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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.36%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.16%. US stocks on Monday ended narrowly mixed. Stocks saw support from a -3.6 bp...

As the fallout of Venezuela's election continues, the situation at the domestic and international level continues to be fluid

Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the release of hostages by Russia, including Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal and Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. But it has stressed that: “Neither should have spent a single day in a Russian prison for doing their job … we emphasise…

The Wall Street Journal urges for a stronger U.S. response against hostage-taking by authoritarian regimes like Russia, highlighting concerns over press fr...

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Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim

Newspaper mounted a high-profile campaign to stress reporter’s innocence and ensure he was not forgotten

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16 years in Russia on disputed espionage charges, was released Thursday in a major multinational prisoner swap after spending more than a year behind bars. Originally from Russia, the journalist returned in 2017 to the country of his parents, Soviet Jews…

American journalist Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia on espionage charges, sparking international condemnation and calls for his release.