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Dissolved princess-backed Thai party to oppose Junta

Bloomberg The former members of a dissolved Thai opposition political party said they will carry on trying to block the military government’s effort to retain power in the general election. Using the umbrella term “Moving Forward for Democracy,” the ex-leaders of Thai Raksa Chart said they will campaign publicly for the full restoration of democracy in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. ...

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Russia trolls change tack to disrupt US vote

Bloomberg Russian internet trolls appear to be shifting strategy in their efforts to disrupt the 2020 US elections, promoting politically divisive messages through phony social media accounts instead of creating propaganda themselves, cybersecurity experts say. The Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency may be among those trying to circumvent protections put in place by companies including Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. to ...

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Venezuela’s ex-VP charged in US for evading sanctions

Bloomberg Venezuela’s Minister of Industry and National Production was charged with violating a US law targeting foreign drug traffickers with sanctions by using private jets supplied by American companies. Prosecutors claim Tareck Zaidan el Aissami Maddah and his business partner, Samark Lopez Bello, broke the law by taking the flights, including one on February 23 from Russia to Venezuela. El ...

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