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Head of China's Shaolin Temple removed over embezzlement claims
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» BEIJING - The head of the Chinese temple known as the birthplace of kung fu will be disrobed for "extremely" bad behaviour, Beijing's top Buddhist authority said Monday, after allegations of embezzlement saw him placed under investigation.
Minister’s death spooks Russian elite
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia - The reported suicide of Russia’s transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking speculation he would be arrested on corruption charges, has shaken the country’s elite.
France's far-right, leftwingers rally supporters after Le Pen conviction
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» PARIS - France's far right planned to rally supporters on Sunday after their leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office, a move that set the country's political scene alight ahead of 2027 presidential elections.
Gabon charges ousted president's wife with money laundering
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» LIBREVILLE - The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband.
Hunger, thirst stunting Indigenous children in Colombian desert
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» URIBIA (COLOMBIA) - After a grueling jeep trip of almost 24 hours on mostly desert roads, two-year-old Rosalinda arrived at the clinic in Uribia, northern Colombia, just in time.
Comoros ex-president Sambi jailed for life for 'high treason'
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» MORONI (COMOROS) - A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, who was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf.
Mexico ex-attorney general to face trial over missing students
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» MEXICO CITY - A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a former attorney general to stand trial in the case of 43 students whose murky disappearance in 2014 traumatized the nation.
Kremlin critic Navalny loses appeal against nine-year sentence
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» MOSCOW - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday lost his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemn as politically motivated.
France's presidential rivals gird for high-stakes debate
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» PARIS - Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded barbs Monday as they returned to campaigning for the French presidency ahead of a prime-time debate that is likely to prove decisive ahead of next weekend's second-round run-off.
Ruling party concedes, leftist poised to become Honduras's first woman president
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» TEGUCIGALPA - Leftist opposition leader Xiomara Castro was poised Wednesday to become Honduras's first woman president, with her main rival of the ruling conservative party conceding defeat even before the final vote count.