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Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» MOSCOW - Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
Power, water restored in Kyiv after Russian strikes
AFP, Published on 01/11/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Water and power supplies were fully restored in Kyiv on Tuesday a day after Russian missile strikes, as grain exports from Ukraine continued despite Moscow pulling out of a deal to let ships through.
Ukraine water, power cuts after 'massive' Russian missile attack
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Ukraine suffered sweeping blackouts and water supplies were cut for 80 percent of Kyiv residents on Monday after what Ukrainian officials called another "massive" Russian missile attack on energy facilities.
Russian cinema in turmoil as Hollywood pulls out
AFP, Published on 06/04/2022
» MOSCOW: After years spent translating Hollywood films, Russian Mila Grekova was suddenly thrown out of work after Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine.
French court orders Twitter to reveal anti-hate speech efforts
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» PARIS - A French court on Tuesday ordered Twitter to give activists full access to all of its documents relating to its efforts to fight racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech on the social network.
Tired but defiant: 100 days of protests in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 17/10/2020
» SOFIA - In a hundred days of sweeping and at times violent protests, thousands of Bulgarians have tightened the screws on the political elite -- but this, they say, is only the beginning.
Is France turning its back on blasphemy?
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» PARIS - Their nation born of revolt against Church and Crown, the French have long cherished provocation and irreverence as part of their revolutionary identity.
'That '70s Show' actor Masterson charged with multiple rapes
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES: US actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson has been charged with raping three women at his home in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles prosecutors said Wednesday.
'Victims and perpetrators': Rehabilitating Indonesia's child bombers
AFP, Published on 04/07/2019
» JAKARTA - Thrown off a motorbike as her parents blew themselves up, nine-year-old Mila was the sole survivor of a family suicide bombing, part of a wave of such attacks involving children that rocked Indonesia.
'Captain Marvel' clobbers the competition to stay atop box office
AFP, Published on 18/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Female-led superhero movie "Captain Marvel" took in an estimated $69.3 million over the weekend, outearning the combined North American totals of the next nine films, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.