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'Fake news' VS free press: World Press Freedom Day 2017

#wpfd2017 explores the defence of a free media.

United Arab Emirates

In a land of no democracy the font is self-expression

Dubai has a microsoft designed font for self expression

Turkey

Founder of Iranian TV station shot dead in Istanbul

The founder of an Iranian satellite TV station, GEM TV, has been shot dead in Istanbul.

USA

Comedian pokes fun at Trump at correspondents' dinner he snubbed

It was the first time in 36 years that a US President had snubbed the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner, but Trump remained a big talking point.

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Portugal

The great photos that summed up our world over the past year

The World Press Photo Exhibition 2017 has begun wowing crowds with the best images that summed up our world over the past year.

France

Russia cries "discrimination" as France's Macron bans RT and Sputnik from campaign

Russia accuses presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron of discriminating against its media after the centrist bans Russia's RT and Sputnik.

Business Series

Vivendi looks to video games and advertising companies

French media giant Vivendi is reportedly to focus on buying video games and advertising companies to address investor concerns about its strategy.

Turkey

Calls to free Italian writer Gabriele Del Grande held in Turkey

A demonstration has been held in Rome for the release of an Italian journalist and human rights activist arrested in detained in Turkey.

France

[360 video] Visit the newsroom which rattled the French presidential elections

The satirical magazine the Canard Enchaîné rattled France's presidential election campaign thanks to its revelations about the centre-right candidate Francois Fillon.

United Kingdom

Daily Mail apology for Melania Trump

Britain's Daily Mail has agreed to pay the US First Lady an undisclosed sum and issue an apology after publishing an article saying she offered "services beyond simply modelling" in her former job.

USA

Pulitzers 2017: The Washington Post and New York Times win prizes for work on Trump and Putin

An investigation into Donald Trump’s election campaign by The Washington Post and a series of articles by The New York Times on president Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Russia power abroad, were

USA

Pepsi withdraws advert after social media backlash

Pepsi pulls advert featuring Kendall Jenner after it prompts outrage and ridicule from critics saying it trivialises rights protests

Belarus

Belarus police raid offices of TV channel

Police in Belarus have raided the offices of an independent TV channel in Minsk, seizing equipment and detaining at least one cameraman.

United Kingdom

The Brexit headlines we'll remember in years to come

Newspapers have been reacting on this momentous day in the history of the European Union

United Kingdom

This just in: women have legs

Britain woke up to a bizarre headline in a national newspaper. Was it April 1st already?

Business Series

Google continues to bleed advertisers as Johnson & Johnson walk

America's biggest healthcare retailer joins the list of companies stopping You Tube advertising as the row over lack of scrutiny of controversial content continues.

United Kingdom

"Terror" dominates UK's front pages

The violent events in London featured heavily on the front pages of the UK’s main newspapers the morning after the attack.

World

Rwandans demand apology from French media for 'photo misrepresentation'

The protest was sparked by the fact that a picture of French soldiers was not used for the story which was originally written by French news agency AFP with the headline: French prosecutors want Centr

United Kingdom

Former Chancellor George Osborne lands yet another job

Osborne's latest appointment, editor of the London Evening Standard

United Kingdom

Kids interrupt BBC news interview and make the internet LOL

They say never mix children and live television. Here's why.