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New search in Madeleine McCann case finished: Portuguese police
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» LAGOS (PORTUGAL) - A new search launched this week into the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann ended Thursday, said police in Portugal, where she went missing 18 years ago.
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.
'14th floor saga' paints a bad picture
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/05/2025
» One big question still lingering in the mind of many people in this country for more than a year now is: "Was former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra really suffering from a life-threatening sickness that justified his being treated on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital for six months without spending one day behind bars to serve his one-year prison term?"
Harvey Weinstein sex crimes retrial to begin
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» NEW YORK - Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial starting on Tuesday, on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous verdict was overturned, forcing survivors who helped fire up the “MeToo” movement to testify against him once again.
Indonesia seeks to repatriate serial rapist from UK
Published on 08/02/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being one of the Bali bomb plotters.
French rapist Dominique Pelicot questioned over 1990s cases
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PARIS - Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, convicted in December for organising the rape of his then wife Gisele Pelicot by dozens of strangers, was being questioned Thursday by an investigating magistrate over an attempted rape, as well as a rape and murder, in the 1990s, his lawyer said.
Police hunt for serial rapist in Korat
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/01/2025
» Police are hunting for a man accused of raping at least ten elderly people in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Fair chance for special needs children
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 28/12/2024
» The case of Thanakorn Kanthee, a social media influencer who died after downing a 350-millilitre bottle of whisky for 30,000 baht on a dare at a party in Chanthaburi on Wednesday, has sparked outrage over rights violations against people living with intellectual disabilities.
Dominique Pelicot: the ‘monster’ whose facade crumbled
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» AVIGNON, France - His loved ones knew him as a devoted family man. But he had for years been recruiting dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife without her knowledge.