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US: Former aide to New York Governors charged with acting as 'secret agent
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to an unsealed copy of the indictment, Linda Sun, who served as deputy chief of staff to both governors, faces multiple charges, including violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registrations Act, visa fraud, smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy.
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Georgia's President vetoes controversial 'foreign agents' bill amid protes
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The bill, which has drawn widespread criticism and triggered unprecedented protests, has raised concerns both domestically and internationally about its potential impact on Georgia's democratic credentials and its European Union aspirations.
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DRDO had sacked senior scientist arrested for leaking info to suspected Pa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The scientist was earlier arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for leaking sensitive information through apps to foreign agents who had honey trapped him.
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US sues casino tycoon Steve Wynn for acting as agent for China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): The US Justice Department has sued Las Vegas and Macau casino mogul Steve Wynn to force him to register officially as an agent for the Chinese government
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US state department accuses Kremlin of 'full assault on media freedom and
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of State has accused the Kremlin of engaging in a "full assault on media freedom and the truth" in Russia after the restriction of access to the Echo of Moscow radio broadcaster and the Dozhd TV-channel (listed as foreign agents in Ru
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Odisha Police arrests 4 contractual employees working at DRDO facility for
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha) [India], September 14 (ANI): Odisha Police on Tuesday arrested four contractual employees working at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility in Chandipur, under the Official Secret Act for allegedly passing on vital information about the high-security
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Top Chinese 'spy catcher' urge agents to look out for those who collude wi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): Chinese vice-minister of State Security and top "spy catcher", Dong Jingwei, has urged the country's intelligence officers to step up their efforts to hunt down foreign agents and insiders who collude with "anti-national" forces.
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Chinese Communist Party by far 'most active' in trying to influence Austra
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 24 (ANI): Australian intelligence has identified about 500 recent incidents of covert foreign agents interfering in the country's domestic politics with officials saying that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) is by far the "most active" in trying to influence politi
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Russian lawmakers bar US media from accessing parliament
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI): Russian lawmakers have voted to ban the US media designated as "foreign agents" from accessing the lower house of parliament in the latest tit-for-tat between both the countries over government-funded media outlets.
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Russia declares nine US-funded media outlets as "foreign agents"
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 5 (ANI): The Kremlin has designated nine US-funded media outlets as "foreign agents."
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Putin signs bill targeting international media outlets
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], November 26 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law allowing Russia to register international media outlets as foreign agents.
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