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Epstein birthday book renews pressure on Trump, other former pals
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - A decades-old book of cheerful, often lewd birthday messages has set off a political bomb in Washington -- helping bring down the British ambassador and inflaming the most perilous scandal of Donald Trump's presidency.
Rajoelina, Madagascar's ambitious president who parties on
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» ANTANANARIVO - From the musical nights of his youth that earned his nickname "the disc jockey" to his political adventures over the past decade, life has been one long party of one kind or another for Andry Rajoelina, who on Saturday secured a second elected term as Madagascar's president.
Focus turns to US Open challenge amid global golf turmoil
AFP, Published on 15/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: The 123rd US Open tees off on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club with global golf gripped by suspense worthy of a Hollywood script.
Italy's scandal-hit Berlusconi dies at 86
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman and prime minister, has died aged 86.
French PM demands cuts from biography for violating private life
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» PARIS - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has filed a suit with a court demanding the withdrawal of parts of a biography published this month, arguing they violate her private life, the publishing house said on Wednesday.
Macron minister raises eyebrows with racy novel
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» PARIS - A new novel by French President Emmanuel Macron's heavyweight finance minister, containing one breathlessly erotic passage that has gone viral, has forced the government to explain how he finds the time for such penmanship in a period of economic trouble.
Musk's moves felt from Wall Street to the Vatican
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk was at the news epicenter Thursday, from stripping Pope Francis of Twitter verification to Tesla's drag on stocks and the explosion of the world’s largest rocket.
French minister defends Playboy shoot as criticism mounts
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» PARIS - A feminist French minister who posed for Playboy told the magazine she backed the right of women to pose nude if they wanted to amid fresh criticism from her cabinet colleagues about her stunt on Wednesday.
Possible Trump trial plunges 2024 race into uncharted territory
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: US voters woke Wednesday to a uniquely volatile 2024 presidential election landscape, where Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate, now faces trial and the incumbent, Joe Biden, has not even confirmed he's running.
Trump lawyers blast indictment as 'political persecution'
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's lawyers on Sunday lambasted the former president's historic indictment as "political persecution" ahead of his court appearance next week.