spreading across the US as health officials warn that it doesn’t respond to antibiotics that are typically used to treat it. A “serious public health” warning has been issued in the country. The Centre for Disease
The father of an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia who died this week after contracting bird flu has tested positive for the virus but has not displayed any major symptoms, health authorities said Friday. The death came amid heightened concerns over a wave
A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of spreading false information about the country’s military. The trial was part of the Kremlin’s sweeping, months-long crackdown on dissent.