Tag: journalist

11 OCT

Rand Paul suggests cutting off military aid to Saudi Arabia until missing journalist is found

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has said he will introduce a bill that would cut off military aid to Saudi Arabia until the missing Saudi-born dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is found safe and well. Khashoggi, who writes opinion columns for the Washington Post, was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday and Turkish […]

10 OCT

‘It was a spontaneous rape attack’: Suspect detained over killing of Bulgarian journalist in Germany

Published time: 10 Oct, 2018 06:27 Edited time: 10 Oct, 2018 07:25 A suspect linked to the slaying of Bulgarian investigative journalist Victoria Marinova has been arrested in Germany. Preliminary investigation shows that it was a “spontaneous” rape attack, according to Chief Prosecutor. A man in his early 20s was arrested after DNA tests and […]

09 OCT

A Saudi Arabian journalist is missing and Turkey believes he was brutally murdered by his own government

A Saudi Arabian journalist is missing and Turkish authorities believe he was brutally murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.  Jamal Khashoggi, 59, a Saudi reporter who’s often been critical of the Saudi Arabian government, entered the consulate last Tuesday but hasn’t been seen since.  Saudi Arabia claims Khashoggi left the consulate and rejects claims he […]

05 OCT

Journalist explains why US doesn't need hackers to control the world, and it's hard to disagree

‘Russian hackers’ have become the go-to bogeymen for Washington. There’s little mention of American hackers though – probably because they aren’t needed, since most of the internet is a branch of US intelligence. The US, which is now raising massive alarm over Russia’s supposed efforts to hack everything Americans hold dear, has been refusing to […]

02 OCT

Youths stab German journalist, perform Nazi salute at the scene – report

Three German youths reportedly stabbed a local journalist in the eastern town of Naumburg, performing a Nazi salute after the incident. The reporter narrowly escaped death despite sustaining a 6cm-deep stab wound Klaus-Peter Kruemmling, a reporter working with Naumburger Tageblatt, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, his newspaper reported on Tuesday. […]

03 SEP

Nigella Lawson weight loss: Food writer and journalist loses two stone using diet trick

Nigella Lawson, 58, has achieved an impressive weight loss during her time in the public eye. She is most famous for her delicious recipes, television appearances on food shows and books such as How To Be A Domestic Goddess. Yet Nigella has somehow managed to maintain a enviable figure too. She has lost an impressive […]

16 JUL

The downfall of Theranos, from the journalist who made it happen

Enlarge (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Over the last few years, the failed biomedical startup Theranos has become synonymous with some of the worst aspects of Silicon Valley. Through a combination of hubris, mendacity, and paranoid secrecy, the company fooled investors and the press into thinking it had created a nearly magical medical […]

30 JUN

Diego Maradona is offering a $10,000 bounty to find the journalist responsible for sparking fake news about his death

Getty Images Diego Maradona’s lawyer has offered a bounty of 300,000 pesos ($ 10,800) to find the journalists responsible for spreading fake news about his death. Maradona’s eccentric behaviour at a recent FIFA World Cup match captured the imagination of social media and the internet. He binged on white wine, fell asleep, swore at fans […]

05 JUN

US envoy to Israel trying to ‘bully’ and ‘gaslight’ media – Israeli journalist to RT

The US ambassador to Israel is trying to “bully” media into not reporting on Gaza atrocities, and to control the spin on events, an Israeli journalist told RT after the infamous comment on reporters keeping their “mouths shut.” Journalist David Sheen was responding to a speech made by the American Ambassador to Israel David M. […]