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Demand explodes for New York food banks
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» NEW YORK - New York food banks have become inundated with newcomers deprived of income since the near-total halt of business in the United States' economic capital.
Weinstein conviction: a watershed for acquaintance rape cases
AFP, Published on 27/02/2020
» NEW YORK - Prosecutors have long been hesitant to take on cases of acquaintance rape, as they were convinced that jurors would have a hard time believing the victims -- and drawing fine distinctions about consent.
US man's Holiday Inn retirement plan goes viral
AFP, Published on 27/02/2019
» CHICAGO - American seniors seeking to retire on the cheap have a new source of inspiration: a Texas man who outlined how spending one's golden years in Holiday Inn hotels could avoid costly nursing home fees.
Wealthy celebrities like Weinstein better-armed to face sex charges
AFP, Published on 26/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: In handcuffing powerful movie producer Harvey Weinstein Friday, US authorities justice appeared to confirm that no one escapes the long arm of the law in the United States.
Weinstein's absence looms over scandal-hit Cannes
AFP, Published on 06/05/2018
» CANNES: Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein once held court like a king at the Cannes film festival, but this year it is his absence that will loom large over the competition.
Hotel maids in Spain rebel against low salaries
AFP, Published on 18/12/2016
» MADRID - Spain is enjoying a surge in visitors, but hotel maids are not reaping the rewards and are rebelling against their low salaries, which can be as little as two euros to clean a room.
Duterte diplomacy: Philippine leader's global insults
AFP, Published on 06/09/2016
» VIENTIANE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday that his comments branding US leader Barack Obama a "son of a whore" came across as a personal attack.
'JFK' opera explores president just before the bullets
AFP, Published on 22/11/2015
» NEW YORK - Ever since John F. Kennedy died from an assassin's bullet, the indelible image has been the silent Zapruder film of the president's doomed motorcade.
Nepalese maids in India accuse Saudi diplomat of rape
AFP, Published on 09/09/2015
» NEW DELHI - Two Nepalese maids have accused a Saudi diplomat of rape and torture while they were working in his home outside the Indian capital, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
Former IMF chief acquitted in pimping trial
Published on 12/06/2015
» LILLE, FRANCE — Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was cleared of pimping charges on Friday in France, putting an end to four years of legal drama that began with a sexual assault charge in a New York hotel room.