(Reuters) - A anti-war former television journalist barred from challenging incumbent Vladimir Putin in a Russian presidential election last March has been placed on a register of "foreign agents," the Justice Ministry said on Friday.
Yekaterina Dontsova, who had wanted to run against Putin on a platform of stopping the conflict in Ukraine, was put on the list, the Ministry said, for spreading "false information intended to form a negative image of... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Online comics platform Webtoon Entertainment swung to a profit in the first quarter while growing its revenue by 5%, it disclosed on Friday in its filing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States.
The company, owned by South Korean communications technology giant Naver Corp, operates a library of web-novel and comics available to users in over 150 countries. Users can also publish their own work on it.
It was... (continue reading...)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday said major U.S. airlines had declined to commit to boosting travel benefits for military personnel, the latest clash between the Biden administration and the air carriers.
Buttigieg in April had urged airlines to do more for military personnel and vowed to publicize the issue on a dashboard but he said major carriers including Delta Air Lines,... (continue reading...)
GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Friday said it had a positive view of the contents of a three-phase ceasefire proposal announced by U.S. President Joe Biden for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
"Hamas confirms its readiness to deal positively and in a constructive manner with any proposal that is based on the permanent ceasefire and the full withdrawal [of Israeli forces] from the Gaza Strip, the reconstruction [of Gaza], and the return... (continue reading...)
By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Max Hunder
WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's decision to relax some restrictions on Ukraine's use of U.S. weaponry inside Russia is a small but significant step deeper into the two-year-old war that experts say could help blunt Russia's cross-border Kharkiv offensive.
Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Biden's administration had argued it was too risky to allow Ukraine to... (continue reading...)
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