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French prosecutors probe Al-Fayeds over sex trafficking
AFP, Published on 27/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - He traded on the glamour of owning Harrods, the Paris Ritz and luxury yachts, but Mohamed Al-Fayed was at the centre of a dark web of alleged abuse, say French lawyers for women who liken him to US sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Israeli PM to press Trump for harder line on Iranian missiles
AFP, Published on 10/02/2026
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington Wednesday, seeking to press him to adopt a tougher line on Iran’s ballistic missile programme in the next round of talks.
US judge dismisses cases against Trump foes Comey and James
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, dealing a blow to US President Donald Trump's efforts to prosecute his political opponents.
Trump brands indicted opponent Comey a ‘dirty cop’
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Friday followed up his cheering of the indictment of political opponent James Comey by branding the former FBI director a “dirty cop” and declaring him guilty.
Former FBI director charged as Trump steps up retribution drive
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director and prominent Donald Trump critic James Comey was indicted Thursday on two criminal counts as the US president escalated a campaign of retribution against political foes.
Singapore firm rejects $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental pollution.
Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US by 1 year
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia offered Monday to keep abiding by the nuclear warhead limits in a key treaty with the United States once it expires in February, but only for one year and if Washington did the same.
A French sailor's personal 'Plastic Odyssey'
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PARIS - Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016.
US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.
‘Silent killer’: Tracking climate deaths in heatwaves
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» PARIS - A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.