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'Outrage' as LGBTQ Pride flag removed from Stonewall monument
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» NEW YORK - The removal of an LGBTQ rainbow pride flag from the United States' most prominent gay monument after new rules issued by the Trump administration sparked an outcry and a noisy protest on Tuesday.
UK PM says Mandelson 'lied' about Epstein relations
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer Wednesday said he regretted naming Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, following fresh allegations about the disgraced envoy's close ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Penguins bring forward breeding season as Antarctica warms: study
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» PARIS — Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday.
African penguins ‘starved en masse’ off South Africa
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - Endangered penguins living off South Africa’s coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said on Friday, with some populations dropping by 95% in just eight years.
Germany's largest gay club to shut in fresh Berlin nightlife blow
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» BERLIN - Germany's largest LGBTQ club, SchwuZ, announced on Thursday that the venerable Berlin institution's lights will turn off for good on Saturday, making it the latest casualty of the German capital's nightlife recession.
Don't let the party stop: Berlin's fight against 'club death'
AFP, Published on 16/10/2025
» BERLIN — Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market.
‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.
Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» LIMA - Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy.
Ariana Grande wins top MTV Video Music Award
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» ELMONT, United States - Ariana Grande won the MTV Video Music Awards' top honor on Sunday, taking home Video of the Year for "Brighter Days Ahead", which also claimed Best Pop Song at the ceremony near New York City.
Vatican receives first LGBTQ pilgrimage
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» VATICAN CITY - In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend holding a pilgrimage, in what they are promoting as an important sign of diversity in the Church.