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Trump administration to release some Epstein material
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump attempted Friday to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the Justice Department to seek the release of testimony from the prosecution of the late, alleged sex-trafficker-to-the-famous.
'I want it banned': reality TV targeted in Serbia after shootings
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian TV is a diet of women being beaten and threats issued at gunpoint. But this is not fiction. It is reality shows where, among others, infamous mobsters and war criminals are the stars.
Far-right Vox leads mass protests against Spanish govt
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» MADRID - Tens of thousands of supporters from Spain's far-right Vox party demonstrated nationwide on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's leftist government.
French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» PARIS: An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims of paedophilia from 1950 to 2020, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence."
Some 3,000 paedophiles in French Catholic Church since 1950: probe
AFP, Published on 03/10/2021
» PARIS: Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the release of its report.
QAnon conspiracies go global in pandemic 'perfect storm'
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» HONG KONG: Powered by fear, anger and big tech's algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the pandemic.
Reform of 'French Oscars' vowed after Polanksi row
AFP, Published on 14/02/2020
» PARIS: France's Cesar Academy, which awards its version of the Oscars, was in crisis Friday after its entire board resigned, overwhelmed by a series of rows that have infuriated both women's activists and industry insiders.
French Oscars academy board resigns after Polanksi row
AFP, Published on 14/02/2020
» PARIS: The entire board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigned Thursday just two weeks ahead of its gala ceremony after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demanded "profound reform".
Southeast Asian kids targeted by online paedophiles
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» Southeast Asia is in the grip of a fresh surge of paedophile activity with predators orchestrating and watching abuse on live-streaming sites and via webcams, and paying for it with near-untraceable cryptocurrency, victims and children's charities warn.
Cardinal admits paedophile priest files 'destroyed'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2019
» VATICAN CITY: A top Catholic cardinal admitted Saturday that Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even drawn up, a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others.