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Wagner and Russia are here to stay in Africa, says Lavrov

PARIS – Russia’s For­eign Min­is­ter Sergey Lavrov has vowed Wagner’s oper­a­tions in Mali and the Cen­tral African Repub­lic “will con­tin­ue” despite the failed rebel­lion led by Yevge­ny Prigozhin, leader of the mer­ce­nary Wag­n­er Group. The para­mil­i­tary group has expand­ed its reach across Latin Amer­i­ca, the Mid­dle East and Africa in recent years and it has been…

Senate Judiciary Committee advances Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

This sto­ry, plus tech com­pa­nies and media out­lets nego­ti­ate deals over news con­tent, new study from Pew Research Cen­ter look­ing at the char­ac­ter­is­tics of top-ranked pod­casts and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Jun 15, 2023Senate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee advances jour­nal­ism bill to bol­ster news­pa­pers, TV sta­tions despite Face­book threat Ted John­son / Deadline […]…