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German neo-Nazi heads for women's jail after gender change
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN - A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.
UK pensioner, student arrested for backing Palestine Action
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» LONDON — Pensioner Marji Mansfield never imagined she would end up suspected of terrorism for protesting against the banning of a pro-Palestinian group.
Thousands protest against new Israel law expanding control over judicial appointments
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Thousands protested Thursday after Israel's parliament passed a law expanding the power of politicians over the appointment of judges pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
‘Catwoman’ famed for plastic surgery dies at 79
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» PARIS - Swiss socialite Jocelyne Wildenstein, also known as "catwoman" due to her extensive plastic surgery, has died aged 79, her partner said on Wednesday.
Australia police search for suspects over arson attack on synagogue
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2024
» SYDNEY — Australian police said on Friday they were looking for two people suspected of deliberately starting a fire at a Melbourne synagogue that injured one and caused widespread damage.
Chasing weight loss dream, many in US seek Ozempic alternatives
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Like many Americans struggling to lose weight, Marissa Montanino felt compelled to try Ozempic or one of the other new so-called "wonder drugs" described as revolutionary in the fight against obesity.
Sinner, saviour or both? Trump woos evangelicals, women
AFP, Published on 16/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump courted evangelical Christians and women at two back-to-back Washington events on Friday — voting blocs whose loyalties to him once seemed contradictory but have now become a well-established part of his base.
HK arrests another backer of activists abroad
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 06/07/2023
» HONG KONG: Police in Hong Kong have arrested another man suspected of links to pro-democracy activists based abroad, picking him up on Thursday at the city’s airport a day after arresting four others for various national security offences.
Two bodies found in French building collapse as rescue efforts continue
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» MARSEILLE - Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, French authorities said early Monday, as rescue workers scrambled to find at least six people still unaccounted for.
Marseille building collapse injures five, fire hampers search
AFP, Published on 09/04/2023
» MARSEILLE - An apartment building collapsed in an apparent explosion Sunday in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille, injuring five people, with authorities warning there are likely to be fatalities as firefighters battled a blaze.