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French surgeon gets maximum term for abusing hundreds of children
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» VANNES, France - A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.
French surgeon says deserves no 'leniency' after decades of abusing patients
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» VANNES (FRANCE) - A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said Monday he was asking for no "leniency" as his three-month trial nears a verdict.
Highlights from Cannes as film festival wraps up
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» CANNES (FRANCE) - As the Cannes film festival hands out its prizes, AFP looks back at some of the highlights of a politically charged fortnight of screenings and celebrity sightings.
South African data counter ‘genocide’ claims
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa does not face a “white genocide” and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, the police minister said on Friday, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump.
Korat man arrested for years-long sexual abuse of girl
Online Reporters, Published on 21/05/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A 56-year-old man has been arrested for the repeated rape of a young girl over the span of three years, after her grandfather, a former close friend of the suspect, sought help from a child welfare foundation.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: Takeaways from first week of testimony
AFP, Published on 17/05/2025
» NEW YORK — The first week of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs included a witness core to the case: Casandra Ventura, the music mogul's ex-girlfriend who accuses him of harrowing abuse, coercion and rape.
French PM to testify on child abuse scandal
AFP, Published on 14/05/2025
» PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday faces one of the most delicate moments of his five months in office as he responds to questions from a parliamentary committee investigating claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school.
Gerard Depardieu: a tarnished French film icon
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» PARIS - Gerard Depardieu was a titan of French cinema for more than 50 years but a sexual assault conviction, a string of other allegations and several instances of lewd behaviour now cast a long, dark shadow over what was once a glittering career.
Curse of casinos
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2025
» Re: "Senate to invite PM to explain casino-entertainment complex bill", (BP, May 8).
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.