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US trial lawyer says Meta, YouTube 'engineered addiction' in children
AFP, Published on 10/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Meta and Google-owned YouTube "engineered addiction" in children, a lawyer for the plaintiff said on Monday as a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors began in earnest in a California court.
Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
‘Open warfare’ as Marcos-Duterte alliance crumbles
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2024
» MANILA - The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift that could threaten Marcos’s reform agenda and risk fuelling instability.
Philippines’ Duterte threatens secession over constitution change
Bloomberg, Published on 31/01/2024
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dialled up his criticism of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, saying his successor is looking to cement his rule beyond the current term limit in the Constitution.
‘It’s the fentanyl,’ Marcos says on Duterte’s drug tirades
Bloomberg, Published on 29/01/2024
» Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr traded accusations of drug use with his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte in his first public rebuke of the former leader as the rift between the country’s two most powerful political clans deepens.
French ‘getaway king’ won’t appeal conviction
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» PARIS - A career criminal and self-described "freedom addict" who escaped a French jail in a hijacked helicopter will not appeal his 14-year sentence for the escape, prosecutors told AFP Tuesday.
Biden says 'not focused' on Republicans' impeachment probe
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was "not focused" on an impeachment inquiry announced a day earlier by Republican lawmakers, as his White House blasted "baseless" allegations of wrongdoing.
Biden did nothing wrong, W.House says on impeachment probe
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday rejected "baseless" allegations of wrongdoing against US President Joe Biden after Republican lawmakers launched an impeachment inquiry against him.
Top House Republican orders Biden impeachment inquiry
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party's hard right, gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for an impeachment investigation into US President Joe Biden.
Skeleton saint Santa Muerte attracts devotees among US Latinos
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» NEW YORK - Standing before an elaborate altar in her living room in New York, Arely Vazquez explains the pledge she made to Santa Muerte -- or Saint Death -- after surviving pancreas surgery 17 years ago: that she would honor her "little skeleton" by throwing a festival of thanksgiving each year.