Philippine Nobel winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Maria Ressa, the Philippine Nobel laureate and veteran journalist, has been acquitted of her final tax evasion charge. This is seen as a legal victory for Ressa, who has been fighting multiple charges filed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Ressa, a vocal critic of Duterte and his drug war, has maintained that the charges against her and her news website, Rappler, were politically motivated.