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Russia strikes Ukraine residential building, new offensive warning
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KYIV: Rescuers searched for survivors in the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after a Russian strike destroyed it, as Kyiv said it expected a major offensive on the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion.
Ukraine targets oligarch, ex-minister in graft clampdown
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine expanded a clampdown on corruption on Wednesday, launching coordinated searches of residences linked to a divisive oligarch and former interior minister as well as tax offices in the capital.
US actor Kevin Spacey given film award in Italy
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» ROME: Italy's National Cinema Museum has given Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey an award, it emerged Tuesday, just days after he appeared in court in Britain accused of sexual assault.
Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» BERLIN - An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an "Islamist attack" using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday.
France investigating ex-archbishop over 'sexual assault': prosecutors
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» PARIS - French authorities last month opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the former archbishop of Paris had committed "sexual assault on a vulnerable person", prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Hollywood trial
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Disgraced US movie titan Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a woman a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was part of his "reign of terror" over aspiring young actresses in Hollywood.
EU parliament to sack vice president in Qatar bribe claim
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - The European Parliament took a first step Tuesday in efforts to restore its credibility, amid allegations of corruption linked to World Cup host Qatar, moving to ditch one of its own vice presidents.
Bad news piles up for candidate Trump in US
AFP, Published on 11/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: Having launched a new bid for the White House, Donald Trump has not been met with the energy he had been hoping for.
Woman denies threatening Pattaya torture victim
Published on 10/12/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The former Thai wife of a foreigner whose Cambodian employee was cruelly assaulted by two Polish men last month has denied threatening the woman.
Policewoman in court for abuse of maid
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/12/2022
» A policewoman whose alleged abuse of her maid made headlines three months ago, and her boyfriend, have been arraigned in court on charges including human trafficking.