UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for $100 million to cover a funding gap for UNRWA, warning that millions of Palestinian refugees are at risk due to shortfalls and Israeli restrictions. The agency faces "utterly appalling" conditions in Gaza and violence in the West Bank.
Meituan, China's food delivery leader, is accused of paying merchants to spread negative information about rival Taobao Shangou, a unit of Alibaba. This comes amid intensified competition and regulatory scrutiny in the sector.
Chinese police have dismantled a months-long smear campaign targeting e-commerce platforms Alibaba and JD.com. Chengdu Xiaoben Culture Media, hired by an unnamed company, allegedly created fake images and false information to harm the platforms' reputations and operations.
Japanese PM Takaichi denies allegations of using anonymous social media accounts to smear opponents during the LDP election, where she became the first female PM and appointed Koizumi as defence minister.
The campaign office of KMT New Taipei mayoral candidate Lee Chuan-fu today refuted DPP councilor Dai Wei-shan's allegations regarding Lee's residence, calling them "false information" and a smear tactic. The office criticized the DPP for misrepresenting facts and engaging in personal attacks.
AirAsia X has dismissed reports of its Philippine operations being grounded due to an unpaid bill as a "coordinated and sensationalised" smear campaign aimed at limiting consumer choice and creating a monopoly in the aviation sector.
Alleged dirty tricks in Japan's LDP leadership contest raise stakes beyond internal party politics
Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers.World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged. Continue reading...
World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by US President Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign” including claims that it said were false. The crypto project – one of several...
Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov accused the West of launching a large-scale smear campaign to disrupt Rosatom's operations and prevent it from entering markets of neighboring friendly countries. Shevtsov also criticized EU and OSCE monitoring missions as ineffective, and warned that a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would affect food production costs and output.
