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Month: April 2024

Court orders a detained Russia-US journalist to remain in custody for two more months

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending investigation and trial, in another step in the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent and free speech. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was charged with

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Microsoft will now let customers worldwide buy Office without Teams, following EU antitrust concerns

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Microsoft will no longer sell its Teams collaboration software as a bundled product with its Office 365 suite anywhere in the world, the company said Monday, in the face of antitrust concerns. The decision to separate Teams from Office globally extends a previous announcement last year affecting only the

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Austria says it must deter Russian infiltration after allegations of spying emerge

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says the arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Austria needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration.  Nehammer says the allegations against Egisto Ott, who worked for a now-defunct

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