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France is busing homeless immigrants out of Paris before Olympics
New York Times, Published on 12/07/2024
» PARIS — The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris before the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation.
Biden's lapses are said to be increasingly common and worrisome
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2024
» NEW YORK - In the weeks and months before United States President Joe Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless or would lose the thread of conversations.
Hong Kong records two cases of new variant
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2021
» The Hong Kong government said Thursday that it had detected two cases of a new variant identified in South Africa, which scientists have warned shows a "big jump in evolution" and could limit the effectiveness of vaccines.
She gambled on Russians-Trump claim. She is losing.
New York Times, Published on 01/09/2018
» PATTAYA: Caught in a Thai police raid on her group’s seduction seminar, a Belarusian escort grabbed the world’s attention in February when she claimed to have audio recordings that might show a link between Russian officials and the election of President Donald Trump, betting that it could turn into a get-out-of-jail free card.
Indonesia handing lengthy prison terms to gay men
New York Times, Published on 21/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Steven Handoko admits it was not his most dignified moment. Naked as the day he was born, the bookish 25-year-old had been invited on stage by one of the strippers hired for a party at the Atlantis Gym.
Smuggled, beaten and drugged: The illicit global ape trade
New York Times, Published on 05/11/2017
» MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo: The sting began, as so many things do these days, on social media.
Vegas killer meticulously planned carnage
New York Times, Published on 03/10/2017
» From his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock would have looked down upon a crowd of more than 20,000 people, surging to the final sets of a country music festival.
After fast trial, Cosby’s jury will decide between affair or crime
New York Times, Published on 13/06/2017
» NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania, US -- A jury began deliberating Monday about whether Bill Cosby is guilty of sexual assault after his lawyer acknowledged in court that Mr Cosby is a deeply flawed man, an unfaithful husband who may have shattered his fans’ illusions, but insisted that what he characterised as a dalliance with a much younger woman was an affair, not a crime.
Cosby lawyer questions accuser’s credibility
New York Times, Published on 08/06/2017
» NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania, US -- Suddenly the centre of attention after years of shunning the spotlight, the woman Bill Mr Cosby is charged with sexually assaulting kept her composure Wednesday under a second gruelling day of cross-examination, as her credibility emerged as the crucial factor in whether the world-famous entertainer will go to prison.
New Amazon office building to include homeless shelter
New York Times, Published on 15/05/2017
» SEATTLE, Washington -- A year ago, when Amazon.com let a homeless shelter for families move into a former motel it owned, it was viewed as a nice but fleeting gesture.