2 yr. ago
'We are sitting ducks': Africans students see no way out of besieged Ukraine
Cut off by Russian forces and surrounded by the sounds of battle, Adamu Rabiu sleeps in his clothes, shoes laced, ready to flee if he can. The young Nigerian is among hundreds of students, many of them Africans, stuck in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy and desperate to escape. "We don't know how many days this situation will last," the 23-year-old medical student told reporters by telephone. "It's scary. There is no solution to get out. It is worse to stay."
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Cut off by Russian forces and surrounded by the sounds of battle, Adamu Rabiu sleeps in his clothes, shoes laced, ready to flee if he can. The young Nigerian is among hundreds of students, many of them Africans, stuck in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy and desperate to escape. "We don't know how many days this situation will last," the 23-year-old medical student told reporters by telephone. "It's scary. There is no solution to get out. It is worse to stay."
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2 yr. ago
Trial of Zimbabwean New York Times' reporter resumes
The trial of a Zimbabwean journalist accused of helping two New York Times reporters to enter the country illegally is due to resume on Monday. Jeffery Moyo, a freelance reporter for the US publication, denies that he assisted them to obtain false media accreditation cards.
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The trial of a Zimbabwean journalist accused of helping two New York Times reporters to enter the country illegally is due to resume on Monday. Jeffery Moyo, a freelance reporter for the US publication, denies that he assisted them to obtain false media accreditation cards.
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2 yr. ago
Reporter reunited with gold earring she lost during the Capitol riot one year later
A reporter was reunited with a gold earring she lost during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot nearly one year later. Joe Lowry, who works in emergency preparedness for the US Congress, Tweeted on January 10, 2021, that he found a gold hoop earring in the House Gallery on January 6, 2021.
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A reporter was reunited with a gold earring she lost during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot nearly one year later. Joe Lowry, who works in emergency preparedness for the US Congress, Tweeted on January 10, 2021, that he found a gold hoop earring in the House Gallery on January 6, 2021.
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2 yr. ago
Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for their coverage – CPJ report
The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of December 1 this year.
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The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of December 1 this year.
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3 yr. ago
Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel admits faults in thesis plagiarism row
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on Wednesday admitted he should have acted "differently" after accusations he plagiarised swathes of his university thesis. Local outlet reporter.lu claimed the liberal leader - in power for eight years - lifted "three quarters" of his 1999 thesis at France's University of Nancy.
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Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on Wednesday admitted he should have acted "differently" after accusations he plagiarised swathes of his university thesis. Local outlet reporter.lu claimed the liberal leader - in power for eight years - lifted "three quarters" of his 1999 thesis at France's University of Nancy.
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