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Giuffre memoir goes on sale, piling pressure on Prince Andrew
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» LONDON - The memoir of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s main accusers whose claims sparked the downfall of Britain’s Prince Andrew shot to the top of the Amazon UK bestseller list on Tuesday as it went on sale, ratcheting up pressure on the disgraced royal.
Ugandan charged under anti-gay law faces possible death penalty
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» KAMPALA - Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with "aggravated homosexuality", potentially a capital offence under controversial anti-gay legislation introduced by the country this year, an official said Monday.
Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster.
Abortion pill: the women of the 'resistance'
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - It is a documentary that evokes the underground abortion networks of the 1960s but the story involves the present day.
French prosecutors drop 'sexual assault' probe into cardinal
AFP, Published on 25/02/2023
» MARSEILLE - French prosecutors said Saturday they had closed an investigation into sexual assault charges against a cardinal as the statute of limitations had passed.
Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.
US women's football probe uncovers 'systemic' abuse and sexual misconduct
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: An independent investigation into allegations of misconduct in United States women's football released Monday found "systemic" abuse and sexual misconduct by coaches.
Researchers identify brain region linked to clitoral stimulation
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» WASHINGTON: A new scientific study has identified the brain region linked to genital touch in women, and found that it was more developed in volunteers who reported having more sex.
Prince Andrew sued in NY court for alleged sex abuse
AFP, Published on 10/08/2021
» NEW YORK: Britain's Prince Andrew was sued in a New York court on Monday for alleged sexual abuse of a woman who says she was "lent out" for underage sex by late US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Giant vulva statue fuels gender debate in Brazil
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» SAO PAULO - An enormous bright-red vagina sculpture on a mountain in northeast Brazil is intended to inspire intercourse -- not the sexual kind but rather a dialogue on gender issues, particularly poignant under the conservative government of President Jair Bolsonaro.