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By Alex PIGMAN Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Le milliardaire américain Frank McCourt, propriétaire de l'Olympique de Marseille, envisage de racheter TikTok pour sauver internet des griffes des grands réseaux sociaux qui, selon lui, détruisent la société et mettent les enfants en danger. Connu aux Etats-Unis comme ancien propriétaire de l'équipe de baseball des Dodgers de Los Angeles, le magnat de l'immobilier s'insurge depuis des années contre la mainmise des géants de la tech qui "nous manipulent". "Et c'est pourquoi nous voyons partout dans les sociétés libres que le monde va mal", déclare-t-il d...
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Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Wednesday it had presented its ideas for a prisoner swap to the United States and was waiting for a response, days before it was set to put US reporter Evan Gershkovich on trial. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was arrested in March 2023 on espionage charges rejected as false by his family, employer and the White House. President Vladimir Putin said in February that talks on a prisoner swap involving the journalist were under way, but the Kremlin has not given any details on the progress of the negotiations. "The ball is in the court of the United State...
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Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, while in Europe he is the current proprietor of storied football club Olympique de Marseille that counts French President Emmanuel Macron among its fans. For years, McCourt has railed against the power of the big tech platforms, accusing them of harming children and helpi...
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Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian court in Vladivostok has sentenced U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony on charges of theft and uttering death threats, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on June 19. Black was arrested in May in the city of Vladivostok after he allegedly stole 10,000 rubles ($112) while travelling to visit a woman believed to be his girlfriend. Black was accused of threatening to kill the woman during a heated exchange, Russian state news agency TASS previously ...
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Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian court in Vladivostok has sentenced U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony on charges of theft and uttering death threats, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on June 19. Black was arrested in May in the city of Vladivostok after he allegedly stole 10,000 rubles ($112) while travelling to visit a woman believed to be his girlfriend. Black was accused of threatening to kill the woman during a heated exchange, Russian state news agency TASS previously ...
Kyiv Independent
Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian court in Vladivostok has sentenced U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony on charges of theft and uttering death threats, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on June 19. Black was arrested in May in the city of Vladivostok after he allegedly stole 10,000 rubles ($112) while travelling to visit a woman believed to be his girlfriend. Black was accused of threatening to kill the woman during a heated exchange, Russian state news agency TASS previously ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Hollywood's alleged "wokeness" is a frequent target for right-wing commentators and politicians. But for the tiny Utah-based movie studio behind last year's huge breakout hit film "Sound of Freedom," it is a lucrative gap in the market. "Hollywood is just this bubble. They're not connected with the average person," said Angel Studios co-founder Jordan Harmon. "We make movies for the other 90 percent," he told AFP. Co-founded by four Mormon brothers, Angel Studios rocked Hollywood last July with its wildly successful thriller about a vigilante who takes on a child sex traffi...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The US Justice Department on Tuesday accused Chinese "underground bankers" of helping Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel launder more than $50 million in drug trafficking proceeds. An indictment unsealed in California charged 24 defendants with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and money laundering offenses. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Anne Milgram said a multi-year investigation dubbed "Operation Fortune Runner" had "uncovered a partnership between Sinaloa Cartel associates and a Chinese criminal syndicate operating in Los Angeles and China to laund...
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Washington (AFP) - A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for "simulating keyboard activity," highlighting a battle within productivity-obsessed corporate America to tame a culture of faking work with gizmos such as mouse jigglers. The sackings by Wells Fargo come as employers use sophisticated tools -- popularly called "tattleware" or "bossware" -- on company-issued devices to monitor productivity in the age of hybrid work that took off after the Covid-19 pandemic. Some workers seek to outsmart them with tools such as mouse movers -- which simulate cursor movement, preventing th...
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Grand Island (United States) (AFP) - Israel Gomez Estrada, like thousands of other Cubans and millions more immigrants from around the world, left his home and family in search of a better life in the United States. Now he is legally settled in Grand Island, Nebraska -- a small city with a population of 50,000, and one Cuban restaurant. Tornadoes are frequent and winters can be harsh. "Some of my friends have suggested that I move to another state, but I'm not leaving," Gomez Estrada, 46, told AFP recently. In March, he received a coveted green card, entitling him to work. Cubans can apply for...
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