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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.
Republican US lawmaker-elect admits fabricating resume
AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» NEW YORK - A Republican elected to Congress in November was facing a growing clamor for his resignation Tuesday after admitting that he made up large parts of his biography -- but refusing to give up his seat.
Life and crimes of freed 'bikini killer' Sobhraj
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» For decades Asia's most wanted man, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj terrorised the continent with a string of murders in the 1970s that targeted tourists.
Crunch time for France's Sarkozy as graft trial opens
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal woes.
What we know about the 'devious' coronavirus
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» PARIS - Will the novel coronavirus leave you short of breath or make you lose your sense of smell? And if you have had it once, can you be confident you are immune? So far, the research on COVID-19 has raised as many questions as it has answered.
What do we know about coronavirus?
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» PARIS: Just three months ago, few people even knew the word "coronavirus". But as the disease continues to spread across the globe, infecting and killing thousands, and causing millions to live in self-isolation, it has become a watchword for the daily life of billions.
New normal in virus-hit China: High-tech tracking and fever checks
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» WENZHOU, China: Constant temperature checks, a "no mask, no service" ethos, and high-tech people-tracking: welcome to the new normal in China, where reminders of the country's national mobilisation against the coronavirus lurk around every corner.
Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran
AFP, Published on 05/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: Demonstrators chanting "no war on Iran" rallied Saturday in Washington, New York and across the US to protest the assassination of a top Iranian military commander in a US drone strike.
Vietnamese cannabis farmers getting Brits high
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» HAIPHONG, Vietnam: Holed up alone in a suburban British house thousands of miles from home, cannabis farmer Cuong Nguyen spent months carefully nurturing his plants, one of thousands of Vietnamese migrants working in the UK's multi-billion dollar marijuana industry.
Worawi football ban overturned.
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» LAUSANNE: Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi had his three-and-a-half-year ban rescinded by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday.