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Yes, ambassadors can get away with murder
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» LONDON - On Monday, the Canadian government accused India's high commissioner, the equivalent of an ambassador in Commonwealth countries, and five other diplomats of participating in a vast criminal conspiracy that used homicide and extortion to silence critics of India living in Canada.
Assange, in first speech since release, says he was jailed for journalism
New York Times, Published on 02/10/2024
» BRUSSELS — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a rights group Tuesday that his imprisonment had set a "dangerous precedent" for arresting journalists and criminalising activities that were essential to the work of investigative journalists — his first public statement since being released from a British prison in June.
France is busing homeless immigrants out of Paris before Olympics
New York Times, Published on 12/07/2024
» PARIS — The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris before the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation.