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Mexican president files complaint against groper
AFP, Published on 06/11/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for sexual harassment to be made a crime nationwide after being groped on the street in an attack that underscored the dangers women in the Latin American country face.
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.
Croatia cracks down on migrants as Europe beefs up border checks
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» BREGANA (CROATIA) - It took Croatia years to finally enter into Europe's passport-free travel zone that promised to ease access for other European nationals travelling to the country and boost its tourism-driven economy.
McDonald's UK boss says fast-food chain faces weekly sex abuse claims
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - McDonald's boss in Britain said Tuesday the US fast-food giant faces "one to two" sexual harassment allegations from workers every week, as he vowed to tackle the issue recently exposed by the BBC.
UK's ruling Conservatives suffer two damaging by-election losses
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's ruling Conservative Party suffered two damaging by-election defeats to Labour on Friday, boding ill for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party's chances at the next general election.
Judge rules US ex-cardinal not competent to stand trial for sexual abuse
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» NEW YORK - A Boston judge ruled Wednesday that former top US Catholic official Theodore McCarrick was cognitively unable to stand trial for sexually assaulting a teenage boy five decades ago.
Trump liable for sexually abusing writer, faces $5m damages
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» NEW YORK - A US jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming an American former magazine columnist and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages.
US jury starts deliberating Trump civil rape trial
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» NEW YORK - A US jury began deliberating Tuesday on whether to find Donald Trump liable for the alleged rape of an American former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s.
Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Hollywood trial
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Disgraced US movie titan Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a woman a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was part of his "reign of terror" over aspiring young actresses in Hollywood.
Leave means leave: UK PM faces calls to go now
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday threatened to call a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get him to quit immediately, after he was forced to resign by a cabinet revolt.